High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Kanawha was a screw-powered steamer that served in the United States Navy in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vermillion Bay (CVE-108) was an Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the United States Navy.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kent Island (AG-78/AKS-26) was a Belle Isle-class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was used to transport personnel and cargo and was inactivated and disposed of shortly after the war.

ISBN: 978-5-5114-7332-1

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS K-8 (SS-39) was an K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W. Lewis, wife of the first commanding officer, and commissioned on 1 December at Mare Island with Lieutenant John W. Lewis in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kalmia (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Key West (PF-17), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kinsman (1854) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kennebec was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the U.S. Navy following the outbreak of the American Civil War. She was named for the Kennebec River.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS K-4 (SS-35) was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Company in Seattle, Washington, as Walrus, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal related to the seal found in Arctic waters, but on 17 November 1911 she was renamed K-4. She was launched on 19 March 1914 sponsored by Mrs. James P. Olding, wife of the commanding officer, and commissioned on 24 October 1914 with Lieutenant J. P. Olding in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War. The Kearsarge was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire. Subsequent ships were later named Kearsarge in honor of the ship.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Koka (ATA-185) was a US Navy tugboat. Koka is from the phonetic spelling of Coca, formerly an Indian village in southern Arizona. Originally designated as ATR-112, she was redesignated as ATA-185 on 15 May 1944; launched 11 September 1944, by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas; and commissioned on 16 November, Lt. (j.g.) Woodrow Sullivan in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kern (AOG-2) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Katherine K. (SP-220) was a United States Navy patrol vessel and tug in commission from 1917 to 1919.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kaula (AG-33) was built in 1938 by Henry Robb Ltd, in Leith, Scotland. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy as Cubahama 3 January 1941 from her owner, Balboa Shipping Company of New York and renamed Kaula 15 January then commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland 22 January with Lieutenant Commander W. L. Ware in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) was a United States Navy Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel in commission from 1946 to 1994.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Katahdin, an ironclad harbor-defense ram of innovative design, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mount Katahdin, a mountain peak in Maine.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1973. She continued to support Navy requirements until 1996 when she was placed in the reserve fleet and later struck.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kinkaid (DD-965), named for Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid USN (1888–1972), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kansas (1863) was a gunboat constructed for the Union Navy during the middle of the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns and assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named Kansas and was the first of a class of 836-ton screw steam gunboats, At war’s end, she continued serving her country by performing survey work and defending American interests in Cuba until sold in 1883.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kilty (DD–137) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the first ship named for Admiral Augustus Kilty.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kingfish (SS-234), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kingfish, a fish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kanawha (AOG-31) 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.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Klakring (FFG-42), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904–1975), who was awarded three Navy Crosses as commander of the submarine USS Guardfish (SS-217) during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kenton (APA-122) 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. She was named for Kenton County, Kentucky.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) (called Kamfish by her crew), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819), the first King of Hawaii (c. 1795-1819). She is one of only two ships of the United States to be named after a monarch.a She was later reclassified as an attack submarine and redesignated SSN-642.

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