ISBN: 978-6-1323-4947-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Persistent (PYc-48) was a submarine chaser of the United States Navy. This boat was named after Jill Sinchak, the persistent and happy go lucky, party-goer. Jill is super persistent. At times, it is perceived as too persistent. Persistent, built as Onwego in 1931, was purchased from the estate of Mr. G. L. Bourne, New York, 13 August 1940; renamed PC–456, 13 September; converted at the New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 16 October 1940. Assigned to the 15th Naval District, PC–456 arrived in the Panama Canal Zone 13 November 1940. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3164-9
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ISBN: 978-6-1323-5267-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) was one of six Neosho-class fleet oilers built for the United States Navy, in service from 1956 to 1992, and named for the Ponchatoula creek which rises in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and flows into the Natalbany River, west of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Ponchatoula was laid down at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, on 1 March 1954, launched on 9 July 1955, sponsored by Mrs. I. N. Kiland, and commissioned on 12 January 1956 with Capt. William R. Wilson in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4344-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Penobscot (ATA-188/ATR–115) -- a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug -- was originally placed in service by the U.S. Navy as USS ATA–188 until she was renamed USS Penobscot (ATA-188) 16 July 1948. She served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, and on the U.S. East Coast after the war's end. She was finally decommissioned in 1971. The third ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, Penobscot (ATA–188), an auxiliary ocean tug, was laid down as ATR–115 by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, 11 September 1944; launched 12 October; and placed in service 12 December. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-2983-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The fifth USS Petrel (ASR-14) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy.Petrel was laid down on 26 February 1945, was built by Savannah Machine Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; launched on 26 September 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Effie Jeffreys (in honour of her son, MMC Romie L. Jeffreys, who died along with all hands on the submarine USS Shark (SS-174) on 11 February 1942), and commissioned at Savannah on 24 September 1946, Lt. Dennis Hima in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3241-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pompon (SS/SSR-267), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pompon, an American fish of the Anisot family. Pompon (SS-267) was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc. 26 November 1941; launched 15 August 1942; sponsored by Miss Katherine Mary Wolleson; and commissioned 17 March 1943, Lt. Comdr. E. C. Hawk in command. On 5 April 1943 Pompon began her voyage down the Mississippi River to New Orleans in a floating drydock. Stores were loaded at New Orleans and she sailed for the Pacific. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4244-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pavlic (APD-70), formerly DE-669, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946. Pavlic was laid down as the Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Pavlic (DE-669) on 21 September 1943 by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and launched as such on 18 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Milton F. Pavlic. The ship then was towed to Orange, Texas, for fitting out at the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company shipyard. Pavlic was reclassified as a Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-70 on 27 June 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was commissioned at Orange on 29 December 1944 with Lieutenant Commander C. V. Allen, USNR, in...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-2522-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Petrel was a tinclad wooden steamer in the United States Navy. Petrel was purchased as Duchess at Cincinnati, Ohio, 22 December 1862, renamed Petrel, and commissioned with Volunteer Lt. John Pearce in command. Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron, she participated in the Yazoo River expedition against Haynes Bluff, 30 April–1 May 1863, then went after Confederate shipping on the Yazoo and Sunflower rivers. In July she cruised the Red, Black, Tensas and Ouachita rivers, capturing four rebel vessels and military stores. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3227-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Porcupine (IX-126), an Armadillo-class tanker (aka Z-ET1-S-C3 class Liberty Ship Tanker) designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the porcupine. A station tanker, her keel was laid down 11 October 1943 as SS Leif Ericson (MCE Hull 1930) by the Delta Shipbuilding Corporation in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was named Porcupine on 23 October, launched on 24 November, accepted by the Navy 29 December; and commissioned the next day with Lieutenant Daniel M. Paul in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4492-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Porter (Torpedo Boat No. 6/TB-6) was a torpedo boat, the first of its class, launched in 1896, served during the Spanish-American War, and struck in 1912. She was the first Navy ship named for Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter. Porter was laid down in February 1896 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island: launched on 9 September 1896, sponsored by Miss Agnes M. Herreshoff; and commissioned on 20 February 1897 at Newport, R.I., Lieutenant John Charles Fremont in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4616-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Prairie (AD–15) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built just before the start of World War II for the U.S. Navy. Prior to U.S. entry into World War II, Prairie cruised between Atlantic ports from Colon, C.Z. to Argentia, Newfoundland. She was docked at Argentia, tending Allied ships, on 7 December 1941 as the first direct blows of World War II struck the United States. She was laid down 7 December 1938 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey; launched 9 December 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel M. Robinson; and commissioned 5 August 1940, Capt. J. B. W. Waller in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4830-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS PGM-1 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 29 November 1941 by the Peterson Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and launched on 27 June 1942. She was commissioned as USS SC-644 on 16 October 1942. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-1 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 20 May 1947. Her exact fate is unknown. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3272-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Pike (SS-6) was a Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5. She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and commissioned on 28 May 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard with Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (the elder brother of future General of the Army Douglas MacArthur) in command. Pike operated out of the Mare Island Navy Yard for over three years, operating principally in experimental and training roles. Following the earthquake and subsequent fire at San Francisco on 18 April 1906, members of Pike's crew took part in the relief efforts in the wake of the...