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Bismarck
battleship model
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After completion of trials and
training programs, battleship Bismarck departed to
participate in the battle of the Atlantic. In this
battle, Bismarck demonstrated how superbly it had been designed and built. In a mere
eight minutes, she sunk the finest and biggest battlecruiser of Royal Navy, HMS Hood.
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Prinz Eugen
heavy cruiser
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On 24 May 1941, Prinz Eugen
fought alongside Bismarck in the Battle of the
Denmark Strait against HMS Hood, hitting the British
battlecruiser three times and starting a huge fire.
Prinz Eugen also damaged HMS Prince of Wales with
four hits.
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USS
Arizona
BB-39
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Along with USS
Missouri, USS Arizona BB-39 is one of the most
famous battleships in US Naval history.
USS Arizona is
today still in commission and serves as a memorial
to all the US dead from the Imperial Japanese Navy's
attack.
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HMCS Haida G-63
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HMCS Haida is the most famous ship in the
Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface
tonnage than any other Canadian ship. Haida is the
only survivor of the 27 Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy,
Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Australian Navy.
Technologically Haida represented the most advanced
naval architecture, marine propulsion systems and
naval weapons of her day.
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USS
Pittsburgh
CA-72
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On
4 June, USS Pittsburgh fought a typhoon that
had 70-knot winds and 100-foot waves. Her bow
structure thrust upward and broke free. Her
crew’s seamanship saved their own ship.
Fighting the storm and maneuvering to avoid being
rammed by the drifting bow-structure, Pittsburgh was
held quarter-on to the seas by engine manipulations
while the forward bulkhead was shored. After a
7-hour battle, Pittsburgh proceeded at 6 knots to
Guam.
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USS Mars AFS-1
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Mars was the first of a new class that was
intended to replace three types of supply ships: the
AF, AKS, and AVS. Two innovations were Boeing UH‑46
helicopters and an automatic highline shuttle
transfer system to make a rapid transfer of supplies
possible. To speed replenishment processing, Mars
became the first ship in the Pacific Fleet to be
equipped with a 1004 Univac computer system.
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Jeremiah
O'Brien
Liberty ship model
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Jeremiah O'Brien is the last unaltered Liberty ship. In
1994, Jeremiah O'Brien
gained world attention when she steamed back to the
Normandy invasion beaches to participate in
ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day --
the only US veteran D-Day ship present.
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Musashi
Battleship
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Musashi, "sister" of battleship Yamato, was
commissioned in August 1942 when she proceeded to Truk Lagoon, where
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto made Musashi his flagship.
After he was killed on 18 April 1943 (having been
shot down by a special U.S. Army Air Forces
operation) in the Solomons theater of operations,
Musashi returned to Japan carrying his ashes. On 24
October 1944, Musashi was attacked in the Sibuyan
Sea by American carrier-based aircraft and capsized
to port. She sank at 7:25 PM, taking more than 1000
of her 2399 crew with her. That battle was the only
time that the Musashi had fired her guns in anger.
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Yamato Battleship |
Yamato was by far the largest battleship ever built,
even exceeding in size and gun caliber the U.S.
Navy's abortive Montana class. Their nine 460mm
(18.1-inch) main battery guns, which fired 1,460kg
(3,200 pound) armor piercing shells, were the
largest guns ever went to sea. Each of them
had a revolving weight of 2,530t, the weight of a
large WW II destroyer.
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USS
Enterprise
CV-65
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Known as "The Big E", the USS Enterprise
CV-65 is the world's first
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and, to this day,
holds the records as the longest, tallest and
fastest carrier. USS Enterprise's crew of 3,150 consists of 150 officers, 150
chief petty officers, and 2,850 petty officers E-3
and below.
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USS
Carl Vinson
CVN-70
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She was commissioned in 1982 and carries F/A-18
Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as well as
surveillance and other aircraft. Carl Vinson can
carry 85 planes and 5,500 personnel.
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HMS
Dreadnought
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Launched
in 1905, HMS Dreadnought's revolutionary design made
all other battleships obsolete.
So advanced was Dreadnought that her name became a
generic term for modern battleships, whilst the
ships she made obsolete became known as
"pre-dreadnoughts".
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USS
South Dakota
BB-57
battleship model
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Also
known as "Battleship X", the USS South Dakota BB57
was in every major battle and the second most
decorated ship of WWII (13 battle stars), behind
only the famous USS Enterprise. USS South
Dakota brought
down 32 Japanese planes and was the first ship to
fire on the Japanese home islands.
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USS
Indiana
BB-58
battleship model |
With her nine 16” guns, USS Indiana BB-58 was a formidable
weapon. Her powerful engines could drive her
to 27 knots. USS Indiana was commissioned in
April 1942 and participated in the assaults on the
Marshall and Gilbert Islands. She participated in
the carrier raids on the Carolinas and the Japanese
Home Islands. BB-58 was also in the battles in the
Marianas, Saipan, Philippine Sea, Palaus, Iwo Jima,
and Ryukus
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USS
Massachusetts
BB-59
battleship model
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On November 8,
1942, USS Massachusetts
BB-59 engaged the French battleship Jean Bart
in a gun duel and fired the first American 16"
projectile of World War II. By the end of the
day she had fired more than 700 16" projectiles,
crippled the Jean Bart and sinking Fougueux and
Boulonnais. Over the course of the war,
she sank or damaged 5 enemy ships and shot down 39
aircraft. USS Massachusetts
BB-59 earned 11 battle stars for her World
War II service and never lost a man in combat.
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USS
Alabama
BB-60
battleship model |
USS Alabama BB-60 shot down 22 Japanese planes.
