USS C. W. Morse (ID 1966) was a paddle wheel steamer built in 1903, which was leased by the U.S. Navy for service during World War I. She served as a...
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USS C-3 (SS-14) USS C-4 (SS-15) USS C-5 (SS-16) SSV C-Champion SSV C-Commando USS C. F. Sargent (ID-3027) USS C. P. Williams (1861) USS C. W. Morse (ID-1966)...
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commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 30 April 1917, Ensign W. G. Morse . Following her commissioning, Absegami was assigned to section patrol...
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area was threatened by a Confederate enemy force, and Periwinkle with USS Morse, blockaded the mouths of the Rappahannock and Piankatank rivers to protect...
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AF-6 USS Amphion (ID-1888) USS Hisko (ID-1953) USS Casco (ID-1957) USS C. W. Morse (ID-1966) USS Ticonderoga (ID-1968) USS Samoset (ID-2000) USS Astoria (ID-2005)...
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40°38′55″N 74°01′27″W / 40.6484857°N 74.0242369°W / 40.6484857; -74.0242369 The Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company was a major late 19th/early 20th century...
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Balao-class submarine (redirect from USS Dugong (SS-353))
with Fairbanks-Morse engines. General Electric motors were fitted primarily to boats with General Motors engines, but some Fairbanks-Morse boats received...
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cutter) and a museum building. The museum staff starts the USS Silversides' Fairbanks Morse engines up to six times per year in order to keep the engines...
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USS Puffer (SSN-652), a Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pufferfish, a saltwater...
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Frank Wead (redirect from Frank W. Wead)
with two other officers and former classmates, Lieutenants (j.g.) Robert Morse Farrar and Calvin Thornton Durgin. In addition to basic and advanced flight...
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USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the...
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USS General W. C. Langfitt (AP-151) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army...
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USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock or landing platform dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy...
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Tench-class submarine (redirect from USS Dorado (SS-526))
served during World War II, remaining in service with the U.S. Navy was USS Tigrone (AGSS-419) which was decommissioned on 27 June 1975. The as-built...
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The first USS Batfish (SS/AGSS-310) is a Balao-class submarine, known primarily for sinking three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines in a 76-hour period...
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USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo. Construction started before the U.S. entered...
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lead ship, USS Edsall, was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at Orange, Texas. The class was also known as the FMR type from their Fairbanks-Morse reduction-geared...
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DSV Limiting Factor (section USS Johnston)
used to identify the wrecks of the destroyers USS Johnston at a depth of 6,469 m (21,224 ft), and USS Samuel B. Roberts at 6,865 m (22,523 ft), in the...
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List of diving equipment manufacturers (section W)
diving equipment, shallow water helmets. Morse Diving, also known as Morse Diving International, A J Morse and Son. – American manufacturer of diving...
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Navy and launched in 1941–1943. Named after the lead ship of the class, USS Gato, they were the first mass-production U.S. submarine class of World War...
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USS Narwhal (SS-167), the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
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Washington (SSN-787) construction. On 21 June 2008, the Navy christened USS New Hampshire, the first Block II submarine. This boat was delivered eight...
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USS Lionfish (SS-298), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish native to the Pacific...
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USS Nautilus (SF-9/SS-168), a Narwhal-class submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the third ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. Nautilus...
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Jeremiah Denton (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
trouble with the blinding television lights, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse code, spelling the word "T-O-R-T-U-R-E"—and confirming for the first time...
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USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481) /ˈreɪkwɪn/, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French...
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USS Bonefish (SS-582) was a Barbel-class submarine of the United States Navy, and was the second U.S. Navy submarine to be named for the bonefish. The...
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engines or Fairbanks-Morse Model 38 engines. The wartime performance of the H.O.R. engines was so poor that Captain Tommy Dykers of USS Jack said, "The H...
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John H. Sununu (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
Counselor to the President until March 1, 1992. On the 24th anniversary of the USS Liberty incident (in 1991), approximately 50 Liberty survivors, including...
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novels, such as USS Maine (SSBN-741) in The Sum of All Fears (1991). The fictional USS Montana is featured in the 1989 film The Abyss. USS Alabama is the...
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