USS Spear (AM-322) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the...
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USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) was the lead ship of her class of submarine tenders, in service to the United States Navy from 1970 through 1996. She was named...
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USS Nathan James is a fictional guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, used as the setting for the 1988 post-apocalyptic novel The Last Ship...
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classes USS AMS-59 USS AMS-61 USS AMS-62 USS AMS-63 USS AMS-64 USS AMS-65 USS AMS-66 USS AMS-67 USS AMS-68 USS AMS-71 USS AMS-73 USS AMS-74 USS AMS-75 USS AMS-76...
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USS Dixon (AS-37) was an L. Y. Spear-class submarine tender, in service to the United States Navy from 1971 through 1995. Dixon was named for George E...
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and Military Sealift Command. USS Emory S. Land is the lead ship in the class, the others are USS Frank Cable and USS McKee. McKee was the first ship...
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May 2012. "Kara Spears Hultgreen". arlingtoncemetery.net. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016. "USS Abraham Lincoln...
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List of United States Navy ships: S (redirect from USS Somerset (1917))
SC-1634) USS S-1 (SS-105) USS S-2 (SS-106) USS S-3 (SS-107) USS S-4 (SS-109) USS S-5 (SS-110) USS S-6 (SS-111) USS S-7 (SS-112) USS S-8 (SS-113) USS S-9 (SS-114)...
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In 1991, with the departure of USS L. Y. Spear and the transition of USS Hunley (AS-31) to Submarine Squadron 6, USS Emory S. Land's Supply Department...
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USS Carney (DDG-64) is the 14th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The guided-missile destroyer is the first to be named after Admiral...
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USS Herring (SS-233), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the herring. Herring's keel was laid down 14...
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USS B-1 (SS-10) was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The B-class submarines...
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Execute (AM-232) ... Fixity (AM-235) 16 of 95 Auk-class minesweepers USS Spear (AM-322) ... USS Vigilance (AM-324) HMS Catherine(BAM-9) ... HMS Elfreda(BAM-16)...
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to the frigate USS Essex. 1815–1817, served in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the ship of the line USS Independence and the frigate USS Macedonian. 1818...
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Spearfishing (redirect from Spear fishing)
Spearfishing is fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools such as a spear, gig, or harpoon, to impale the fish in the body. It was one of the earliest...
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and built the first practical submarine. His Holland VI was renamed the USS Holland (SS-1), and became the US Navy's first submarine. In 1899 the Holland...
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Lockheed MC-130 (redirect from MC-130 Combat Talon/Combat Spear)
AFSOC air-refueling tankers; the last of the 24 retired in 2015. The Combat Spear was developed in 2006 as an inexpensive version of the Combat Talon II but...
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USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) was a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine and the only ship in the United States Navy to be named after Kamehameha...
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first submarine USS Holland launched in May 1897. The USS Holland was acquired by the Navy 11 April 1900. On 16 October 1900, the USS Holland departed...
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USS Corypheus was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Corypheus was used by the Union Navy primarily as a gunboat to...
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USS Hydrographer (AGS-2), briefly classified PY-30 before commissioning, was built in 1928 by the Spear Engine Works in Norfolk, Virginia, and operated...
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USS Spearfish (SS-190), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful...
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USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument near...
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company's new chairman and CEO, John Jay Hopkins. The submarine tender USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36), built by the General Dynamics Shipbuilding Division in Quincy...
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commonwealth's seal. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia shows Virtue, spear in hand, with her foot on the recumbent form of Tyranny, whose crown lies...
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The USS Harvest Moon was a steam operated gunboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable...
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USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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shapeshifting metallic arm band that can transforms into any weapon such as a spear or a shield. In Season 2, Gwyn travels to Solum to prevent civil war. Her...
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and commissioned 5 February 1946. Christening of USS Cusk, with Mr. & Mrs. Walter Reed, Mr. L. Spear, Mr. & Mrs. Claude Gillette Departing New London...
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