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    USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Originally built as a kite...
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  • USS Wright may refer to: USS Wright (AV-1), was launched in 1920 as airship tender AZ-1, then converted twice more during her career for various duties...
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    in 1924. As chaplain, he served aboard USS Florida (BB-30), USS Wright (AV-1), USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Augusta (CA-31) and his final duty station...
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    ship named "Wright". The first Wright (AV-1) was named for Orville Wright; the second honored both Wright brothers: Orville and Wilbur. Wright was laid down...
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    included exercises with ships and seaplanes. In October 1936, the USS Wright (AV-1) came to the shoals, and established a base on East island to support...
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    ATR-1 USS ATR-2 USS ATR-3 USS ATR-4 USS ATR-5 USS ATR-6 USS ATR-7 USS ATR-8 USS ATR-9 USS ATR-10 USS ATR-11 USS ATR-12 USS ATR-13 USS ATR-14 USS ATR-15...
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    pool USS Jason (AC-12) USS Beaver USS Medusa (AR-1) USS Rigel (AD-13) USS Leyte (ARG-8) USS Holland (AS-3) USS Obstructor USS Wright (AV-1) USS Currituck...
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  • Patrol Squadron (VP) 10-S, Scouting Fleet, based in aircraft tender USS Wright (AV-1). He then served on the staff of Capt. George W. Steele, Commander...
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    (AT-12) USS Geronimo (ATA-207) USS Wright (AV-1) USS Coucal (ASR-8) USS Mataco (AT-86) USS Portunus (AGP-4) USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) SS Stratheden USS Tangier...
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    commanding officer of the aircraft tender USS Wright (AV-1) on January 3, 1927. Moffett had assigned King to Wright before he had received the necessary flight...
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    Currituck (AV-7) USS Creon (ARL-11) USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) USS Euryale USS Tangier (AV-8) USS San Pablo (AVP-30) USS Willoughby (AGP-9) USS Wright (AV-1) Mokerang...
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    duty aboard the seaplane tender USS Wright (AV-1), and in 1927 he left Wright to become a pilot in Torpedo Squadron 1 (VT-1), remaining with the squadron...
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    2018-04-26. "USS Wright (AV-1) – Commanding Officers". navsource.org. NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive Websites. Retrieved June 19, 2018. "USS Langley...
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    Bayler and 48 Marines from MAG-21 departed Pearl Harbor on board the USS Wright (AV-1) bound for Wake Island. Arriving 29 November, their mission was to...
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  • assignment after receiving this appointment was on a seaplane tender, the USS Wright (AV-1), where he served for six years. In 1934, Cooke attended the Warrant...
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    Islands. On 13 December 1940 she refueled from the seaplane tender USS Wright (AV-1) and then lay to in the lee of Wake Island before proceeding on to...
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    the AV-8A's suitability for operating from various amphibious assault ships and aircraft carriers, including a deployment of 14 Harriers aboard USS Franklin...
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    USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) was the lead ship of her class of seaplane tenders in the United States Navy. Kenneth Whiting (Naval Aviator No. 16) received...
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    Besides various shore duty, he served in Saratoga (CV-3), Wright (AV-1), and commanded Albemarle (AV-5), between 1924 and 1941. On November 13, 1942, he was...
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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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    USS Cyclops (AC-4) was the second of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I.[citation needed] Named...
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    ships Vulcan class (USS Vulcan, USS Jason) Rescue and salvage ships Edenton class (USS Beaufort) Sealift ships Wright class (SS Wright, SS Curtiss) Hospital...
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    road for the first time. The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber AV-19 with an aircraft number of 93–1086, P-40D Kittyhawk...
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    Beaufort) Wright class (USS Wright, USS Curtiss) Mercy class (USNS Mercy, USNS Comfort) Charleston class (USS Durham, USS Mobile) Avenger class (USS Avenger)...
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    service Timeline of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy "USS Langley (CV-1 & AV-3)". www.history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 27 June...
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  • militaryaerospace.com. Retrieved August 1, 2017. "Naval Vessel Register – USS GERALD R FORD (CVN 78)". United States Navy. Retrieved August 1, 2017. Germinsky, CE1 Robert...
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    conducted from the Tonkin Gulf at the time. On 12 February 1965, USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) became the first U.S. Navy ship to conduct operations inside...
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    Philip (1999). USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9). Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. ISBN 1-56311-492-5. St. John, Philip (2000). USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15)...
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  • Power Play (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (category Television episodes written by Herbert Wright (producer))
    Deep: Space Nine. The USS Enterprise detects a distress call at a moon known as Mab-Bu VI. Lt. Commander Data discovers that the USS Essex was lost in the...
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    are: USS Yorktown (CV-10) in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina USS Intrepid (CV-11) in New York City USS Hornet (CV-12) in Alameda, California USS Lexington (CV-16)...
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