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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Naval Vessel Register | | | |  Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Oregon BB-3 - Spanish-American WarLeaving drydock on 16 February 1898, she received news that Maine had blown up in Havana harbor the previous day. As tensions with Spain grew, on 9 March Oregon arrived in San Francisco and loaded ammunition. Three days later she was ordered on what was to become one of the most historic voyages ever undertaken by a Navy ship.
Oregon departed San Francisco on 19 March for Callao, Peru, the first coaling stop on her trip around South America to the East Coast for action in the impending war with Spain. Arriving at ...
See also:USS Oregon BB-3, USS Oregon BB-3 - Spanish-American War, USS Oregon BB-3 - Subsequent service, USS Oregon BB-3 - Moorage in Portland, USS Oregon BB-3 - Dismantling, USS Oregon BB-3 - The mast survives, USS Oregon BB-3 - External link, USS Oregon BB-3 - Sources Read more here: » USS Oregon BB-3: Encyclopedia II - USS Oregon BB-3 - Spanish-American War |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - Ship naming and launching - Country specific
Ship naming and launching - UK ship naming and launching.
Sponsors of English warships were customarily members of the royal family, senior naval officers, or Admiralty officials. A few civilians were invited to sponsor Royal Navy ships during the nineteenth century, and women became sponsors for the first time. In 1875, a religious element was returned to naval christenings by Princess Alexandra, wife of the Prince of Wales, when she introduced an Anglican choral service in the launching ceremony for battleship ...
See also:Ship naming and launching, Ship naming and launching - History of ship naming, Ship naming and launching - Ancient, Ship naming and launching - Medieval, Ship naming and launching - Country specific, Ship naming and launching - UK ship naming and launching, Ship naming and launching - French ship naming and launching, Ship naming and launching - American ship naming and launching Read more here: » Ship naming and launching: Encyclopedia II - Ship naming and launching - Country specific |
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| | | | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Franklin CV-13 - Launch and Commissioning; Initial Cruise She was laid down on 7 December 1942 and launched by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, on 14 October 1943, sponsored by Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the WAVES, and commissioned on 31 January 1944, with Captain James M. Shoemaker in command. Among the plankowners was a ship's band made up of drafted and enlisted professional musicians of the era, including Saxie Dowell and Deane Kincaide, assigned to Shoemaker by lottery.
Franklin cruised to Trinidad for shakedown and soon thereafter ...
See also:USS Franklin CV-13, USS Franklin CV-13 - Launch and Commissioning; Initial Cruise, USS Franklin CV-13 - Operations in the Bonins and the Marianas, USS Franklin CV-13 - Support of Peleliu Operations, USS Franklin CV-13 - Support of Leyte Operations, USS Franklin CV-13 - The Attack of 19 March 1945, USS Franklin CV-13 - Return to the United States for Repairs, USS Franklin CV-13 - Post-War Status, USS Franklin CV-13 - Reference Read more here: » USS Franklin CV-13: Encyclopedia II - USS Franklin CV-13 - Launch and Commissioning; Initial Cruise |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941 Sturgeon completed builder's trials in Monterey Bay and began her shakedown cruise on 15 October, visiting ports in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Costa Rica before returning to San Diego, California, on 12 December 1938. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 and operated along the West Coast as far north as Washington. She made two squadron cruises to Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet: from 1 July to 16 August 1939 and from 1 April to 12 July 1940. The submarine departed San Diego on 5 November 1940 for Pear ...
See also:USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948 Read more here: » USS Sturgeon SS-187: Encyclopedia II - USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941 |
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| | | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Cod SS-224 - World War II Cod arrived in Brisbane, Australia, on 2 October 1943 to prepare for her first war patrol, on which she sailed 20 days later. Penetrating the South China Sea, she contacted few targets, and launched an attack only once, on 29 November, with unobserved results. Returning to Fremantle, Western Australia, to refit from 16 December to 11 January 1944, Cod put to sea for her second war patrol in the South China Sea, off Java, and off Halmahera. On 16 February, she surfaced to sink a sampan by gunfire, and on 23 February, torpedoed a ...
See also:USS Cod SS-224, USS Cod SS-224 - World War II, USS Cod SS-224 - 1951 – 1971, USS Cod SS-224 - Museum ship, USS Cod SS-224 - USS Cod combat statistics Read more here: » USS Cod SS-224: Encyclopedia II - USS Cod SS-224 - World War II |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Requin SS-481 - Shakedown and First Conversion Following shakedown off the New England coast, Requin departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 3 June 1945 en route to Hawaii. She joined the Pacific Fleet on 13 July at Balboa, Panama, and at the end of the month reached Pearl Harbor. However, two weeks after her arrival, three days before she was to begin her first war patrol, World War II ended and Requin was recalled and ordered back to the Atlantic.