Her radar was the
first to detect enemy bombers in the Battle of the
Philippine Sea, at the unprecedented range of 190
miles. This warning enabled U.S. fighters and
anti-aircraft gunners to destroy over 400 Japanese
planes. USS Alabama BB-60 earned 9 battle stars providing gunfire
support for amphibious assaults on Japanese-held
islands and protecting carrier task forces.
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USS
Iowa
BB-61
battleship model
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USS Iowa BB-61 earned nine
battle stars for World War II service and two for
Korean War service.
Currently, USS Iowa is the only ship of her class not
open to the public as a museum.
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USS New Jersey
BB-62
battleship model
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USS New Jersey
BB-62
received nine
battle stars for World War II; four for the Korean
conflict; two for Vietnam; and three Campaign Stars
for service off Beirut, Lebanon and service in the
Persian Gulf, prior to Operation Desert Storm. With
a total of 19 Battle and Campaign Stars, USS New Jersey
BB-62
is America's most decorated battleship and surviving
warship.
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USS
Missouri
BB-63
battleship model
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USS Missouri BB-63 is
notable as the final battleship to be built by
the United States, the second-to-last in the
world after HMS Vanguard, and the site of the
Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. USS
Missouri BB-63 received a total of eleven battle stars, and is
presently a museum ship at Pearl Harbor. The
powerful warship has nicknames as "Mighty Mo" or
"Big Mo".
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USS
Wisconsin
BB-64
battleship model
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USS Wisconsin BB-64 is
the second ship of the United States Navy named in
honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. USS
Wisconsin BB-64currently
functions as a museum ship at Nauticus, The National
Maritime in Norfolk, Virginia.
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USS
Texas
BB-35
battleship model
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The Battleship USS Texas
BB-35
is the last and oldest Battleship afloat that served
in both WWI and WWII.
She was considered the most powerful warship afloat
because of her ten 14"/45 guns in five twin turrets.
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USS Boston CA-69
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USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1) was the sixth ship of the
United States Navy to be named for the city of
Boston. During her career, USS Boston received 10
battle stars for her World War II service and 5
during the Vietnam conflict. She also received
the Navy Unit Commendation Medal for her naval
gunfire support during the Battle of Dong Ha in May,
1968. In 1968, USS Boston was honored with the
Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation-
Gallantry for naval gunfire support and "Sea Dragon"
Operations during the period 30 July-30 August.
In 1969, she again received the medal during
Operations "Brave Armada" and "Durham Peak" in
June-July 1969.
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USS Kidd
DDG-993
destroyer model
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The KIDD DDG-993 was
the world's largest destroyer and, after the
Aegis-equipped Arleigh Burke class, the most
powerful multi-purpose destroyer in the fleet.
She is the most
formidable warship of her size ever to patrol the
world's oceans, blending the best features of the SPRUANCE Class destroyers with the combat system of
the VIRGINIA Class nuclear cruisers. KIDD DDG-993 is a
triple-threat, able to operate offensively, to deal
with simultaneous air, surface, and sub-surface
attacks.
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USS Callaghan
DDG-994
destroyer
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USS CALLAGHAN
DDG-994
was the second ship in the Navy named after Rear Admiral Daniel
Judson Callaghan who was killed in action on
November 13, 1942, while leading a force of US ships
against a far superior Japanese force during the
Battle of Guadalcanal.
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USS
Bunker Hill
CG-52
destroyer
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The first
ship to employ the Vertical Launch System (VLS),
USS Bunker Hill
CG-52 was given the nickname "Vertical
Swordsman". In November 1990, she sailed in support
of Operation DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM and
served as the multinational Anti-Air Warfare
Commander, directing the tactical employment of 26
ships and over 300 combat aircraft. USS Bunker
Hill
CG-52 was one of the first ships to launch TOMAHAWK
Land Attack Missiles against Iraqi forces.
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USS
Mobile Bay
CG-53
destroyer model
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USS Mobile Bay
CG-53 was
deployed in August 1990 in support of Operation
Desert Shield and Storm, becoming the first Aegis
cruiser to circumnavigate the globe. In the
Arabian Gulf, the ship distinguished itself by
becoming the first Battle Force Anti-Air Warfare
Commander to control a four-carrier Task Force.
Mobile Bay
CG-53 launched 22 Tomahawk land-attack cruise
missile strikes, and controlling carrier-launched
attack aircraft that contributed to the complete
destruction of the Iraqi Navy.
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USS
Cimarron AO-177
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As the number of Navy-manned fleet oilers had
diminished, the Navy "jumboized" all
five ships of the fleet. The AO Jumbo program is
designed to increase the 120,000 barrel fuel
capacity of these ships to 150,000 barrels and add
the capability of carrying 600 tons of cargo
ammunition. USS Cimarron AO-177 was the lead ship of
those five ships.
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USS Liscome Bay
CVE-56
aircraft carrier model
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Burial at Sea for two victims of the submarine
attack on the "Liscome Bay"at 0533, Liscome Bay
listed to starboard and sank, carrying Admiral
Mullinix, Captain Wiltsie, 53 other officers, and
591 enlisted men—including Cook Third Class Dorie
Miller, famous for his actions during the attack on
Pearl Harbor—down with her; 272 of her crew were
rescued. American casualties of the assault on Makin
exceeded the strength of the entire Japanese
garrison of that island.
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USS Gambier Bay
CVE-73
aircraft carrier model
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On the morning of October 25, 1944, USS Gambier
Bay CVE-73 was steaming off the island of Samar.
