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  1. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    Carrier art
  2. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    Dedication to the ship
  3. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    Art print
  4. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    Book Cover
  5. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    The record of Bill's enlistment & service aboard the USS Princeton
  6. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    The last crew muster taken at the end of September 1944
  7. CVL-23 USS Princeton

    CVL-23 USS Princeton

    The last crew muster after the sinking in October 1944
  8. USS Aylwin Frigate

    USS Aylwin Frigate

    1970 USS AYLWI N. A member of the Knox class of 46 large anti-submarine frigates, construction of which spanned almost a decade from the mid 1960s. THE KNOX CLASS Design of what was to become the Knox class began at the start of the 1 960s, and was to be controversial right from the start...
  9. USS Savannah Auxiliary Ship

    USS Savannah Auxiliary Ship

    1970 USS SAVANNAH. USS Savannah was one of a class of seven fleet replenishment oilers, led by the Wichita, which went into service with the US Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. THE WICHITA CLASS Along with five of her six sisters, the Savannah (AOR4) was built by General Dynamics...
  10. USS Missouri

    USS Missouri

    1944 USS MISSOURI. Missouri, or Mighty Mo, gained immortality when the Japanese surrender was signed aboard her in Tokyo Bay in August 1945. She is now a museum at Pearl Harbour. A TWO-OCEAN NAVY In 1940, authority was given by Congress to the US Navy to build six 45,000t battleships to...
  11. USS New Jersey Battle Ship More Info

    USS New Jersey Battle Ship More Info

    1943-1991 A Giant among Ships: The odyssey of the USS New Jersey, from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Laid down at Philadelphia Navy Yard in September 1940, New Jersey (BB 62) was the second of the mighty Iowas, the biggest, fastest battleships the US Navy ever had, with the most powerful...
  12. USS Leyte Gulf Cruiser

    USS Leyte Gulf Cruiser

    1986 USS LEYTE GULF. Named after the scene of two sea battles between the Japanese and American fleets in World War I the Leyte Gulf (CGS5) of the Ticonderoga class was laid down in 1985, launched in 1986 and commissioned in 1987.
  13. USS Vincennes Cruiser

    USS Vincennes Cruiser

    1984 USS VINCENNES. An Aegis guided-missile cruiser, USS Vincennes was the third ship of the Ticonderoga class, the most powerful anti-aircraft ships afloat. THE US NAVYS AEGIS SHIPS The Aegis system mated very powerful computers and radar systems with a new generation of missiles, and...
  14. USS Biddle Cruiser

    USS Biddle Cruiser

    1965 USS BIDDLE. Last of the nine ships of the Belknap class, originally categorised as destroyer leaders - big, fast ships intended primarily to defend the fleet carriers from air attack. THE BELKNAP CLASS he Belknaps were intended, originally, to be cheaper alternatives to the Charles F...
  15. USS Baltimore Cruiser

    USS Baltimore Cruiser

    1942 USS BALTIMORE .The class of 18 ships laid down between 1941 and 1945 of which USS Baltimore was the leader was to have a long life, many serving as flagships and fire support ships during the Vietnam War. THE BALTIMORE CLASS In all the class contained 14 identical ships and four which...
  16. USS Detroit Cruiser

    USS Detroit Cruiser

    1922 USS DETROIT. One of the ten-strong Omaha class of scouting cruisers, begun in the last year of the First World War to make good a deficit in the US Navy amongst ships of this type. THE OMAHA CLASS In 1916 the US Congress passed a huge Navy Bill, one product of which was the Omaha...
  17. USS Tennessee ACR10

    USS Tennessee ACR10

    The Tennessee-class cruisers were four armored cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1903 and 1906. Their main armament of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns in twin turrets was the heaviest carried by any American armored cruiser. (USS Maine, which had been designated an armored cruiser...
  18. USS Philadelphia Cruiser

    USS Philadelphia Cruiser

    1888 USS PHILADELPHIA. Originally rigged as a three-masted schooner, Philadelphia had a very short active career, spending most of her life as a receiving ship in Puget Sound Navy Yard. DESIGNED IN GREAT BRITAIN The United States New Navy, created in 1883, had a singular lack of success...
  19. USS Fitzgerald Destroyer

    USS Fitzgerald Destroyer

    1993 USS FITZGERALD. One of a large class - the Arleigh Burkes of guidedmissile destroyers, the most sophisticated of their type in the world at the end of the twentieth century, put into service by the US Navy from 1991. THE ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS Planned to complement the Ticonderoga-class...
  20. USS Spruance Destroyer

    USS Spruance Destroyer

    1973 USS SPRUANCE. Too big and poorly armed was the general view of the 31 ships that made up the Spruance class, but the addition of launchers for Tomahawk cruise missiles improved them. TYPE SCN-275 On 23 June 1 970, giant US defence contractor Litton Industries received a contract to...
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