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    USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40, AVT-12) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy...
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  • have borne the name Tarawa, after the Tarawa Atoll that was the scene of a bloody fight in the Pacific War. The first USS Tarawa (CV-40) was an aircraft...
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  • Tarawa, fought on the Tarawa atoll in World War II Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, a class of ships in the US Navy USS Tarawa (CV-40), a United States...
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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 Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to...
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    in August 1942 (CV-31 and 33-35 from Brooklyn, CV-32 from Newport News, CV-36 and -37 from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, CV-38 through -40 from the Norfolk...
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    USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named...
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    installations on Makin and Tarawa, then headed back to Pearl Harbor. In mid-October, she sailed for Espiritu Santo where she joined USS Saratoga to form TF 38...
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    USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier. The lead ship of her class, she served during World War II. Converted...
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    2nd Marine Division; duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40) and the cruiser USS Little Rock (CLG-4); instructor at The Basic School; and...
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    USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy...
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    USS Bunker Hill (CV/CVA/CVS-17, AVT-9) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was...
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    World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40), being discharged with the rank of electronics technician (second...
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    USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy...
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    was a flight leader in Scouting Squadron FIVE (VS-5) attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-5), flying the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Burch and VS-5 took...
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    Champlain ‡ USS TarawaUSS Valley Forge ‡ USS Philippine Sea ‡ Independence class USS Belleau Wood USS Cowpens USS Monterey USS Langley USS Cabot USS Bataan...
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    USS Essex (CV-9), USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Leyte (CV-32), USS Antietam (CV-36), USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), and USS Tarawa (CV-40)...
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    BT BU BV BW BY BZ C CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CM CN CP CQ CS CT CU CV CW CY CZ D DA DB DC DD DE DF DH DN DP DR DT DV DW DX DZ E EA EB EC ED EE EF...
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    USS Taposa (YFB-1163) USS Tappahannock (AO-43) USS Tarantula (SS-12, SP-124) USS Tarawa (CV-40/CVA-40/CVS-40/AVT-12, LHA-1) USS Tarazed (AF-13) USS Tarbell...
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    the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3)....
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  • by U.S. forces. March 1 – Essex-class aircraft carriers USS Tarawa (CV-40) and USS Kearsarge (CV-33) are laid down, at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Brooklyn...
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    Carrier Air Group One aboard the aircraft carriers USS Tarawa (CV-40) and USS Philippine Sea (CV-47). From 1950 to 1952, he served as a member of the...
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    Commons has media related to USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). USS BELLEAU WOOD(CV-24)(later CVL-24) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24, originally CV-24), 1943–1960 Archived...
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    accommodate one in their well decks. USS Tarawa (LHA-1) USS Saipan (LHA-2) USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) USS Nassau (LHA-4) USS Peleliu (LHA-5) [I] America class...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Sigsbee
    USS Sigsbee (DD-502), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee (1845–1923). Sigsbee...
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    [citation needed] In 1963 the squadron was deployed in detachments to the USS Essex and USS Intrepid for anti-submarine warfare exercises. In August of the next...
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    Destroyer) USS Ford FFG-54 (Oliver H. Perry Class Frigate) Amphibious Squadron 11 - Belleau Wood ARG - (Taiwan Strait) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 (Tarawa Class...
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    the threat of the Communist advance into northern China. She joined Tarawa (CV-40) and Hawkins (DD-873) and sailed by way of Hong Kong and Singapore;...
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    escort duty. She next sortied from Pearl Harbor 7 July 1942, in the USS Saratoga (CV-3) task force, bound for action in the Solomon Islands. She served...
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    assigned to anti-submarine exercises in Caribbean waters with carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), after which she performed escort duty in the area until 22 July...
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