Requin arrived at Staten Island, New York, on 18 September to begin what would be in the words of Commander Cutte ...
See also:USS Requin SS-481, USS Requin SS-481 - Shakedown and First Conversion, USS Requin SS-481 - Radar Picket Operations, USS Requin SS-481 - Second Conversion, USS Requin SS-481 - Preservation Efforts Read more here: » USS Requin SS-481: Encyclopedia II - USS Requin SS-481 - Shakedown and First Conversion |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Porpoise SS-7 - Early service Assigned initially to the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport for experimental torpedo firing work, Porpoise entered the New York Navy Yard in September 1904 for repairs and alterations, remaining there until February 1906. Assigned then to the First Torpedo Flotilla on 7 March 1907, the submarine torpedo boat operated at Annapolis, Maryland, temporarily assigned to the United States Naval Academy for instruction of future naval officers, until June 1907. Taken subsequently to the New York Navy Yard, she was decommissioned on 21 April 19 ...
See also:USS Porpoise SS-7, USS Porpoise SS-7 - Early service, USS Porpoise SS-7 - Whiting's experiment, USS Porpoise SS-7 - Asiatic fleet and later service Read more here: » USS Porpoise SS-7: Encyclopedia II - USS Porpoise SS-7 - Early service |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Arkansas BB-33 - First overseas cruise Following this assignment, Arkansas joined the Atlantic Fleet for maneuvers along the east coast. The battleship began her first overseas cruise in late October 1913, and visited several ports in the Mediterranean Sea. At Naples, Italy, on 11 November 1913, the ship celebrated the birthday of King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy.
Earlier, in October 1913, a coup in Mexico had brought to power a dictator, Victoriano Huerta. President of the United States Woodrow Wilson disapproved of the way in which Huerta had come to power, and ...
See also:USS Arkansas BB-33, USS Arkansas BB-33 - First overseas cruise, USS Arkansas BB-33 - World War I, USS Arkansas BB-33 - Inter-war years, USS Arkansas BB-33 - World War II, USS Arkansas BB-33 - Sinking, USS Arkansas BB-33 - External link Read more here: » USS Arkansas BB-33: Encyclopedia II - USS Arkansas BB-33 - First overseas cruise |
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| | | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - Ships named Nautilus - US Naval ships named Nautilus Six ships of the U.S. Navy have been named Nautilus. Not all of these ships were called "Nautilus" throughout their service, the following dates may refer to the vessel's launch date, commissioning date, or rechristening date:
Ships named Nautilus - 12-gun schooner 1799.
Launched as a merchant ship in 1799, Nautilus, a schooner of 12 guns, first appeared on the Navy list in 1803. Under the command of LT Richard Somers, she was with Commodore Preble's Squadron in the Mediterranean, duri ...
See also:Ships named Nautilus, Ships named Nautilus - Nautilus, Ships named Nautilus - US Naval ships named Nautilus, Ships named Nautilus - 12-gun schooner 1799, Ships named Nautilus - 76-foot survey schooner 1838, Ships named Nautilus - First military submarine Nautilus 1911, Ships named Nautilus - 66-foot patrol/escort 1917, Ships named Nautilus - USS Nautilus/USS O-12 1918, Ships named Nautilus - Second military submarine USS Nautilus SS-168 1930, Ships named Nautilus - First nuclear submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571 1954, Ships named Nautilus - Other Ships named Nautilus, Ships named Nautilus - Robert Fulton's Nautilus 1800, Ships named Nautilus - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea's Nautilus, Ships named Nautilus - Related articles Read more here: » Ships named Nautilus: Encyclopedia II - Ships named Nautilus - US Naval ships named Nautilus |
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| | | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Midway CV-41 - Early operations sailing with the 6th Fleet On 29 October 1947, Midway sailed for the first of her annual deployments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. A powerful extension of sea/air power, Midway trained between deployments and received alterations necessary to accommodate heavier aircraft as they were developed. In 1952, she participated in North Sea maneuvers with NATO forces, and on 1 October was redesignated CVA-41.
Midway cleared Norfolk 27 December 1954 for a world cruise, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope for Taiwan, where she joined ...
