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    Saigon Naval Shipyard is a former French Navy, Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN) and Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) base in Saigon Vietnam. The 57-acre (230...
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    Vietnamese coup, rebel forces surrounded the VNN headquarters at the Saigon Naval Shipyard, apparently in an attempt to capture VNN commander Chung Tấn Cang...
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    Lâm Ngươn Tánh (category Naval War College alumni)
    1963 and 1965 Commander of RVN Naval Shore Establishments and Schools Command, 1959 Commandant of the Saigon Naval Shipyard, 1960 Deputy to the Deputy Chief...
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    Bạch Đằng Quay (category Saigon River)
    kilometres (0.81 mi) of the Saigon River from the Thủ Ngữ flagpole to the site of the former Ba Son Shipyard (now the Saigon – Ba Son complex) and covers...
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    Trần Văn Chơn (category Naval War College alumni)
    served as director of the Saigon Naval Shipyard. In mid-1958, he received orders to hand over the position of director of the shipyard to Colonel Nguyen Phat...
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    replace them, the Saigon Naval Shipyard built 90 "Yabuta" junks during 1965. Mr. Yabuta, a Japanese engineer at the Saigon Naval Shipyard in 1961, originally...
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    boulevard Luro. The boulevard runs alongside the Saigon Naval Shipyard and the buildings of the naval barracks in its southeastern part.: 312  In 1955...
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  • reportedly participated in a final defense of Saigon, firing at North Vietnamese troops from the Saigon River in April 1975. Some may have been damaged...
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    USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    put "in commission special" on 14 November 1970, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as an Amphibious Command and Control (LCC) ship, with Captain Kent J...
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    RVNN. An elaborate ceremony was held at the Saigon Naval Shipyard with dignitaries from many area naval activities witnessing the turnover of the two...
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    arrived at New York in the fall of 1906 on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Saigon and Bangkok through Cape Horn. Scientific American hosted a featured story...
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    Chung Tấn Cang (category Naval War College alumni)
    and Phat on February 19, rebel forces surrounded the naval headquarters at the Saigon Naval Shipyard, apparently in an attempt to capture Cang. However...
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    USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Naval Vessel Register)
    sorties – 9,182 of them combat. After a short overhaul in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 29 July to 26 September, she returned to Alameda to prepare for...
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  • Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities (category Naval installations)
    Ishikawajima Naval Yard (Sumida River) - now IHI Corporation shipyard Kure Naval Dockyards - now Universal Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard owned by JFE...
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  • surrounded the headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Navy at the Saigon Naval Shipyard, apparently in an attempt to capture Cang. However this was unsuccessful...
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    USS Damato (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    On 12 and 13 December 1967, Damato conducted naval gunfire support (NGFS) missions while in the Saigon River and has been placed on the US Veterans Administration...
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  • Thales Group (35%). Naval Group employs 14,182 people across 18 countries. Naval Group has a heritage of almost 400 years. Major shipyards were built in France...
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    USS Oriskany (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    was laid in 1942. CV-34 was laid down on 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), launched on 13 October 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Clarence...
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    USS Rochester (CA-124) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Rochester in departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 20 September 1953. USS Rochester during a port visit in Saigon in late November 1957. USS Rochester...
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    vessels were built in the shipyard that Nguyễn Ánh had commissioned in Saigon. He took a deep personal interest in the naval program, directly supervising...
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    USS Proteus (AS-19) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    at New London until January 1959. On the 15th she entered Charleston Naval Shipyard for conversion to a tender for the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines...
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    dock was constructed at the naval station. The dry dock was completed in 1895. The construction of the Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1901 resulted in the closing...
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    USS Capitaine (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    The submarine was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 10 February 1950. Capitaine was recommissioned 23 February 1957, and...
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    USS Parsons (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    resume West Coast operations in July 1961 and entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 6 October for major improvements in her communications and antisubmarine...
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    explorer. USS Dubuque was commissioned on 1 September 1967 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Dubuque's keel was laid down on 25 January...
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    USS Coral Sea (CV-43) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Washington, on 15 April. Coral Sea was decommissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 24 May 1957 to receive a major conversion (SCB 110A), which included...
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  • USS Kraken (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    status until 18 September 1958, when she was assigned to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for activation overhaul and given a Fleet Snorkel conversion preparatory...
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    USS Mount McKinley (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    McKinley on 27 December 1943; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 1 May 1944. After a brief shakedown cruise, she departed Norfolk...
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    Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located...
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    USS Constellation (CV-64) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Flagship". The contract to build Constellation was awarded to the New York Naval Shipyard on 1 July 1956, and her keel was laid down 14 September 1957 at the...
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