With 4 battleships, 8 cruisers, and 11
destroyers, Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's Japanese
Centre Force steadily followed and at 0658 opened
fire. USS Gambier
Bay launched the
aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-10 from within the
safety of a driving rain squall. Unable to top 18
knots, she was easy game for the much faster
Japanese warships. By 0820 she was within
range of accurate 8-inch heavy cruiser gunfire, was
hit repeatedly and was soon dead in the water.
She capsized and sank at 0907 as the only U.S.
carrier sunk by gunfire in WW 2.
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USS Saipan
CHA-2
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No other vessels in the world is comparable to the
USS Saipan
CHA-2.
A US first class amphibious assault ship, she has
30 Marine Corp helicopters are
stationed on the flight deck, ready for action.
Her giant stern gale provided access to a mobile
harbor basin where 30 landing crafts, laden with
soldiers, tanks, jeeps, ammunition, lie in readiness
for whatever action needed.
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Swift Boat
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The U.S. Navy
Swift Patrol Boats were invaluable in chasing enemy
infiltrators through shallow rivers and along the
coastline of Vietnam during the war. One of
the commanders was U.S. Senator John Kerry. He
commanded the PCF-94 in early 1969.
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PBR MarkII
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Patrol Boat, Rigid
(sometimes River or Riverine), or PBR, is the US
Navy designation for a type of rigid-hulled patrol
boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until
the end of 1970.
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USS Pegasus
PHM-1
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USS Pegasus (PHM-1) was the
lead ship of her class of hydrofoils. Pegasus-class
vessels were designed for high speed and mobility,
and carried a powerful armament. In service it
earned the nickname 'pegasorous'.
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PT-109
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Kennedy's boat PT-109 was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri on August 2, 1943, cutting it in half and
killing two of his men. Kennedy led the survivors,
clinging to the wreckage of the boat, to safety on
the deserted Plum Pudding Island. The wreckage of
PT-109 was located. However, under current
Navy policy, the wreckage is a gravesite and may not
be disturbed.
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USS Crockett
PG-88
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The U.S.S. Crockett
PG-88
was the smallest and
pound-for-pound the deadliest man-of -war in the
U.S. Navy. She could reach a top speed
of 50 knots but more impressive still was the fact
that she could accelerate her 230 tons from 0 to 40
knots in 60 seconds.
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USS Defiance
PG-95
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The turbine-powered high-speed patrol boats that
went into service with the US Navy at the end of the
sixties took shipbuilding into the age of
technology. These fast and maneuverable vessels
represented a breakthrough into powerful new design.
The slender aluminum hull cuts through the water
with prodigious power, the optional auxiliary
gas-turbine engine alone develops 13,300 shp.
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USS Nicholas
destroyer
DD-449
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USS Nicholas DD-449
served as
flagship of
Destroyer Squadron 21
and earned
16
battle stars
including two for submarines sunk. Awarded one of
the first
Presidential Unit Citations
for action in the Solomon Islands in 1943.
Also received a Philippine Republic Presidential
Unit Citation Badge. Admiral Halsey ordered
that USS Nicholas DD-449 and twin sister
O’Bannon
be present in Tokyo Bay for Japan’s surrender
“because of their valorous fight up the long road
from the South Pacific."
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USS Bell
Destroyer
DD-587
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During the late evening of 31 January 1945 while in
13°20' N., 119°20' E., she joined O'Bannon
(DD 450) and Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442) in
sinking the Japanese submarine RO-115.
Bell received
twelve battle stars for her participation in World
War II.
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Visby
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Visby is the first vessel in
the world to have fully developed stealth
technology, designed to minimize all signatures.
The vessel has the lowest “magnetic signature” of
any current warship. Apart from being made of
low-radar reflectivity materials, Visby also does
not use propellers, which are the noisiest part of a
ship. Visby's hull is an all carbon fiber
reinforced plastic sandwich construction with
advanced stealth properties. The vessels total
length is 72 meters, the beam is 10.40 meters, and
the displacement is 600 metric tones.
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USS Zumwalt
destroyer
DDG-1000
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The Zumwalt-class destroyer is
designed as multi-mission ship with a focus on land
attack. In February, 2008, Bath Iron Works was
awarded for the construction of the USS Zumwalt
(DDG-1000), and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was
awarded for the construction of the DDG-1001, with
price of $1.4 billion each. However, the final cost
is $3.2 billion plus $4 billion life cycle cost per
ship. This is probably the reason the Zumwalt
class was announced discontinued on July 22,
2008 after the first two units had been completed.
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USS
Independence
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One of the most innovative
warship designs ever built. Built from aluminum
with a load carriage capability of 250 tones, the
USS Independence can sprint at 35 knots and has a
range of 3,000 nautical miles. Austal developed the
trimaran hull form from its own research. The design
provides a powerful combination of internal space, a
large flight deck, very shallow draft. The trimaran design also allows
high speeds in heavy seas and allow helicopter
operations in conditions where other ships would
close down.
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USS
Mississippi
BB-41USS
Idaho
BB-42
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USS
New Mexico
BB-40
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When the
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941,
New Mexico was in the Atlantic anchored in
Casco Bay, Maine. Within the month she was soon
transferred to the Pacific. On 1 August 1942 she
left the west coast for Pearl Harbor and between 6
December through 22 March 1943 she escorted troop
transports and operated in the southwest Pacific.
She then returned to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, operation. On 17 May she
arrived at Adak and she started bombarding Kiska on
21 July.
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USS
California
BB-44
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The fifth
California was launched in 1919 and commissioned
1921. For 20 years, California served first as
flagship of the Pacific Fleet, then as flagship of
the Battle Fleet. From 17 October to 20
November she played a key role in the Leyte
operation, including the destruction of the Japanese
fleet in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
Her powerful batteries were an important factor in
the success of these dangerous operations.
