The history of USS Vestal (AR-4) began when Erie (Fleet Collier No. 1) was authorized on 17 April 1904; but the ship was renamed Vestal in October 1905...
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converted to the repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) in 1913 USS Erie (PG-50), a gunboat launched in 1936 and sunk in 1942 USS Lake Erie This article includes...
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explosion of the U.S.S. Arizona, to which the U.S.S. Vestal was moored, he swam back to his ship. The entire forward part of the U.S.S. Arizona was a blazing...
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HMS Vestal, the name of eight ships of the Royal Navy USS Vestal (AR-4), a US Navy ship Vestal moth Rhodometra sacraria, a moth of Europe, Africa and...
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sailors from USS California, three from USS Arizona, two each from USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma, and one each from USS Utah, USS Vestal, USS West Virginia...
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USS Arizona was a standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and...
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Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia. A repair ship (former coal ship), Vestal, was also present, moored next to Arizona. When the United States Navy decided...
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USS Vester (SP-686) was a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919. Vester was built as a wooden-hulled commercial...
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USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) was the second of two Florida class dreadnought battleships. The first ship of the United States Navy named after the state of...
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HMS H31, USS Nereus, HMS Triumph, Vizcaya Other incidents 7 Dec: USS Gamble, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS Thresher, USS Vestal 8 Dec:...
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HMS H31, USS Nereus, HMS Triumph, Vizcaya Other incidents 7 Dec: USS Gamble, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS Thresher, USS Vestal 8 Dec:...
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Danish professional football forward Saskia Vester (born 1959), German actress and author Other USS Vester (SP-686), a United States Navy patrol vessel...
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bow, and further sailed to the repair ship USS Vestal, arriving on 16 July. She remained moored to Vestal until 6 August, where after enough repairs were...
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the town and the ships moored off shore. For example, one damaged ship, USS Vestal, beached in ʻAiea Bay to prevent sinking. Many people photographed the...
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commanding USS Vestal during the attack on Pearl Harbor Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler (1894–1945), U.S. Navy, Navy Cross for action aboard USS Louisville...
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damaged vessels included USS Pennsylvania, USS Maryland, USS Tennessee, USS Helena, USS Honolulu, USS Raleigh, USS Vestal, and USS Curtiss. Other ships had...
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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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Repairs continued even as she sortied, with work crews from the repair ship USS Vestal, herself damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor six months earlier, still...
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USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated...
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USS Prometheus (AR-3) USS Vestal (AR-4) USS Vulcan (AR-5) USS Ajax (AR-6) USS Hector (AR-7) USS Jason (AR-8) USS Delta (AR-9) USS Alcor (AR-10) USS Rigel (AR-11)...
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HMS H31, USS Nereus, HMS Triumph, Vizcaya Other incidents 7 Dec: USS Gamble, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS Thresher, USS Vestal 8 Dec:...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On 5 August Roosevelt boarded the cruiser USS Augusta from the presidential yacht Potomac. Augusta proceeded from Massachusetts...
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USS California (BB-44) was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and...
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Enterprise's damage control officer along with 40 men off the repair ship USS Vestal. He wrote that on 11 November: "She made the open sea with her decks....
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collier that survived both Allied and Axis attacks during World War II USS Vestal, converted to a repair ship and served in both World Wars, receiving two...
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USS West Virginia (BB-48) was the fourth dreadnought battleship of the Colorado class, though because Washington was cancelled, she was the third and...
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USS Oglala (ID-1255/CM-4/ARG-1) was a minelayer in the United States Navy. Commissioned as Massachusetts, she was renamed Shawmut a month later, and in...
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USS Sealion (SS-195), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared...
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USS Maryland (BB-46), also known as "Old Mary" or "Fighting Mary" to her crewmates, was a Colorado-class battleship. She was the third ship of the United...
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first...
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