USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is one of two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy and is the flagship and command ship...
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USS Whitney (AD-4) was a Dobbin-class destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched on 12 October...
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William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841 – February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent member of the Whitney family. He served...
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USS John D. Ford (DD-228/AG-119) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral John Donaldson...
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board the USS Whitney; he was on board the ship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In April 1942, the Whitney left Pearl...
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then served as commanding officer of USS Whitney and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Soon after assuming command of USS Arizona, Brown died of a heart attack...
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ordered to duty afloat, and for two years was Commanding Officer of USS Whitney, destroyer tender of the Scouting Fleet. On July 29, 1931, he reported...
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Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase; April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer. Her entertainment career spanned over a half...
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USS Quiros (PG-40) USS Samar (PG-41) USS San Francisco (C-5) USS Vicksburg (PG-11) USS Washington (ACR-11) USS Wheeling (PG-14) USS Whitney (AD-4) The US Army...
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Court of Inquiry convened 12 November 1942 aboard the destroyer tender USS Whitney on the orders of Admiral Halsey. The Court of Inquiry recommended additional[citation...
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in 1942. USS Bushnell (AS-15) and USS Griffin (AS-13) worked at Pearl Harbor in 1943 and 1944. The destroyer tender USS Whitney (AD-4) and USS Dobbin (AD-3)...
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First, the United States Department of the Navy arranged for Whitney to fly out to meet the USS Saratoga, a cruise ship her men called "The Sara". The singer...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L)...
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The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, for United States Ship. Non-commissioned, primarily civilian-crewed vessels...
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(LST-1169) USS Whiting (SS-433) USS Whitley (AKA-91) USS Whitman (DE-24) USS Whitney (AD-4) USS Wichita (CA-45, AOR-1, LCS-13) USS Wickakee (YTB-529) USS Wickes...
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depot ship in 1945. USS Whitney served in the Pacific. HMS Woolwich served in home waters, the Mediterranean, and the East Indies. USS Yosemite served in...
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served on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS George Washington (CVN-73), U.S. 6th Fleet Command Ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)...
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constructors, then the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the destroyer tender USS Whitney in the composition of the Pacific Fleet and the Bureau of Ships. In 1942...
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Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney, one for a 7,500-ton battleship and one for a 5,000-ton armored cruiser. Whitney decided instead to ask Congress...
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weeks of upkeep alongside USS Whitney, resumed her training schedule. During the last days of June, she operated in company with USS Mississippi as that ship...
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Original Series. William Shatner as James T. Kirk, commanding officer of the USS Enterprise. Leonard Nimoy as Spock, first officer and science officer. DeForest...
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servicing the seaplanes: USS Curtiss, USS McFarland and USS Mackinac. USS Whitney Dobbin-class destroyer tender and the USS Argonne a Design 1024 cargo...
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receiving ship until 1941, thereafter serving on the USS Catlin, USS West Point and USS Whitney. From August 1943 to August 1944 he was assigned to the...
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The Pratt & Whitney J52 (company designation JT8A) is an axial-flow dual-spool turbojet engine originally designed for the United States Navy, in the...
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commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) from July 2015 to July 2017 and commanding officer of USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) from November...
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destroyer tenders USS Dobbin and USS Whitney and the destroyers USS Preston and USS Leary, before being transferred to the new destroyer USS McDougal on 23...
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USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She...
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USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy, and is the flagship of the Seventh...
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