USS S-17 (SS-122) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-17′s keel was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the...
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one of only five submarines — along with USS S-14 (SS-119), USS S-15 (SS-120), USS S-16 (SS-121). and USS S-17 (SS-122) — built by the Lake Torpedo Boat...
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USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3)...
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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States...
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USS S-31 (SS-136) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-31′s keel was laid down on 13 April 1918 by the Union...
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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 named...
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the U.S.S. Bullhead. New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Bullhead (SS-332). On Eternal Patrol: USS Bullhead...
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USS S-13 (SS-118) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-13′s keel was laid down on 14 February 1920 by...
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USS S-11 (SS-116) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-11′s keel was laid down on 2 December 1919 by...
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USS S-39 (SS-144) was a United States Navy S-class submarine that saw combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II. She was accidentally run aground...
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The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War on 17 May 1987 in the Persian Gulf, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the...
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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier for the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th President...
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420117; -82.039883 USS S-16 (SS-121) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-16′s keel was laid down on...
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U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, "Taffy 3", in the Battle off Samar, sinking or helping to sink the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and the destroyers USS Johnston...
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Base Kitsap. With the inactivation of USS Enterprise in 2012 and decommissioning in 2017, Nimitz is now the oldest U.S. aircraft carrier in service, and the...
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Striking Force: (Center Force), commanding DesRon 10's DesDiv 2's Kiyoshimo, DesDiv 4's Nowaki and DesDiv 17's Urakaze, Yukikaze, Hamakaze and Isokaze. She was...
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USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned...
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Ocean at 17°S 115°E / 17°S 115°E / -17; 115. The depth charge did not explode. 5 June – Friendly forces machine-gunned the U.S. Navy submarine USS Lapon (SS-260)...
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Completing the course several months later, he received assignment to USS S-23, a unit of Submarine Division 4, serving on board as engineering officer...
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Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and thirty-seven injured in the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel since the USS Stark incident...
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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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USS S-10 (SS-115) USS S-11 (SS-116) USS S-12 (SS-117) USS S-13 (SS-118) USS S-14 (SS-119) USS S-15 (SS-120) USS S-16 (SS-121) USS S-17 (SS-122) USS S-18...
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SS Normandie (redirect from USS Lafayette (AP-53))
During the Second World War, Normandie was seized by U.S. authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, while being converted to a troopship...
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USS Quincy (CL/CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Quincy, the second ship to carry...
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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, she...
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USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named after Sir Winston Churchill, former Prime...
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brothers and Juneau, the U.S. Navy has since commissioned two ships named USS The Sullivans and two ships named USS Juneau. On 17 March 2018, Paul Allen's...
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931,...
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Mako naval base in the Pescadores on 17 August, and was discovered that evening by USS Redfish. Redfish assembled USS Rasher, Bluefish and Spadefish for...
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