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USS North Carolina
BB-55
USS
Washington
BB-56 |
North Carolina
BB-55
and her sister ship Washington were
the first Post-Washington Treaty battleships as well
as the first of the fast battleships.
Before this class, the United States Navy favored
staying power and fire power over speed. The North
Carolina class had a speed of 27 knots versus the 21
knots of the pre-treaty Colorado Class. The
class was completely different from all previous US
battleships, and set the pattern for all subsequent
vessels.
The integration of the first computer at sea, the
Mark I fire control computer allowed the ship to
maintain a constant fire control solution even when
steaming at full speed and performing drastic
evasive turns.
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USS Helena
CL-50
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The Helena was launched on 27 August 1939. By
chance she was in the berth normally assigned to
Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese
attacked; and this became a prime attack target.
Within 3 minutes of the time the first bomb of the
attack fell on Ford Island, a lone torpedo plane
launched a torpedo and hit Helena on the starboard
side almost amidships. Prompt action brought
the forward diesel generator up within 2 minutes,
making power available to all mounts which
immediately sent up a heavy fire that kept her free
from further damage. Outstanding damage control kept
Helena afloat. Many times later she gave the
Japanese occasion to regret their failure to sink
her that 1st day of the war. Helena was the first ship to receive the Navy Unit
Commendation. Her actions in the Battles of Cape
Esperance Guadalcanal, and Kula Gulf were named in
the citation. Helena also earned the Asiatic-Pacific
Area Campaign medal with seven stars.
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USS Salem
CA-139
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USS Salem served a distinguished 10 year career as
flagship of the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean
and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic. During her
career she served as host to such notables as the US
Ambassador to Spain, John D. Lodge; the Honorable
Thomas S. Gates, Undersecretary of the Navy; Admiral
Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations;
the Shah of Iran; the President of Lebanon and the
King and Queen of Greece.
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USS Indianapolis
CA-35
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USS Indianapolis was
the flagship
of Admiral Spruance to victory of Midway. She
was used by the President for foreign goodwill
visits. After
delivering the first atomic bomb to be used in
combat to the United States air base at Tinian
Island on 26 July 1945 (just two weeks before the
end of the war), she was in the Philippine Sea when
attacked at 00:14 on 30 July 1945 by a Japanese
submarine. Most of the crew was lost to shark
attacks, as they floated helplessly for several
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USS Forest Sherman
DD-931
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USS Forest Sherman was the
lead ship of the Forest Sherman - class of
destroyers. Decommissioned on
November 5, 1982, and stricken from the Navy list on
July 27, 1990, the Forest Sherman was sold for
scrapping in 1994, but was repossessed by the Navy
on October 10, 1996. The Forest Sherman is now
berthed at the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance
Facility Philadelphia, PA., awaiting final disposal.
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USS Spruance
DDG-963
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Spruance was the first of a highly successful class
of anti-submarine warfare destroyers and the first
gas turbine powered destroyer in the US Navy.
Initially armed with an 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow
missile launcher for nominal air defense she
received the VLS (Vertical Launch System) in the
late 1980s; replacing the old Mk 16 ASROC launcher.
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USS Sumner
DDG-692
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Allen M. Sumner
(DD-692) faithfully served her country from 1943
until 1973. She was there - World War II, Operation
Crossroads Atom Bomb Test, Tsingtao China, Korean
War, Suez Crisis, Cuban Blockade, Polaris Tests,
Dominican Republic Crisis, Gemini Recovery, Vietnam
War and Jordanian Crisis.
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USS Gearing
DD-710
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USS Gearing was the lead
ship of her class of destroyers in the United States
Navy. She was named for three generations of the
Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing,
Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and
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USS Samuel B. Roberts
FFG-58
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USS Samuel B. Roberts is one of the final ships in
the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile
frigates. She was severely damaged by an
Iranian mine in 1988, leading U.S. forces to respond
with Operation Praying Mantis.
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USS
Cole
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USS Halsey
DLG-23
CG-23
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USS Halsey served from 1963 to 1994, earning eight
battle stars during the Vietnam War.
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USS
Alaska
CB-1
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The first of a class of "large cruisers" designed as
a compromise to achieve a fast cruiser with a
relatively heavy main battery. She had a main
battery much heavier than those of normal heavy
cruisers, but were lighter and faster than a
battleship.
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USS Randall
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USS Newport
LST-1179 |
Newport was the
lead ship of a twenty ship class of tank landing
ships which replaced the traditional bow door design
LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot
bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other
vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles
can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's
stern gate and the ship's flight deck can
accommodate most Navy helicopter types.
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USS Raleigh
LPD-1 |
The LPD-1
Raleigh Amphibious Transport Dock [LPD] ships
transport and land Marines, their equipment and
supplies by embarked landing craft or amphibious
vehicles augmented by helicopters in amphibious
assault. These versatile ships replace amphibious
transports (APA), amphibious cargo ships (AKA) and
the older LSDs. Both ships of this class were
retired in the early 1990s.
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USS Boston
CA-69/CAG-1
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USS Boston, a Baltimore-class
heavy cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United
States Navy to be named for the city of Boston,
Massachusetts. Boston was reclassified CAG-1 on 4
January 1952. In February 1952 she was towed from
Bremerton, Washington, to Philadelphia for
conversion to a guided missile heavy cruiser by New
York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey.
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USS Albany
CA-123 |
ALBANY was originally
constructed as a heavy cruiser (CA-123.) She was
commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 15 June
1946. During her twelve years of service as a heavy
cruiser ALBANY visited nearly every major Atlantic,
Caribbean, and Mediterranean port. On 30 June 1958 ALBANY was
placed out of commission for conversion to a guided
missile cruiser. On 1 November 1958 her hull
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USS Long Beach|
CGN-9
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Long Beach was the first nuclear-powered
guided missile cruiser, serving from 1961 to 1995.
