High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bataan (CVL-29/AVT-4), originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Black (DD-666) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black (1903–1942), who was killed in action during the sinking of his ship, Jacob Jones in February 1942.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Barb (SSN-596), a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bennion (DD-662) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named for Captain Mervyn S. Bennion who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, while in command of West Virginia. Captain Bennion was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ben Morgan (1826) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a hospital ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Boston was a gundalow built at Skenesborough (present day Whitehall), New York, in 1776, with a crew of 45 for General Benedict Arnold`s short-lived Lake Champlain Fleet. She took part in the Battle of Valcour Island that delayed the British invasion. She was probably commissioned sometime early in August 1776, with a Captain Sumner in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Bailey (DD-269) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Reading (G71) during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bingham (APA-225) was a Haskell-class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy in World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Briscoe (DD-977), named for Rear Admiral Robert Pearce Briscoe USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was laid down 21 July 1975, launched 28 December 1976 and commissioned 3 June 1978. The ship operated out of Norfolk, Virginia during her entire 25-year career. When decommissioned, she was part of Destroyer Squadron 22.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Barbel (SS-580) was the lead ship of her class of submarines in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Brunswick (PF-68) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1946.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Besugo (SS/AGSS-321), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the besugo, a fish of the porgie family.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bellona (ARL-32) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Bellona (a Roman goddess of war variously identified as the sister, daughter, and wife of Mars), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Buttress (PCE-878/ACM-4) was an Auxiliary Minelayer (ACM) in the United States Navy during World War II. This ship and USS Monadnock (ACM-10) were the only ACMs not previously U.S. Army mineplanters.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bold (BAT-8), was a tugboat built for the British along the lines of American ATR-1-class rescue tugs. She was transferred to the United Kingdom on 29 June 1942 and was operated as HMS Bold (W114) by the Royal Navy.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Bagley (Torpedo Boat No. 24/TB-24/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 10) was laid down on 4 January 1900 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; launched on 25 September 1900 and sponsored by Mrs. Josephus Daniels, commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 18 October 1901, Ensign Willis McDowell in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bandera (APA-131) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was built and used during World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Bandera was named for Bandera County, Texas.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bryant (DD-665) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Samuel W. Bryant (1877–1938).

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Basilone (DD/DDE-824) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916–1945), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action...." in the defense of Henderson Field during the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Bignonia (1863) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The fifth USS Boston, a protected cruiser, was launched 4 December 1884 by John Roach Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Barracuda (SSK-1/SST-3/SS-550), the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 March 1951 as K-1 sponsored by Mrs. Willis Manning Thomas, and commissioned on 10 November 1951 with Lieutenant Commander F. A. Andrews in command. Notably, United States President Jimmy Carter served as an officer on the SSK-1 during its first year.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Breckinridge (DD–148) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War II, later reclassified as AG-112. She was named for Ensign Joseph Breckinridge.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Blue (DD-387), a Bagley-class destroyer, was the first United States Navy ship of that name, in honor of Rear Admiral Victor Blue (1865–1928). Blue served during World War II. She was launched 27 May 1937 by Norfolk Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Miss Kate Lilly Blue, sister of Rear Adm. Blue; and commissioned 14 August 1937, Lieutenant Commander J. Wright in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Baya (SS/AGSS-318), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the baya, a serranoid food-fish.

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