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    USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation...
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  • USS Augusta (SP-946), was a wooden-hulled steam yacht, acquired by the Navy in 1917 and returned to her original owner in 1918. USS Augusta (CA-31),...
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    page 24. history.com USS Panay sunk by Japanese McDonald, Jason (2009). "USS Panay (PR-5) Casualty List On Board USS Augusta (CA-31)". The World War II...
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    As chaplain, he served aboard USS Florida (BB-30), USS Wright (AV-1), USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Augusta (CA-31) and his final duty station, Houston...
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    USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second...
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    Chicago was sunk in January 1943 4 of 6: Northampton, Chester, Louisville, Augusta Mk 9 (later Mk 14) guns in three 250-ton triple turrets Northampton was...
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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approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered...
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    billets, twice on seagoing flag staffs, in New York (BB-34) and Portland (CA-33), and at the 12th Naval District. In 1940-41, he was Executive Officer...
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    States Naval Institute. McDonald, Jason (2009). "USS Panay (PR-5) Casualty List On Board USS Augusta (CA-31)". The World War II Multimedia Database. Retrieved...
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    Marine detachments aboard the USS Idaho (BB-24), USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Arkansas (BB-33), USS Arizona (BB-39) and USS New Mexico (BB-40). He graduated...
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    odd assortment of ships; the USS Augusta (CA-31), then the old wooden ship USS Constellation, USS Vixen (PG-53), and then USS Pocono (AGC-16). In 1948, the...
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    was USS Texas (BB-35). Subsequently, the headquarters was in a rather odd assortment of ships; the USS Augusta (CA-31), then the old wooden ship USS Constellation...
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    the rush was made clear on August 7, 1941, when the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) carrying U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at an anchorage...
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    the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944, embarked on the heavy cruiser USS Augusta, and as Commander U.S. Naval Forces, France during 1944 and 1945. He...
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    Office of National Guard and Reserve Affairs, Hawaiian Department August 31, 1928: Student, Command and General Staff School August 1, 1929: Instructor...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Houston (CA-30)
    USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston". She was launched...
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  • returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31), in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. August 8 The United Nations...
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  • Patrick's first assignments were aboard the destroyers USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Pope (DD-225) and USS Farragut (DD-348). On December 7, 1941, Patrick was...
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  • breakwater USS Augusta (CA-31) US combat vessel heavy cruiser USS Auk (AM-57) US auxiliary minesweeper HMS Avon Vale (L06) UK combat vessel destroyer USS Baldwin (DD-624)...
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    Milne Bay. Some US ships that ported at Perth during World War II: USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Tucker (DD-374), and SS Mariposa. Maylands Airport for Royal Navy...
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    Morocco, under Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, flag on the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31). The Allies organized three amphibious task forces to seize the key...
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    House (Augusta, Georgia) Summerville (Augusta, Georgia) List of U.S. cities with large Black populations USS Augusta, 3 ships Mean monthly maxima and minima...
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    Distinguished Service Medal for command of Task Force 86, aboard USS Augusta (CA-31), during the 1944 invasion of Southern France. He received a second...
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    and August 1945, and Truman's return to the United States on the USS Augusta (CA-31) when the first atomic bomb was dropped in Japan on August 6, 1945...
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    62 killed (CL/CA-30) Houston (1930) – WW2: 2 battle stars, sunk by torpedoes 1 March 1942, 693 killed and 77 POWs died (CL/CA-31) Augusta (1931) – WW2:...
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    USS Higbee (DD/DDR-806) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first U.S. warship named for a female...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Rowan (DD-405)
    The third USS Rowan (DD-405) was a Benham-class destroyer named for Stephen C. Rowan. Rowan was in the Atlantic when the United States entered World War...
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    USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), a Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, tows ex-USS Des Moines (CA-134) to the scrapyard in Texas USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7), a cable ship built...
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    (T-AGOS-11) USS Audrain (APA-59) USS Audubon (APA-149) USS Audwin (SP-451) USS Augury (AMc-126/AM-149/MSF-149) USS Augusta (1799, 1853, SP-946, CL-31/CA-31, SSN-710...
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    USS Wichita was a unique heavy cruiser of the United States Navy built in the 1930s. The last American cruiser designed to meet the limits of the London...
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