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USS California
CGN-36
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The lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered guided
missile cruiser, USS California was launched on 22
September 1971 sponsored with a "near miss" of the
champagne bottle by First Lady of the United States
Patricia Nixon. She
was known as the "Golden Grizzly," commemorating the
California Gold Rush and the grizzly bear appearing
on the California state flag. She represented the
United States Navy in the 1977 Silver Jubilee naval
review in Portsmouth, honoring Queen Elizabeth II. In 1980, she circumnavigated the globe, the first
nuclear-powered warship to do so since the USS
Enterprise in 1964.
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USS
Bainbridge
DLG-25
CGN-25
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Was the only ship of her class. Initially a
guided missile destroyer leader in the United States
Navy, she was re-designated as a guided missile
cruiser in 1975. At 7800 tons, she is notable
as the smallest nuclear-powered surface warship
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USS
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AOE-1
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Sacramento combined the functions of three logistics
ships in one hull; fleet oiler (AO), ammunition ship
(AE), and refrigerated stores ship (AFS).
Sacramento served in the Gulf of Tonkin during the
Vietnam War. It was known as a "floating supermaket"
because of all the goods it carried.
Sacramento is considered a benchmark in West Coast
shipbuilding. The ship is the largest ships ever
built on the West Coast. Only Iowa-class
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USS
Anchorage
LSD-36
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USS Anchorage was a dock landing ship commissioned on 15 March 1969.
In the ship's 34 years of service, she completed 19
deployments in the western Pacific and became the
most decorated dock landing ship on the west coast. USS
Anchorage participated in numerous military
operations. At the end of the Vietnam War, the ship
carried Marines back to the United States as a part
of the US withdrawal from Vietnam.
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USS Intrepid
CV-11
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An Essex-class aircraft carrier
of the United States Navy. Intrepid participated in
the Pacific War, most notably the Battle of Leyte
Gulf, recovered space capsules of the Mercury and
Gemini projects, served in the Vietnam War, and as
of 2005 is a museum ship in New York City called
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USS
Ticonderoga
CV-14
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Ticonderoga received 5 battle stars during World War
II and 12 battle stars during the Vietnam War. She
also received 3 Navy Unit Commendations and 1
Meritorious Unit Commendation.
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USS Wasp
CV-18
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Wasp earned eight
battle stars for her World War II service
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USS Midway
CV-41
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An aircraft carrier of the
United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and
the first to be commissioned after the end of World
War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation
Desert Storm, as of 2006 she is a museum ship in San
Diego, California.
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USS Ranger
CVA-61 |
Ranger was the first aircraft
carrier in the world to be laid down as an
angled-deck ship.
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USS
Saratoga
CV-3 |
The most famous US Navy officer of the War, Fleet
Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey commanded the
Saratoga for 2 years and was Rear Admiral on her for
another 2 years. During the war, the Saratoga served
in the Battle of Guadalcanal and attacked Rabaul,
Sumatra, Iwo Jima and Java.
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Minesweeper
HMCS Digby |
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USCG
Hamilton
WHEC-715 |
The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter class are the
largest cutters, aside from the two Polar Class
Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard. Highly
versatile and capable of performing a variety of
missions, these cutters operate throughout the
world's oceans. The ships were built at an
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USS
Pennsylvania
The fist landing |
The date was January 18, 1911, and the place was San
Francisco BayEugene Ely successfully landed his
Curtiss D-IV "Puhser" biplane on the deck of the
Pennsylvania. After 45 minutes, he took off
from the ship and landed ashore 2 miles away.
This momentous event demonstrated that ships could
serve as floating airfields. It marked the
beginning of naval aviation.
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BB-11
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BB-18
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USS
South Carolina
BB-26
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The South Carolina
class of battleships was the first battleships
designed to carry one large size as their main
battery of weapons. All previous ships had mix
caliber weapons. The arrangement of their gun
turrets were also revolutionary, with one turret
firing over another at each end of the
superstructure was more efficient than the previous
mixed caliber pre-dreadnoughts. This turret
design has become a standard for the all of the
world’s future battleships.
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USS
Nevada
BB-36
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The only battleship to get
underway during the Pearl Harbor attack.
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USS
Oklahoma
BB-37
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Oklahoma was at Pearl Harbor when
the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. Moored
outboard of USS Maryland (BB-46), she was hit by a
great number of Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedoes.
With her port side torn open over much of its
length, Oklahoma rapidly rolled over and sank to the
harbor bottom.
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USS Currituck
AV-7
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USS Currituck was a seaplane tenders and nicknamed
the Wild Goose. She was built during World War
II and served during the Cold War. In 1964, the
Currituck was attached to the US 7th Fleet in
Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay.
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C-3
USS War Hawk
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The construction of C-3 cargo vessels began during
World War II, after the famous "Liberty" and
"Victory" ships. This standardized type of ship
overtook all other ships as it was more modern and
longer and could also reach a higher speed.
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USNS Hassayampa
AO-145 |
As
a fleet oiler, Hassayampa operated out of
Pearl Harbor into mid-1967 to maintain her peak
readiness and efficiency while preparing to further
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Scharnhorst
Battlecruiser
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The
Scharnhorst was a battle
cruisers and had done a great deal to turn the
Battle of the Atlantic towards a potential German
victory. She and her sister ship dash up the English
Channel in February 1942, Operation Cerberus, was a major
embarrassment for the Royal Navy.
