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    USS Bowen (DE-1079/FF-1079) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen, Sr. (1883–1965), former...
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    the Distinguished Service Medal and he was the namesake of USS Bowen. His son Harold G. Bowen Jr. also became a Vice Admiral, known for his involvement...
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    Block 2 was tested on USS Freedom in December 2014, and as of 2022, the latest U.S. destroyers are fitted with (V)6. In 2023, USS Pinckney became the first...
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    commissioned 12 April 1969, at the Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington. The USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078) and subsequent ships of the class were modified to...
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    submarine training pipeline, Bowen spent three years attached to USS Parche and completed qualification in submarines on USS Pogy. After attending the MIT/WHOI...
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    wounded. In response, the U.S. warships USS Bowen, USS Pharris, USS Virginia, USS John Rodgers, USS Moosbrugger and USS Arthur W. Radford shelled Amal and...
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    USS Clifton Sprague and USS Bowen, USS Normandy, USS Wainwright, and USS Donald B. Beary. Ainsworth, rescue ship Ortolan, USS Capodanno The US Coast Guard...
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    USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was...
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  • nuclear-powered missile cruiser USS Virginia, the destroyer USS John Rodgers, the frigate USS Bowen, and the destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford fired 338 rounds...
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    pages. USS A-1 (SS-2, SP-1370) USS A-2 (SS-3) USS A-3 (SS-4) USS A-4 (SS-5) USS A-5 (SS-6) USS A-6 (SS-7) USS A-7 (SS-8) USS AA-1 (SS-52/SF-1) USS AA-2...
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  • nuclear-powered missile cruiser USS Virginia, and the destroyer USS John Rodgers, the frigate USS Bowen, and the destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford fired 338...
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    officer on USS Bowen (FF-1079), a Knox-class frigate, which deployed to the Mediterranean for anti-submarine operations. During that deployment, Bowen won an...
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  • sold Decommissioned TCG Akdeniz (F-257) Avondale, Westwego 2 May 1970 Ex-USS Bowen (FF-1079) 3 June 1994 leased 22 February 2002 sold Decommissioned...
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    USS Russell (DDG-59), USS Chafee (DDG-90), USS Pinckney (DDG-91), USS Halsey (DDG-97), and USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118)) (including the USS Wasp (LHD-1), USS New York...
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    Porter in the ironclad USS Benton led the warships USS Carondelet, USS Lafayette, USS Louisville, USS Mound City, USS Pittsburgh, and USS Tuscumbia, and three...
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    acquiring approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered...
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    Massachusetts Light Artillery USS Hartford USS Westfield USS Jackson USS Cayuga USS Katahdin USS Brooklyn USS Clifton USS Sciota USS Kineo USS Essex Breckinridge's...
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    outright. Admiral Bowen described the situation at the yard in detail in his 1954 memoir, Ships, Machinery and Mossbacks. According to Bowen, the seizure saved...
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    its embassy in Syria, killing a top commander". Reuters. 1 April 2024. Bowen, Jeremy; Gritten, David (1 April 2024). "Israel accused of deadly strike...
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    carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann, while the carriers USS Enterprise and USS Hornet survived the battle fully intact. After Midway and the exhausting...
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    The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary...
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    Services Richard Schweiker (1981–1983) Margaret Heckler (1983–1985) Otis Bowen (1985–1989) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce (1981–1989)...
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    Hugo Chávez tours the USS Yorktown cruiser in March, 2002, at Port Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles during the 43rd annual UNITAS multi-national...
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  • Republic Militia. Owen Thomas Edgar (1831–1929) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Potomac and USS Allegheny. William Fitzhugh Buckner (1828–1929) – U.S. Army. Fought...
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    USS Permit (SS-178), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit. She was laid down as Pinna....
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    York Times. "Suzanne Somers performs for the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger". National Archives and Records Administration. November 1981. "'Three's...
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    Mar: Koombana 2 Apr: USS Santee 15 Apr: RMS Titanic (sinking) 20 Apr: Sultaniye 12 May: HMS A3 May (unknown date): USLHT Armeria, USS Pensacola 8 Jun: Vendémiaire...
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    Counselor to the President until March 1, 1992. On the 24th anniversary of the USS Liberty incident (in 1991), approximately 50 Liberty survivors, including...
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    on the city. A Confederate Army division under Brigadier General John S. Bowen prepared defenses—Forts Wade and Cobun—at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, south...
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    An English map of 1747, based on Hans Egede's descriptions and misconceptions, by Emanuel Bowen...
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