USS Inch (DE-146) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974. Richard Inch...
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judge Thomas Inch (1881–1963), British "strongest man" USS Inch (DE-146), an American naval ship Big Inch, a 1942 American oil pipeline Inches, a gay monthly...
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SP-1212, SP-3219, IX-229) USS Incessant (AM-248) USS Inch (DE-146) USS Inchon (LPH-12/MCS-12) USS Incredible (AM-249/MSF-249) USS Independence (1776 brig...
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breech block. Dual-purpose 3 inch/50-caliber guns (Marks 10, 17, 18, and 20) first entered service in 1915 as a refit to USS Texas (BB-35), and were subsequently...
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in June and July. On 12 June, Snowden, Frost, and USS Inch (DE-146) made a surface radar contact. Inch illuminated the target with star shells, and it was...
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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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flush-bolted 1⁄2-inch rolled iron plates. A total thickness of this composite armor, including the hull skin proper, was 5.75 inches (146 mm). The deck was...
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first...
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USS Allen (DD-66) was a Sampson-class destroyer of the United States Navy launched in 1916. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William...
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Battle off Samar (section USS Johnston)
retained a basic anti-ship capability with torpedoes and 5-inch (127 mm) guns. USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) distinguished herself in this battle as the "destroyer...
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey....
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USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...
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WDE-424 USS Lowe (DE-325) – redesignated WDE-425 USS Finch (DE-328) – redesignated WDE-428 USS Koiner (DE-331) – redesignated WDE-431 USS Forster (DE-334)...
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Destroyer Captain, p. 146. Hara, Japanese Destroyer Captain, p. 148. "Long Lancers". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024. "USS Laffey website". Destroyer...
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Navy. She is named after Admiral Álvaro de Bazán. In late 2005, Álvaro de Bazán was deployed as part of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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USS O'Flaherty (DE-340) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Ensign Frank...
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Augusta Bay, where she helped to damage the light cruiser USS Denver, but was hit by ten 6-inch (152 mm) shells from enemy cruisers, but most were duds...
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USS Biddle (DD-151) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified AG-114. She was the second ship named...
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Missiles and 759 16-inch shells at Iraqi targets along the coast. Decommissioned for the last time in 1992, Missouri was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial...
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cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the destroyer USS Joseph Strauss finished the destruction of the ship. Left heavily aflame...
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officers and men in peacetime, but this increased to 146 in wartime. The ship mounted four 45-calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft...
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Stone Fleet (redirect from USS Augustus Holly)
of the Salem Witches. Mechanic (ship) 335 tons Messenger (bark) 216 tons USS Montezuma 424 tons Newburyport (ship), of 341 tons, had been launched at...
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USS Springer (SS-414) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named after the springer, a Grampus. Springer was laid down on 3 October...
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USS Oregon (BB-3) was the third and final member of the Indiana class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1890s. The...
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USS Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship intended to be the last ship of the Iowa class. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of...
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Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7. Friedman, Norman (2010). British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After. Barnsley...
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Dreadnought (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
same year. Finally, the US Navy gained authorization for USS Michigan, carrying eight 12-inch guns, in March 1905, with construction commencing in December...
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USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant...
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