Scharnhorstwas
commissioned in 1939. She was usually referred to as
"light" battleships, despite her 771ft long hulls
and standard displacement of 34,841t, very close to
the 35,000t treaty maximum. In fact, she was longer
than, and almost as heavy as, the British King
George V class or the American North Carolina class
fast battleships. What makes her "light" is their
9-11in/47 guns. What she gained by this sacrifice
was extensive internal sub-division, higher speed
(32 kts as opposed to the 27-28 kts of the Allied
ships), long range, and heavy armor (13.75 inch
belt).
Scharnhorst and her sister
ship had the most brilliant career of all the
capital ships of the German Navy. The two battle
cruisers were famous for their beautiful style. It
may safely be said that their well-proportioned
shape ranked second to no other battleships of the
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Graft Spee
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German pocket battleship of 10,000 tons launched in
1936. The Graf Spee was more heavily gunned than any
cruiser. After Graft spee sunk 9 merchant vessels in the Atlantic, Winston immediately ordered commodore Harwood
to seek out the cruiser and sink her with everything
he had. The success of neutralizing one
threat the Graf Spee
was the key player in the confidence in Churchill
leading the British people to Victory. Churchill was
beside himself with gratitude. "What a relief" he
thought" Now I can make decisions myself without
interference"
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Admiral
Scheer |
Admiral Scheer was by far the most successful
capital ship commerce raider during World War II.
She raided as far as the Indian Ocean. It sunk
15 ships and captured 3.
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Tirpitz
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Tirpitz was the sister ship of Bismarck. She was
named after Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. The ship was
launched 1 April 1939 and was to be deployed as a
commerce raider to be sent against Allied merchant
shipping in the North Atlantic. She was dubbed the
"Lonely Queen of the North" by the Norwegians.
Tirpitz acted mainly as a fleet in being, tying up
Royal Navy resources, and Britain decided to sink
her while she was in port. Several separate
operations were needed to achieve this objective.
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German S-100 E-boat
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This fast attack boat was called the "Schnellboote"
by the Germans, and "E" boat by the allies'
motorboats. The powerful and heavily-armed
E-boats were used effectively on all fronts by the
German Navy. There were especially deadly in the
English channel after the German capture of the
French seaports allowed easy access to Allied convoy
routes.
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SMS Emden
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The cruise of the German light cruiser SMS Emden was
among the most romanticised and notable incidents of
World War I. In the latter half of 1914 Emden raided
Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, sinking or
capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and
warships before being run aground by its captain to
save it from sinking, after engaging HMAS Sydney at
the Battle of Cocos.
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SMS Seydlitz
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SMS Seydlitz was a 25,000 ton battlecruiser of the
Imperial German Navy. The Seydlitz was a unique
vessel and can be considered the ultimate evolution
of Germany's first generation of Battlecruisers.
At the Battle of Jutland in 1916, her gunfire led to
the explosion of HMS Queen Mary. Seydlitz was
heavily damaged herself, being hit by 21 heavy
shells and a torpedo. She shipped 5,000 tons of
water, reducing her freeboard to almost nothing, and
made it back. Seydlitz survived more damage that any
other German Captial Ship during WWI, a remarkable
testament to the incredibly strong basic design of
German Battlecruisers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she
was always considered a lucky ship by the sailors of
the High Seas Fleet.
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KAMIKAWA MARU |
Begining in 1937, conversions
of four merchant ships, requisitioned from their
owners by the IJN, were carried out at Kawasaki's
Kobe shipyard. These were the KAMIKAWA, KIMIKAWA,
KIYOKAWA and KUNIKAWA MARUs.
Each tender was equipped with
two catapults on their aft well deck and carried
eight aircraft. The ships were equipped on their bow
and stern with single 6in guns and AA guns, 2
13.2mm, by their bridges.
The KAMIKAWA MARU remained a seaplane carrier until
her loss in 1943, while the KIYOKAWA, KIMIKAWA and
KUNIKAWA MARUs were rerated as transports in 1943.
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Mikasa
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The Mikasa was the
Flagship of Admiral Togo. She fought in the very
famous historic "Battle of the Japan Sea" vs. the
Russian Battle Fleet during May 27-28, 1905 and was
instrumental during the Russo-Japanese war.
She took three years to complete, at the great cost
of £880,000. Mikasa was a
state-of-the-art pre-dreadnought battleship,
achieving an unprecedented combination of firepower
and protective strength. She is the only
one pre-Dreadnought battleship is preserved today.
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IJN Ise
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Ise was the Imperial Japanese
Navy's first Ise-class battleship, launched on
November 12, 1916. Her displacement and
armament were still usable at the outset of World
War II. Ise was later converted to a
carrier battleship — the aft turrets were removed
and replaced with a hangar, deck and catapult. She
was damaged in the battle off Cape Engaño. Sign
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Mikuma
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The IJN Mikuma was built to the maximum allowed by
the Washington Naval Treaty. It had 155 mm in
five triple turrets (a first for Japan). These
guns were capable of 55° elevation, making Mikuma
one of the very few Cruiser ships to have a
Dual Purpose (DP) main batter. This feature
coupled with very heavy anti-aircraft protection, as
well as the standard reloadable, turreted torpedo
tubes, are unique to Mikuma.
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Sakura
Destroyer
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The Japanese Naval destroyers in the Pacific War
were very important members of the fleet, being
responsible for attacking enemy battleships with
torpedoes and escorting allied vessels. For these
reasons, speed, navigation, and torpedo launchers,
with the ability to deliver even in bad weather,
were of the utmost importance. The Fubuki and Kagero
type destroyers fulfilled this role for Japan whose
destroyers were of a world class performance.
