USS Monrovia (APA-31) was a Crescent City class attack transport of the United States Navy, built from a C-3 Delta commercial freighter design, and was...
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California, during a drought in 2021. The boat had been carried by the USS Monrovia during World War II, and had been in combat in Sicily and later in the...
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Korean War. There were four ships in the class: USS Crescent City, USS Charles Carroll, USS Monrovia, and USS Calvert. Like all attack transports, the purpose...
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a naval gunfire officer serving in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Monrovia. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve until 1958, and rose to the...
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MC type C3-P or C3-Delta USS Crescent City (APA-21), ex-AP-40 USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) USS Monrovia (APA-31), ex-AP-64 USS Calvert (APA-32), ex-AP-65...
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1959–62. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1965 aboard the USS Monrovia and USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of Yeoman 3rd...
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Army's 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry. 1/8 embarked on board the USS Monrovia (APA-31) and the ship departed the area for Morehead City, North Carolina...
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from the MEU command element, as well as USS Barnstable County, which was used to ferry evacuees out of Monrovia. Remaining on station for the next 121...
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Jerauld Wright (section USS Santa Fe (CL-60))
July 8, 1943, with Vice Admiral Hewitt and his staff embarking on the USS Monrovia, the invasion force's flagship. D-Day was July 10, and Patton's troops...
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George S. Patton. Both officers sailed aboard the flagship transport USS Monrovia. Patton commanded three times as many soldiers as Hewitt had landed eight...
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July, Almaack sailed for Eniwetok in company with the attack transport USS Monrovia (APA-31). She proceeded thence to Pearl Harbor, arriving there on 23...
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Lieutenant Commander from 1942 to 1946. While in the Navy, he served on the USS Monrovia in areas such as North Africa, Sicily, Tarawa and Saipan. After the war...
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The first USS Sacramento was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Sacramento was launched on 28 April 1862 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery...
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AO-178) USS Monroe County (LST-1038) USS Monrovia (AP-64/APA-31) USS Monsoon (PC-4/WPC-4) USS Monssen (DD-436, DD-798) USS Montague (AKA-98) USS Montana...
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USS Chattanooga (C-16/PG-30/CL-18) was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named...
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USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) (formerly LPD-15) (/ˈpɒnseɪ/ PON-say), was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, formerly in service with the United States...
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The second USS Niagara was a screw frigate in the United States Navy. Niagara was launched by New York Navy Yard on 23 February 1855; sponsored by Miss...
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Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia in 1956 and renamed Etude. Converted to liquid sulphur carrier in 1961. To Caribbean Sulphur Shipping Co, Monrovia in 1967....
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USS Conolly (DD-979), named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton...
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USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. She was built at the Gosport Shipyard between...
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the Liberian Secretary Clarence Simpson aboard the cruiser USS Omaha off the coast of Monrovia. Up to this point, the basic training of soldiers was completed...
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53) USS HORNE (CG 30) USS JARRETT (FFG 33) USS KIDD (DDG 993) USS LEADER (MSO 490) USS MACDONOUGH (DDG 39) USS MISSOURI (BB 63) USS NASSAU (LHA 4) USS NICHOLAS...
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Talitha (yacht) (redirect from USS Beaumont)
owned her through Concordia Navigation Company, which registered her at Monrovia, Liberia. In the 1970s, following the death of his wife, Embiricos laid...
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USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France during...
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30°02′33″N 87°00′23″W / 30.04250°N 87.00639°W / 30.04250; -87.00639 USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), (/ɔːrˈɪskəniː/ or /əˈrɪskəniː/), was one of the few Essex-class...
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hull number 152), transferred to the United States Navy as transport USS Monrovia (AP-64); later converted to an attack transport and redesignated APA-31;...
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USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship (LSD) of the United States Navy. She was named for Whidbey Island, in Puget Sound...
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USS Vesole (DD-878) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Kay Kopl Vesole was born on 11 September 1913 in Przedbórz, Poland. Sometime...
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SS America (1939) (redirect from USS West Point (AP-23))
(carrying this name three different times during its career); troop transport USS West Point; and SS Australis, Italis, Noga, Alferdoss, and American Star...
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