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    USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end...
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    The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft...
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  • USS Midway may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Midway (AG-41), which was named Oritani and then Tyree before being chartered...
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    "USS Midway (CVE-63), later USS St. Lo (CVE-63)". NavSource Naval History. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020. Gerhardt, Frank A. "Midway"....
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    The Midway class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned...
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    destroyer Hammann, while the carriers USS Enterprise and USS Hornet survived the battle fully intact. After Midway and the exhausting attrition of the Solomon...
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  • evidenced when Midway became the tenth most popular movie at the box office in 1976. On April 18, 1942, a squadron of B-25 bombers from the USS Hornet launches...
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  • Facility Midway Island, a U.S. Naval Air Station in the Midway Atoll (1941–1993) USS Midway, the name of three different U.S. Navy ships: USS Midway (AG-41)...
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  • shortages on "AF," confirming "AF" to be Midway. Hoping to mount his surprise attack, Nimitz orders the aircraft carriers USS Hornet and Enterprise to be recalled...
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    two training vessels, USS Wolverine and USS Sable, which were given the unclassified miscellaneous (IX) hull designation. The Midway class and the Saipan...
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    Panther (which was captured on film) while attempting to land on the USS Midway (CV-41). George Chamberlain Duncan was born on 11 February 1917 in Tacoma...
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    Transport Group Charlie) USS Anchorage USS Denver USS Duluth USS Mobile The task force was joined by: USS Hancock USS Midway each carrying Marine, and...
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    From 1971 to 1990 VA-115 and CVW-5 were assigned to USS Midway. In 1971 and 1972/73 USS Midway made two deployments to Vietnam. From May to October 1972...
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    of the Vietnam War (331 days on USS Coral Sea) and the longest line period of the Vietnam War (208 days on USS Midway). [3] The squadron returned to San...
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    USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo...
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    graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank. While in command of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order...
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    USS Bataan USS San Jacinto Midway class USS Franklin D. Roosevelt USS Coral Sea Saipan class USS Saipan USS Wright Forrestal class USS Forrestal USS Saratoga...
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    newly commissioned aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41), shortly before V-J Day. In 1958-1959, he commanded the Midway. After World War II he worked at the...
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  • FFG-32 USS Paul FF-1080 Source: USS Midway CV-41 (Flagship of Battle Force Zulu) USS Bunker Hill CG-52 USS Mobile Bay CG-53 USS Hewitt DD-966 USS Oldendorf...
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    2023. On September 19, 2019, the USS Midway Museum acquired a 1:1 scale replica used in the World War II movie, Midway. The plane was donated from Lionsgate...
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    for JMSDF, now known as JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base. On 5 October 1973, USS Midway, with Carrier Air Wing Five and her accompanying task group, put into...
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    embarked on USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) with VA-22, VA-94, and VA-144 A-4 Squadrons, VF-51 and VF-53 F-8's In 1973, CVW-5 embarked on USS Midway to become...
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    Intruders: USS Constellation lost 11, USS Ranger lost eight, USS Coral Sea lost six, USS Midway lost two, USS Independence lost four, USS Kitty Hawk lost...
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    VFA-161, the rest would move to NAF Atsugi, Japan to join CVW-5 and the USS Midway. Other squadrons that switched to F/A-18 included VFA-146 "Blue Diamonds"...
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    George Chamberlain Duncan attempted to land a Grumman F9F-2 Panther on USS Midway in BuNo 125228, during carrier suitability tests in the Atlantic Ocean...
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  • incident. The third Panay was the general auxiliary USS Midway (AG-41), renamed in 1943 to make the name Midway available for an aircraft carrier. This article...
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    the utility cap or eight-point cover) and Pass In Review (PIR) at the USS Midway, Ceremonial Drill Hall. This marks the recruit's graduation and entrance...
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    California. F9F-5 bureau number unknown (incorrectly marked as 141136) - USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California 125295 - Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum...
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    embarked): USS Peleliu, USS Cleveland, USS Comstock, USS Bristol County, and a large number of other vessels: USS Midway, USS Curts, USS Rodney M. Davis, USS Thach...
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    Machine USS Midway Museum. Retrieved: 29 October 2012. "F7U Cutlass Now Aboard USS Midway". 2 January 2023. "Rare airplane debuts on USS Midway!". 15 December...
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