However a change in naval tactics in the Pacific War
dictated that naval engagements were now more likely
to be settled by carrier-based aircraft attacks as
opposed to direct ship-on-ship naval gunfire. Thus
the Tei type destroyers, of which the Sakura became
the 13th vessel, were designed with a completely
different philosophy.
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Destroyer
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Yukikaze was a Kagero-class
destroyer. She was the only member of her class to
survive the war. Early in the war she took part in
the invasions of the Philippines and the Dutch East
Indies. She participated in the battles of Midway,
Santa Cruz, Leyte Gulf, and the Philippine Sea, as
well as a lengthy stint on Guadalcanal troop runs
and the naval battles around the island. Yukikaze
also survived Operation Ten-Go (the abortive attack
on the American force landing on Okinawa) during
which the Yamato was sunk. Between these major
engagements, Yukikaze participated in escort duty
for ships in transit. She spent the last months of
the war on security duty in Japanese harbors.
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Takao heavy
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The Takao was the
largest of the heavy cruisers built for the Japanese
Navy. Four ships of the Takao class were
built: TAKAO, ATAGO, MAYA, and CHOKAI. They were
built in response to the heavy cruisers under
construction by the United States and Great Britain
during the 1920's. These ships were fast,
powerful and heavily armed with enough firepower to
hold their own against any ships built.
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Akagi was
the queen of Japanese flattops, the flagship of
First Air Fleet. A conversion from a battlecruiser
hull, she still possessed the lean lines of her
original design. Akagi had a 250m long flight deck and in her
final configuration could hold 92 planes in her
hangar space. She led the attack on Pearl
Harbor and participated in other significant actions
during the Japanese advance across the Pacific.
She was sunk, along with 3 other Japanese carriers,
by American dive bombers during the Battle of
Midway.
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The HMS Argus attained her place in history as the
first true aircraft carrier, with a flight deck
running unobstructed from above the bows to the
stern.
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HMS
King George V
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She was the flagship of the Home Fleet under the
command of Admiral Sir John Tovey, and was involved
in the chase for the German battleship Bismarck.
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HMS
Hood
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Completed in 1920, she was the forerunner of all the
World War II fast battleships, the evolutionary
stage where the battle cruiser merged with the
battleship to become the new type later known as the
"fast battleship". And, despite the fact that the
Bismarck blew her up with her fifth salvo, the Hood
represented good value in her time and had a
dramatic influence on the subsequent capital ship
designs of all nations. The biggest and
boldest of all battle cruisers. Hood ruled the
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Ark Royal
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HMS Ark Royal was one of the most famous British
ships of WWII. She was in action against German
U-boats and aircraft almost from the beginning of
the war and was instrumental in the chase of the
German battleship Bismarck. Planes from the Ark
Royal succeeded in damaging the Bismarck's rudder,
making the ship unmaneuverable.
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HMS England
DE-635 |
Particularly known as the Buckley class of destroyer
escort HMS England destroyed 6 submarines in one
mission during 1944.
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HMS
Vanguard
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Consistently
among the best in every important characteristic:
speed, protection, battery (main, secondary, and AA
combined), fire control, seaworthiness,
habitability, range, and so on. Plus, from her
graceful forward sheer to her transom stern, she
just looks 'right' from any angle. Her four 15 inch main battery
gun turrets and twin funnels give her the
symmetrical profile that epitomizes great design.
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HMS Belfast (C35) is the Royal Navy's heaviest ever
cruiser. Belfast is now a museum ship in London.
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HMS Argyll
F-231
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Argyll is a Type 23 Duke-class frigate
commissioned in May 1991. She has been involved in a
number of deployments, most successfully during the
Sierra Leonean Civil War in 2000, and Opertation
Telic IV in the Persian Gulf from February - August
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HMS Birmingham
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On 9th August 1914 the 5,400
ton light cruiser HMS Birmingham sank the first
German submarine of the first World War. Six shots
from HMS Birmingham had badly crippled the German
U-15 vessel. Captain Aruthur Duff then issued
instructions that HMS Birmingham should ram the U
Boat at full speed. The German submarine sank with a
loss of 23 members of its crew.
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HMS Lion
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HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy
launched in 1910. In World War I she fought at the
battle of Heligoland Bight and served as David
Beatty's flagship at the battles of Dogger Bank and
Jutland. At Dogger Bank she was
seriously damaged by shellfire and took no part in
the battle after 11:00; previous to this she did
score on Seydlitz which burned out the latter's two
rear turrets and gave the Germans an insight into
magazine safety that would bear fruit at Jutland,
where the German battlecruisers, in spite of taking
a pounding, proved immune to the kind of magazine
explosions which sank three of their British
counterparts.
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Participated in both World War, these destroyers
were capable of 34 knots and served with distinction
with the sinking of 39 U-boats during WWII.
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HMCS Agassiz
Flower class corvette |
Flower class corvette hunted the deadly U-Boat in
the farthest reaches of the Atlantic in all kinds of
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HMCS Fergus
K-686
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HMCS Fergus was commissioned at Collingwood, Ontario
on 18 Nov 1944, and was the last Corvette which was
launched for the RCN. The FERGUS saw duties as a
convoy escort, working out of St. John's,
Newfoundland during the Winter and Spring of
1944-45. Her travels also took her to Bermuda for
work-ups and overseas to England, which is where she
was located when peace was announced in May of 1945.
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Aurora
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The Aurora is a Russian protected cruiser, currently
preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg.
