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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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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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Prinz Eugen
heavy cruiser
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The design of Prinz Eugen was
ahead of its time. The propulsion system consisting
of three sets of four boilers and three three-stage
geared turbines operated at 450°C and 73 bar steam
pressure. The quality of the artillery and of
the fire control systems has never been surpassed.
Because artillery has meanwhile been replaced by
missiles, this superiority always remain valid. 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
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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 Wilson
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
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 was not
deployed in England with the Grand Fleet in WW I. She was too new and
burned oil. England had an oil shortage, but an
abundance of coal. Therefore, only coal-burning
battleships were deployed with the Royal Navy.
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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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
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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
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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
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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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