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The Unstoppable Force of the Battleship USS Nevada...
announced the discovery of the wreck of the American battleship USS Nevada BB-36 almost 72 years after the warship was sunk as a target. However, no one should mistake such an inglorious end to ...
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A 785-Foot Airship Crashed on This Day in 1935. The Location of the Wreck Site Remained a Mystery for More Than 70 Years.
The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...
The Fresno Bee4d
The last Pearl Harbor survivor from Fresno has died. ‘He exemplified that generation’
He was a 19-year-old sailor on the USS Nevada when the ship was attacked Dec. 7, 1941. He was alone and in the dark in the ship’s shaft alley as the battleship was bombed and torpedoed.
The National Interest19d
USS Nevada
Here’s What You Need to Remember: USS Nevada became the only battleship to have been at both Pearl Harbor during the attack and to take part in the June 6, 1944... Here’s What to Remember ...
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The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...
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USS John F. Kennedy leaving Philadelphia's Navy Yard to be dismantled in Texas
The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy carrier is set to ...
Military.com5d
'We're Fed Up With It': Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later
The survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty -- an event that happened 55 years ago -- snapped salutes as the president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Larry L. Bowen, began a ...
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U.S. Navy christens new ship; The USS Harrisburg
TO HAVE A VESSEL, A NAVAL WARSHIP VESSEL SUCH AS THIS USS HARRISBURG, NAMED IN OUR HONOR, IS TREMENDOUS. NOT ONLY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE VALUES THAT WE STATED EARLIER, BUT ALSO JUST TO ...
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Former USS JFK towed down Delaware River as aircraft carrier begins journey out of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier, formerly named after President John F. Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard ...
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Ex-USS John F Kennedy aircraft carrier departs Philly for final journey
The former USS John F. Kennedy departed Philadelphia for its final voyage before being dismantled in Texas. After a weather-related delay, the aircraft carrier left the U.S. Navy’s Inactive ...
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SECNAV Names First Medium Landing Ship USS McClung
Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro salutes in the rain as he arrives for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) commissioning ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., in Pensacola ...