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USS Farragut Destroyer
1958 USS FARRAGUT. Leader of a class of big, fast, heavily-armed fleet escorts, originally classed as frigates and subsequently as guided-missile destroyers, which were built for the US Navy during the latter half of the 1950s. THE FARRAGUT/COONTZ CLASS Sometimes known as the Coontz class...- John A Silkstone
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USS Basilone Destroyer
1945 USS BASILONE. One of the 97 ships of the Gearing class, constructed in yards au over the USA between 1944 and 1946 and destined to see very long service. THE GEARING CLASS The Gearings were the best destroyers the US Navy had during the Second World War, heavily armed with the same...- John A Silkstone
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USS Hanson Destroyer
1945 USS HANSON. One of the 97 ships of the Gearing class, constructed in yards all over the USA between 1944 and 1946 and destined to see very long service. THE GEARING CLASS The Gearings were the best destroyers the US Navy had during the Second World War, heavily armed with the same...- John A Silkstone
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USS Hawkins Destroyer
1944 USS HAWKINS. One of the first of the Gearing class, the final evolution of US Second World War destroyer designs, very heavily armed and with good endurance and sea-keeping properties. THE GEARING CLASS Designed in 1942, the Gearings were basically improved Allen M Sumners, with the...- John A Silkstone
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USS Beale Destroyer
1942 USS BEALE. A member of the Fletcher class of destroyers, designed before the Second World War broke out and launched from mid-1942 to early 1944. THE FLETCHER CLASS This was the largest class of destroyers constructed for the US Navy during the Second World War, and the first to break...- John A Silkstone
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USS Benson Destroyer
1939 USS BENSON. USS Benson was the lead ship of a very large class of destroyers officially classified at 1620 tons displacement, the last to be designed pre-Second World War, and launched between late 1939 and early 1943. THE BENSON/CLEAVES CLASS The Benson (DD 421) was the first ship...- John A Silkstone
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USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier.
1988 USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarriers, the biggest warships in the world and the mainstay of the United States of Americas naval power, the Abraham Lincoln is generally considered as part of a sub-class lead by the Theodore Roosevelt. THE WORLDS BIGGEST WARSHIPS...- John A Silkstone
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Aircraft Carrier.
I1975 USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER. The Dwight D Eisenhower, named after the 34th president of the USA, was the second vessel of the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, which now includes seven units.- John A Silkstone
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USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier.
1972 USS NIMITZ. The name ship of the latest class of American aircraft carriers is named after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded the US Pacific Fleet in World War II. The Ronald Reagan was laid down as the ninth vessel of the class in February 1998. NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER...- John A Silkstone
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USS Constellation Aircraft Carrier.
1972 USS Constellation. Objective: North Vietnam USS Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin, 1972. The fleet aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA 64), one of the four Improved Forrestals, was one of the last of the US Navys conventionally-powered supercarriers, having entered service in January...- John A Silkstone
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USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1960)
1960 USS ENTERPRISE. The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world (and at the time of building the largest warship in the world) is also the eighth warship of the US Navy to bear the name Enterprise. Her predecessor was the most famous aircraft carrier of World War II. PRECURSOR OF...- John A Silkstone
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USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier.
1956 USS KITTY HAWK. Kitty Hawk was the name- ship of a class of four aircraft carriers developed from the Forrestal class super- carriers constructed in the 1950s.- John A Silkstone
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USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier.
1955 USS SARATOGA. A conventionally-powered air craft carrier of the Forrestal class, USS Saratoga (CVA 60) embodied all the lessons learned during the Pacific war. Like her three sister-ships, she was to have a career which spanned almost four decades. THE FORRESTAL CLASS The class leader...- John A Silkstone
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USS Franklin Aircraft Carrier.
1944-1945 USS Franklin in the Pacific Aircraft carrier versus kamikazes and dive bombers Commissioned in 1944, the Essex-class aircraft carrier Franklin came the closest of any member of her class to being lost during her relatively short period of active service in the Pacific theatre. BONIN...- John A Silkstone
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USS Hancock Aircraft Carrier.
1944 USS HANCOCK. Eleventh of the twenty two ship- strong Essex class, the most important type of aircraft carriers built for the US Navy during the Second World War.- John A Silkstone
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USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier.
1942 USS LEXINGTON. The loss of the Lexington in the first naval battle fought exclusively by aircraft Through the first five months of the Second World War, the Japanese seemed invincible. They rolled southwards, dominating the western Pacific rim, but then, in May 1942, they came up against...- John A Silkstone
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USS Essex Aircraft Carrier.
1942 USS ESSEX. Lead-ship of the most important class of air craft carriers operated by the US Navy during the Second World War, USS Essex was to have a long career, serving until the 1970s. THE ESSEX CLASS CARRIERS The Essex was based loosely on the Yorktown of almost a decade earlier but...- John A Silkstone
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USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier.
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USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier.
1941-1945 From Pearl Harbour to Iwo Jima USS Saratoga during the Pacific War. USS Saratoga took part in almost all the naval battles of the Second World War in the Pacific; she was hit a number of times, sometimes seriously, but managed to fight through to the end, and was finally expended...- John A Silkstone
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USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1941-1945)
USS Enterprise 1941-1945 In the war against Japan from 1941 to 1945, the aircraft carrier Enterprise took part in all the great air-sea battles of the war between Japan and the United States in the Pacific. THE GREAT SURVIVOR At the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the US Navy mustered...- John A Silkstone
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