High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She returned home at war`s end with a remarkable eight battle stars to her credit.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Sangay (AE-10) was a ship of the United States Navy which saw service during World War II in the Pacific. A munitions carrier, the Sangay was named after the Sangay volcano in Ecuador, a tongue-in-cheek reference to what would happen if a munitions ship was hit by enemy fire. The ship shuttled ammunition initially between San Francisco and Pearl Harbor Hawaii, then moved to the forward area in the Pacific theater to supply combatants. The Sangay served during the entirety of the war and was retired shortly after the end of hostilities.

ISBN: 978-5-5119-4025-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Somers was a brig in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War, infamous for being the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to executions.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Steuben County (LST-1138) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Indiana, and New York, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS S-13 (SS-118) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 October 1921 sponsored by Miss Mary Howe, and commissioned on 14 July 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D. Baker in command.

ISBN: 978-5-5119-0672-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Satterlee (DD-190) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Belmont.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Shamrock (1863) was a large (974 ton) seaworthy steamer with powerful guns, acquired by the Union Navy 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 Strong (DD-467), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral James H. Strong (1814–1882), who distinguished himself at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Semmes (DD-189/AG-24/CG-20) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for Commander (USN), Rear Admiral (CSN), Brigadier General (CSA) Raphael Semmes (1809–1877).

ISBN: 978-5-5121-1204-5

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Simon Newcomb (AGSC-14/YMS-263) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II, and whose task was assisting in minesweeping and surveying coastal waters.

ISBN: 978-5-5121-1851-1

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Susan Ann Howard (1863) was a schooner requisitioned from the prize court by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Shenandoah (AD-44) was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class destroyer tenders. AD-44 was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley. She was commissioned in 1983 only three years after the decommissioning of the previous USS Shenandoah (AD-26), also a destroyer tender.

ISBN: 978-5-5121-1566-4

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! As part of the Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson`s plans to overhaul and modernize ships of the Navy, the first USS Swatara was taken to the New York Navy Yard in 1872, ostensibly for "repairs". In fact, the "repairs" constituted construction of a new ship, for Swatara was given a new hull and unused machinery which had been in storage since 1865. Embodying only certain fittings and equipment from the first ship, the second Swatara was launched on 17 September 1873 at the New York Navy Yard and commissioned on 11 May 1874, Capt. Ralph Chandler in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS S-29 (SS-134), was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 9 November 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ronan C. Grady, and commissioned on 22 May 1924 with Lieutenant James P. Conover, Jr., in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Sands (DD-243/APD-13) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Benjamin F. Sands and his son, James H. Sands.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! St. Mihiel, launched in October 1920 for the United States Shipping Board by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, was operated by the United States Army Transportation Corps from 1922 until mid-1940 as USAT St. Mihiel. Then transferred to the Navy, she was commissioned as USS St. Mihiel (AP-32) on 22 July 1941, Comdr. Edward B. Rodgers in command. In November 1943, she was transferred back to the Army and made a hospital ship, USAHS St. Mihiel. This ship is an example of an EFC Model 1024 ship design.

ISBN: 978-5-5121-3513-6

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Schley (DD-103) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, APD-14 in the World War II. She was the first ship named in honor of Winfield Scott Schley.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Stockton (DD-646), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore Robert F. Stockton.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS S-33 (SS-138) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 5 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Searles, and commissioned on 18 April 1922 with Lieutenant George P. Lamont in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS SC-142, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 142 or S.C.-142, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Upon completion, she was transferred to the French Navy

ISBN: 978-5-5121-0227-5

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Searcher (YAGR-4/AGR-4) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1954. She was obtained from the National Defense Reserve Fleet and reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Steinaker (DD-863/DDR-863/DD-863) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Private First Class Donald Baur Steinaker, USMCR (1922–1942) who was killed in action on Guadalcanal and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Salmon (SS-182) was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.

ISBN: 978-5-5119-2651-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sea Foam (1861) was a brig purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sumpter was a steamship in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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