USS Tinian was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an...
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Tinian (/ˈtɪniən, ˌtiːniˈɑːn/) is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited...
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Battle of Tinian was part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It was fought between the United States and Japan on the island of Tinian in the Mariana...
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Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of the...
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components for "Little Boy", the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to the Tinian Naval Base, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty...
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USS Timor (1861) USS Tingey (TB-34, DD-272, DD-539) USS Tingles (AG-144/AKL-13) USS Tinian (CVE-123/CVHE-123/AKV-23) USS Tinosa (SS-283, SSN-606) USS Tinsman (DE-589)...
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (also titled USS Indianapolis: Disaster in the Philippine Sea) is a 2016 American war disaster film directed by Mario...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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15°21′N 123°31′E / 15.350°N 123.517°E / 15.350; 123.517 The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence-class light aircraft...
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Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Guam, and Tinian. On 24 July 1944, during the shelling of Tinian, Colorado received 22 shell hits from shore batteries...
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Battlecarrier: A Design that Never & "Took Off"". Naval history. June 28, 2019. "USS Tinian: Assault Conversion for the Iowa Class". Steel navy. Archived from the...
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USS Overton (DD-239/APD–23) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer and high-speed transport that saw service during World War II. Macon C. Overton...
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on Tinian, on 23 July. Furnishing air support for ground forces on the island and maintaining an anti-submarine patrol, Midway operated off Tinian, until...
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of her own, during the invasions of Saipan, 15 June, and of Tinian. While firing on Tinian 24 July, during the invasion, the battleship Colorado came under...
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USS Hogan (DD-178/DMS-6) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Daniel Hogan entered the Navy on board the schooner...
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The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active...
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USS Tennessee (BB-43) was the lead ship of the Tennessee class of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Tennessee...
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until 5 August, serving as fire support and patrol ship at both Saipan and Tinian. On 22 June, while guarding transports, she and Chandler sank Japanese submarine...
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USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a retired United States Navy Fletcher-class destroyer. The ship was named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers (George...
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machine-gunner in several major campaigns of World War II including Guadalcanal, Tinian, and Saipan. On his fourth request to change his rating to machine-gunner...
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USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She...
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USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte...
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San Francisco. On 11 February 1958, she assisted the tug USS Yuma in towing the USS Tinian 10 miles west-southwest of Cape Flattery. On 14 April 1964...
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USS Saufley (DD/DDE/EDDE-465), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a warship of the United States Navy named for pioneering Naval Aviator, Lieutenant Richard...
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USS Stanly (DD-478) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1947. She was scrapped in 1972. USS Stanly (DD-478)...
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USS Eaton (DD-510) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946. She was recommissioned from 1951 to 1969...
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California for most of the year. In early June 1958 the escort carrier USS Tinian was taken in tow at Tacoma, Washington, by Yuma; destined for San Diego...
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USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She...
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of Saipan, 20 June to 16 July 1944, of Guam, 17 to 21 July 1944, and of Tinian, 24 July to 1 August 1944. At the invasion of Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945...
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neutralize enemy air fields on Tinian, Rota, and Guam. Similar operations supporting the subsequent assaults on Tinian and Guam claimed the services of...
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