During World War II, the guns were taken from the
ship and used for land defense of Leningrad. The
ship itself was docked in Oranienbaum port, and was
repeatedly shelled and bombed. On 30 September 1941
she was damaged and sunk in the harbour. After
extensive repairs in 1945-1947, Aurora was
permanently anchored on the Neva in Leningrad
(currently: St. Petersburg) as a monument to the
Great October Socialist Revolution and in 1957
became a museum-ship. From 1956 to the present
day, more than 28 million people have visited
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Moskva
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The helicopter carrier Moskva was the Soviet Union's
first major step towards providing its Navay with
air support at sea. Designed primarily for ASW
duties and able to act as a command ship, the Moskva
has provision for 30 helicopters.
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Neustrashimy
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Neustrashimy, the
Russian word for "Undaunted", is also the latest
Russian frigate design to enter service. It is
optimized for ASW missions. The design incorporates
significant efforts to reduce radar and infrared
signature. The superstructure is broken with flat
convex planes to break up radar return and is
covered with radar absorbent material. This is
basically the same concept used in multifaceted USAF
F-117 but in this case applied to a 4,000-ton
frigate. The two stacks are low and designed to
diffuse emissions to break up the infrared
signature. At first glance you don’t realize that
the ship has two stacks because the aft stack,
behind the main mast is so low as to appear parts of
the superstructure. Another application of stealth
design to this frigate is the design of the six
torpedo tubes. Instead of separate mounts, torpedo
tubes are mounted into the hull, three to a side in
multi-facet/plane fixed positions. The principle is
that the multiple facets reduce radar return. Primary ASW weapons systems
include the six 533 torpedo tubes, using SS-N-15
missiles and wire guided torpedoes, and single
RBU-6000 rocket launcher in front of the bridge.
This weapons suite is complemented by the Ka-27PL
Helix helicopter. Sign
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Kirov
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Kirov, the lead ship of the eponymous class of
missile cruisers, is one of the major warships of
the Russian Navy. It is one of the biggest warships
of the world. Kirov's size and weapons
complement have given her the unofficial designation
of a battlecruiser throughout much of the world.
The appearance of the Kirov class was a significant
factor in the US Navy recommissioning the Iowa
class. This ship
has an impressive armament of missiles and guns as
well as electronics. Its largest radar antenna is
mounted on its foremast, and called "Top Pair" by
NATO. Kirov's main weapons are 20 × SS-N-19
Shipwreck missiles mounted on deck, designed to
engage large surface targets, and air defense is
provided for with 12 × S-300F launchers with 96
missiles, 2 × Osa-MA with 40 missiles and the
Kashtan air-defense missile/gun system. Other
weapons are the automatic 130 mm AK-130 gun system,
30 mm AK-630, 10 × torpedo/missile tubes, Udav-1
with 40 anti-submarine rockets and the 2 × RBU-1000
six-tube launchers.
Kirov was laid down in June 1973, launched on December
26, 1977 and completed in December 1980.
826.8 ft long and 93.5 ft wide.
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Gloire
The first ironclad warship
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The launch of Gloire in
1859 was a milestone in warship development.
Prior to that time, fighting ships had been made of
wood. The French Gloire was the first of the
new breed. While her hull was made of wood,
her sides were fortified with a belt of iron armor
plate almost 5 inches thick. This metal armor
directly responded to the threat posed to all-wood
ships by new weaponry, including explosive shells
instead of solid cannon balls. Gloire's
armor, together with her steam power plant and screw
propeller, made her the most advanced man-of-war in
the world at that time.
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Jeanne D Arc
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The Jeanne d'Arc (R97) is a helicopter cruiser of
the French Navy.
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HSV-X1 Joint Venture
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The US Army Vessel USAV Joint Venture HSV-X1 is a
high-speed, wave piercing catamaran. The HSV-X1 was
built and designed by Australian shipbuilders, and
it has been leased by the Tank-Automotive and
Armament Command under a charter contract with
Bollinger/Incat USA for more than $20,000,000, for
up to two years. TACOM will use the vessel to
demonstrate its ability to perform specific mission
scenarios and limited operational experiments and to
move troops, heavy military vehicles and equipment.
The speed of the HSV is phenomenal compared to the
speed of the LSV. At 35-40 knots, the HSV has the
ability to push troops and a crew into theatre about
four times as fast as the LSV. Computers run
most of the systems on the boat.
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TSV-1X Spearhead
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The success of the HSV
convinced TACOM to lease a second catamaran, Theater
Support Vessel (TSV)-X1, Spearhead. The Army
reverted money and the personnel vacancies destined
for LSV8 to fund the first all-Army TSV. This
vessel came one step closer to the objective vessel
that incorporated over 100 modifications from
lessons learned on the HSV-X1 joint demonstration.
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Sea Shadow |
The Sea Shadow was built in the
mid-1980s. It is 160-ft. long, 70-ft. wide,
displacing 560 tons. The ship is capable of
operating in Sea State 5 (extremely rough)
conditions. It cost approximately $50 million
to build and the total test program is approximately
$195 million over roughly 10 years. The Sea
Shadow incorporates a Small Water Plane Area Twin
Hull hull form with canted struts extending below
the water line to torpedo-shaped hulls. The design
allows for exceptional sea keeping performance. Fins
mounted on the front and back of the inboard sides
of the lower hulls provide the control surfaces for
turning the vehicle, eliminating the need for
conventional rudders and reducing drag. The ship's
sloped sides are an extension of the angled struts,
whose design are driven by signature, hydrodynamic
and structural considerations. Several technologies
from the Sea Shadow have been incorporated into Navy
ships including signature control on Arleigh
Burke-class destroyers. Also, Sea Shadow's Small
Waterplane Area Twin Hull technology has been
incorporated into the TAGOS-19, a twin hull ocean
surveillance ship.
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