High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Endurance (AM-435/MSO-435) (aka "Citrus Juliette") was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from waters that had been placed there to prevent the safe passage of ships.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-3070-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Edsall (DD-219), named for Seaman Norman Eckley Edsall (1873–1899), was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

ISBN: 978-5-5147-8970-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.

ISBN: 978-5-5111-0827-8

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Endicott (DD-495), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel Endicott, who served as a quarter gunner on board Enterprise in the Barbary Wars. He volunteered to participate in the expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr., which destroyed the former U.S. Frigate Philadelphia.

ISBN: 978-5-5111-0787-5

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Edith, a screw steamer, was transferred from the War Department to the U.S. Navy under congressional legislation of 3 March 1849, and turned over to Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron, at San Francisco, California. On 16 June Lieutenant James McCormick was ordered to report on the condition of the steamer; subsequently, he was placed in temporary command with orders to transport representatives to the California State Constitutional Convention.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-2474-7

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Falmouth was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fechteler (DD-870), named for Rear Admiral Augustus Francis Fechteler USN (1857–1921) and/or his son Lieutenant Frank Casper Fechteler (1897-1922), was a Gearing-class destroyer laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 12 April 1945, launched on 19 September 1945 by Miss Joan S. Fechteler, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Fechteler and niece of Lieutenant Fechteler, sponsor of the first USS Fechteler and commissioned on 2 March 1946.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-1781-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Flagler (AK-181) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. She served the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations for a short period of time before being decommissioned at Okinawa and returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration for dispositioning.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2377-7

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fulton (1837) was a steamer that served the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War, and then was recommissioned in time to see service in that war. However, her participation was limited to being captured by Confederate forces in port of Pensacola, Florida, at the outbreak of war.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2896-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Flamingo (MSC(O)-11/AMS-11/YMS-238) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for the flamingo.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2432-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fierce (AM-97) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 18 October 1941 by the Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tennessee; launched on 5 March 1942, and commissioned on 12 October 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser, PC-1601 on 1 June 1944, and reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1601 on 20 August 1945.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2293-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The fourth USS Franklin of the United States Navy was a screw frigate.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Finback (SS-230), a Gato-class submarine was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fillmore (APA-83) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Commissioned late in the war, she was initially assigned to transport duties and consequently did not participate in combat operations.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-4440-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fearless (AM/MSO-442) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper. She was the third United States Navy ship to carry the name.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ford (FFG-54), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Gunner`s Mate Patrick O. Ford (1942–1968). Ford was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism as a patrol river boatman in the Vietnam War. A description of Gunner`s Mate Ford`s actions can be found here.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2637-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fuchsia (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2934-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Flying Fish (1838), a schooner, was formerly the New York City pilot boat Independence. Purchased by the United States Navy at New York City on 3 August 1838 and upon joining her squadron in Hampton Roads 12 August 1838 was placed under command of Passed Midshipman S. R. Knox.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-4580-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Frank Knox (DD-742) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2811-6

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Favorite (SP-1385/ID-1385/IX-45) was a large 1223 gross ton tugboat (later converted into a seagoing tug) acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She performed a variety of work for the Navy, including icebreaking, salvage, wrecking, and tugboat services. She was loaned to Panamanian authorities after World War I, but was returned to the U.S. Navy to do her part in the Panama Canal area during World War II as the IX-45.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-1756-1

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Firm (AM-444/MSO-444) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fresno was the 4th ship in the Newport class tank landing ships. Fresno was named for a city and county in California. She was laid down on 16 December 1967 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel Shipbuilding Company; launched on 28 September 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Hyde; and commissioned on 22 November 1969 with Commander Stanislaus J. Sowinski in command.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-2863-5

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), an Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, was named in honor of General Frank Evans, a leader of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. She served in late World War II and the Korean War, and Vietnam War before being cut in half in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne in 1969.

ISBN: 978-5-5121-7894-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Fahkee (1862) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was built in 1862 at Williamsburg, New York, purchased by the Navy on 15 July 1863; and commissioned on 24 September 1863 with Acting Master F. R. Webb in command.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-4309-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Frazier (DD-607) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Daniel Frazier.

ISBN: 978-5-5116-4729-6