See also:USS Midway CV-41, USS Midway CV-41 - Early operations sailing with the 6th Fleet, USS Midway CV-41 - A return to Vietnam, USS Midway CV-41 - Operation Frequent Wind other jobs, USS Midway CV-41 - Missions in the 1980s, USS Midway CV-41 - Operation Desert Storm and the 1990s, USS Midway CV-41 - A final sail and then on to life as a museum, USS Midway CV-41 - Notes Read more here: » USS Midway CV-41: Encyclopedia II - USS Midway CV-41 - Early operations sailing with the 6th Fleet |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Liberty incident - Ongoing controversy This incident stands as the only peacetime attack on a U.S. naval vessel not investigated by Congress. The survivors want a full Congressional hearing; they hold that a proper investigation has never taken place and that all previous reports are incomplete, mention the incident in passing, and either that they are intended to exonerate Israel or that they do not even question the culpability of the attack (instead, they hold, it focuse ...
See also:USS Liberty incident, USS Liberty incident - The attack on the Liberty, USS Liberty incident - Investigations of the attack, USS Liberty incident - Israeli investigations, USS Liberty incident - American investigations, USS Liberty incident - Ongoing controversy, USS Liberty incident - Details in dispute, USS Liberty incident - Books Read more here: » USS Liberty incident: Encyclopedia II - USS Liberty incident - Ongoing controversy |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1971 Following local operations out of New London, Connecticut, Trepang proceeded to the Arctic early in 1971. From 22 February to 22 March, the nuclear attack submarine operated beneath the northern ice cap, conducting extensive tests to provide data for her weapons systems as well as carrying out scientific experiments concerning the movement, composition, and geological history of the cap itself.
After returning to New London via Faslane, Scotland, Trepang was soon deployed to the warmer climes of the Caribbean Sea, depart ...
See also:USS Trepang SSN-674, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1971, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1972, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1973, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1974, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1975, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1976, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1977, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1978, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1979 through 1995, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1996, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1997 and 1998, USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1999 through 2000 Read more here: » USS Trepang SSN-674: Encyclopedia II - USS Trepang SSN-674 - 1971 |
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| | | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - 1934–1940 Tuscaloosa devoted the autumn to a shakedown cruise which took her to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo, before she returned to the New York Navy Yard shortly before Christmas. She then underwent post-shakedown repairs which kept her in the yard into March 1935.
The heavy cruiser soon shaped a course for the west coast. After a stop at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she transited the Panama Canal on 7 and 8 April and then steamed north to San Diego, where she joined Cruiser Division 6 (CruDiv 6) in time to participate in Flee ...
See also:USS Tuscaloosa CA-37, USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - 1934–1940, USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - World War II, USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - China, USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - Decommissioning Read more here: » USS Tuscaloosa CA-37: Encyclopedia II - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - 1934–1940 |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Underway on nuclear power Following commissioning Nautilus remained at dockside for further construction and testing until January 17, 1955. At 1100 that day, USS Nautilus put to sea for the first time and signaled her historic message: "Underway on nuclear power". Trials followed, and on 10 May, Nautilus headed south for shakedown. She steamed submerged 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from New London to San Juan, Puerto Rico, covering 1381 miles (2,223 km) in less than 90 hours. She remained submerged while en route, the longest submerged cruise t ...
See also:USS Nautilus SSN-571, USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Underway on nuclear power, USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Museum Read more here: » USS Nautilus SSN-571: Encyclopedia II - USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Underway on nuclear power |
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| | | | | Naval Vessel Register: Encyclopedia II - Hull classification symbol - Warships Warships are designed to participate in combat operations.
Hull classification symbol - Aircraft Carrier Type.
All ships designed primarily for the purpose of conducting combat operations by aircraft which engage in attacks against airborne, surface, sub-surface and shore targets. The "V" in "CV" is an arbitrary letter for "heavier-than-air".
AVG Auxiliary Aircraft Ferry (Escort carrier) (1941-2)
ACV Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (Escort carrier) (1942)
CV Multi-purpose Aircraft ...
See also:Hull classification symbol, Hull classification symbol - Warships, Hull classification symbol - Aircraft Carrier Type, Hull classification symbol - Surface Combatant Type, Hull classification symbol - Submarine type, Hull classification symbol - Patrol Combatant Type, Hull classification symbol - Amphibious Warfare Type, Hull classification symbol - Combat Logistics Type, Hull classification symbol - Mine Warfare Type, Hull classification symbol - Coastal Defense Type, Hull classification symbol - Mobile Logistics Type, Hull classification symbol - Auxiliary, Hull classification symbol - Support Ships, Hull classification symbol - Support Type, Hull classification symbol - Service Type Craft Read more here: » Hull classification symbol: Encyclopedia II - Hull classification symbol - Warships |
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