USS Weight (ARS-35) was a Weight-class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken...
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Rescue and salvage ship (section Weight class)
USS Anchor (ARS-13) USS Protector (ARS-14) USS Extractor (ARS-15) USS Extricate (ARS-16) USS Restorer (ARS-17) The United States Navy operated Weight-class...
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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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Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned...
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Diving weighting system (redirect from Weight belt)
A diving weighting system is ballast weight added to a diver or diving equipment to counteract excess buoyancy. They may be used by divers or on equipment...
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reduce top weight, but the lighter metal proved vulnerable to cracking. Aluminum is also less fire-resistant than steel; a 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap gutted...
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USS Constellation (FFG-62) will be the lead ship of the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates and the fifth ship in the United States Navy bearing...
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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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USS United States (CVA-58) was to be the lead ship of a new design of aircraft carrier. On 29 July 1948, President Harry Truman approved construction...
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USS Weeden (DE-797) USS Weehawken (1862, CM-12, YTB-776) USS Weeks (DE-285) USS Weepoose (SP-405) USS Wego (SP-1196) USS Weight (ARS-35) USS Weiss (DE-378,...
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system was first installed in 1973 on USS Norton Sound and entered active service in 1983 as the SPY-1A on USS Ticonderoga. The -1A was installed on ships...
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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United...
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo...
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net/news/482028/uss-antietam-decommissions-while-crew-remains-antietam https://www.dvidshub.net/news/481515/uss-leyte-gulf-decommissioned "USS San Jacinto...
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evaluated on board USS Norton Sound. The first operational launcher was installed aboard USS Bunker Hill. On 12 October 2016, USS Mason (DDG-87) was targeted...
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13. "USS Forrest Sherman". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 6 May 2019. "USS John Paul Jones". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 6 May 2019. "USS Barry"...
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(USS Chicago, USS Louisville) Amphibious assault ships Tarawa class (USS Tarawa, USS Nassau) Iwo Jima class (USS Iwo Jima, USS Guam, USS Tripoli, USS New...
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Kilauea, USS Santa Barbara, USS Mount Hood, USS Shasta, USS Kiska (AE-35)|USS Kiska) Anchorage class (USS Anchorage, USS Portland, USS Pensacola, USS Mount...
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USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) is the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The contract to build her was awarded...
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USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the...
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DSV Limiting Factor (section USS Johnston)
used to identify the wrecks of the destroyers USS Johnston at a depth of 6,469 m (21,224 ft), and USS Samuel B. Roberts at 6,865 m (22,523 ft), in the...
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Starship Enterprise (redirect from Star Trek/USS Enterprise)
Enterprise or USS Enterprise, often referred to as the Starship Enterprise, is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft...
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view of the USS Maine wreck A starboardside view of the USS Maine wreck The largely destroyed bow of the USS Maine The stern of the USS Maine following...
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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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heavy battleship conning towers were removed from USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, USS California, and USS West Virginia during their post-Pearl Harbor attack...
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Constant weight (CWT) is a freediving discipline recognised by AIDA, the International Association for the Development of Apnea, in which the freediver...
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World War II–era USS Enterprise, yet its complement of aircraft is roughly the same—a consequence of the steadily increasing size and weight of individual...
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USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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Operation Petticoat (redirect from USS Sea Tiger)
tells in flashback the misadventures of a fictional U.S. Navy submarine, USS Sea Tiger, during the Battle of the Philippines in the opening days of the...
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USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the...
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