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    USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that served with the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for the Battle...
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    aircraft carrier USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), in commission from 1945 to 1946, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), in commission...
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  • The first USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) was an escort carrier in service for just over a year, during 1945 and 1946. The second USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) is a guided...
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    ultimately chose to retire Monterey (CG-61), Hué City (CG-66), Anzio (CG-68), Vella Gulf (CG-72), and Port Royal (CG-73). In April 2022, the Navy requested...
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    cruisers USS Philippine Sea (CG-58); USS Monterey (CG-61), USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Mitscher (DDG-57), USS Laboon...
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    City (CG-66) USS Anzio (CG-68) USS Vicksburg (CG-69) USS Cape St. George (CG-71) USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) USS Port Royal (CG-73) Legend class: USCGC Bertholf (WMSL...
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    Billie J. Farrell (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
    aboard USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), first as electrical officer and then as navigator. She was then assigned to Millington, Tennessee before reporting to USS San...
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    Retrieved 2017-05-24. "Sailors from USS Vella Gulf Hold Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony". 5 May 2014. "USS VELLA GULF (CG 72)". Archived from the original on...
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    Safeguard San Jacinto Sioux City Tarawa Vella Gulf Walter S. Diehl Whidbey Island "Navy Decommissions USS Whidbey Island". USNI News. 22 July 2022....
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  • crew who served on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) and USS San Jacinto (CG-56), who crossed the...
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    Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) Ticonderoga Cruiser Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) Whidbey Island...
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  • (SSN-754) USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) Destroyer Squadron 22 (DESRON-22) USS Mitscher...
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    shipboard tours included USS King (DDG-41), USS McCandless (F-1084), USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), and USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). He served in the Cruiser-Destroyer...
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    includes: USS San Jacinto (CG-56) USS Monterey (CG-61) USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) Destroyer Squadron 26, at Naval Station Norfolk USS Stout (DDG-55) USS McFaul...
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    known as Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2003 from his flagship, the USS Vella Gulf (CG-72). Thirteen nations participated in the exercise, which included...
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    (1993) – Gulf War: 1 battle star, GWOT (CG-71) Cape St. George [A] (1993) – Iraq War: 1 battle star, GWOT (CG-72) Vella Gulf [I] (1993) – GWOT (CG-73) Port...
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  • known as Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2003 from his flagship, the USS Vella Gulf (CG-72). It was the first time in the thirty-one year history of BALTOPS...
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    Journalist (SW/AW/IUSS) Henry Rice, USN (6 July 2004). "USS George Washington Departs Persian Gulf". NNS040706-26. Retrieved 6 January 2012. Journalist 2nd...
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    cruisers USS Belknap (CG-26) USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) USS Wainwright (CG-28) Vietnam War USS William H. Standley (CG-32) Vietnam War USS Biddle (CG-34)...
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    U.S. Sailors assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) participate in a beach beautification community relations project during a...
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    known as Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2003 from his flagship, the USS Vella Gulf (CG-72); this was the first time in the 31-year history of BALTOPS that...
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    board USS Mount Whitney (AE 34), became the first woman frocked to gunner's mate (guns), third class, in the U.S. Navy. USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) became...
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    Canadian Navy. The visiting ships were: USS Iwo Jima USS Vella Gulf USS Roosevelt USS Thunderbolt USS Tempest USS Hurricane USCGC Spencer USCGC Katherine...
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    USS Hue City (CG-66) was a unit of Carrier Group 8. During 1999, the previous Carrier Group 8's flagship was Eisenhower. In May and June 1998, Vella Gulf...
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    (ID-2515) USS Vega (SP-734, AK-17, AF-59, T-AK-286) USS Vela (AK-89/T-AK-89) USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111/CVHE-111/AKV-11, CG-72) USS Velocipede (SP-1258) USS Velocity...
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    APc-64 USS APc-65 USS APc-66 USS APc-67 USS APc-68 USS APc-69 USS APc-70 USS APc-71 USS APc-72 USS APc-73 USS APc-74 USS APc-75 USS APc-76 USS APc-77 USS APc-78...
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    of Leyte Gulf, 1944 USS Tucker, a Mahan-class destroyer, sinking after striking a mine while escorting a cargo ship into New Hebrides, 1942 USS Oklahoma...
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    of shipwrecks from World War 2, including those from the Pacific Ocean. "USS Hoel (DD 533)". uboat.net. Retrieved July 10, 2023. "SS (John A. Johnson...
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  • credit for downing both Wildcats. DeBlanc and Feliton parachute into Vella Gulf, swim to Kolombangara, are rescued by coastwatchers, and return to their...
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