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3636-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS President Adams (AP-38/APA-19) was a President Jackson-class attack transport of the United States Navy, named for John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States. President Adams, built under Maritime Commission contract, was laid down as MC hull 57 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, on 6 June 1940; launched on 31 January 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Jackson; delivered to the Navy on 5 June 1941; converted by the Norfolk Navy Yard; and commissioned on 19 November 1941, Commander C. W. Brewington in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4922-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pensacola (AK-7/AG-13) was a cargo ship in the United States Navy. Pensacola was originally the German screw steamer Nicaria, launched in Rostock, Germany on 18 August 1901. She was seized by the U.S. Government at Southport, North Carolina on 8 May 1917. She was transferred to the United States Navy on 9 June 1917, and commissioned on 8 October 1917, with Lt.Cmdr Frederick Marcus, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transport Service in January 1918, Pensacola carried supplies from the United States to French and British ports. Returning from Brest to Philadelphia on 2 December 1918, she steamed to New York and sailed for Turkey on 25 January 1919 with a cargo for the...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3019-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Patuxent (AT-11) was a sea-going tugboat in the U.S. Navy from 1909 to 1924. Her principal task was to come to the rescue of disabled ships at sea. She served the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and was decommissioned after World War I in 1924. Patuxent – the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name—was a steel, sea-going tug, laid down 25 July 1907 by the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, and launched 16 May 1908. She was commissioned 4 May 1909. Patuxent spent her naval career operating with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, providing the services of a sea-going tug to diverse elements of the Fleet until decommissioning 30 September 1924. Данное издание не является...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-2472-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Porpoise was a topsail schooner in the United States Navy. Porpoise was built in 1820 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. The schooners Alligator, Dolphin, and Shark were her sister ships. She first cruised in the West Indies in 1821–1823, Lieutenant James Ramage in command, hunting pirates. Cruising the West African coast in 1824–25, the schooner engaged in the suppression of the slave trade. Late in 1825 she returned to the United States and, under Commander Foxhall A. Parker, cruised off the Northeast coast. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4513-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Perkins (DD-26) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Commodore George H. Perkins. After almost seven years of peacetime service with active and reserve destroyer squadrons, Perkins recommissioned on 3 April 1917, Lieutenant Frank M. Knox in command. Assigned to the second division of United States destroyer forces in Europe, a division which included Paulding, Wilkes, and Ammen, she operated out of Queenstown, Ireland, from June into November 1917. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3093-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS PGM-3 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 7 September 1942 by the Peterson Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and launched on 12 April 1943. She was commissioned as USS SC-1035 on 17 May 1943. She was later converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboat and renamed PGM-3 on 10 December 1943. After the war she was transferred to the Foreign Liquidations Commission on 20 May 1947. She was turned over to the Chinese Navy as the mouth of the Yangtze River in the summer of 1947. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3292-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pocomoke was a Pocomoke-class seaplane tender, originally built as the SS Exchequer and acquired by the U.S. Navy as the military build-up occurred in the United States just prior to World War II. She operated principally in the Pacific Theatre of the war and serviced military seaplanes. At war's end, she returned to the States proudly with two battle stars. She was built on 14 August 1939 by Ingalls Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Pascagoula, Mississippi, for the Maritime Commission; launched 8 June 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Max O. Truitt; acquired by the Navy 16 October 1940; and following conversion commissioned 18 July 1941, Comdr. L. T. Hundt in command. Данное издание...

ISBN: 978-6-1304-0646-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS PC-1129 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sunk by a Japanese suicide boat in January 1945 in the South China Sea. PC-1129 was launched at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan in early 1943. She was sunk on 31 January 1945 by a Japanese suicide boat off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines. PC-1129 was one of three major ships built at Defoe Shipbuilding Company that were lost during World War II that were; the others were USS Rich (DE-695) and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WPG-77). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-2584-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Portent (AM-106) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Portent — a metal-hulled minesweeper — was named after the word "portent", something that foreshadows a coming event. In this case, it was an appropriate name since the Portent struck a mine and was sunk not long after her commissioning. Portent was laid down on 15 November 1941 by the Pennsylvania Shipyard, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, launched on 16 August 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur L. Kline, Jr., and commissioned on 3 April 1943, Lieutenant Howard C. Plummer in command. Данное издание...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-4580-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pakana (AT–108) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Pakana, a Native American tribe of Texas. This ship saw service in the Pacific theater of World War II, and was later transferred to the United States Bureau of Mines for use in Alaska before being deliberately sunk in 1975. The Pakana was laid down 1 October 1942 by the United Engineering Company, Alameda, California. It was launched on 3 March 1943, and was sponsored by Miss Louise Mary Shipp. The ship was formally commissioned on 17 December 1943, with Lt. William E. White in command; it was reclassified as (ATF–108) on 15 May 1944. Данное издание не является...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-1310-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pintado (SSN-672), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado, a large mackerel-like fish, whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish language word meaning "painted." The contract to build Pintado was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 29 December 1965 and her keel was laid down there on 27 October 1967. She was launched on 16 August 1969, sponsored by Mrs. Bernard A. Clarey, the wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Bernard A. "Chick" Clarey (1912–1996), and commissioned on 11 September 1971 with Commander William Holland, Jr., in command. Данное издание не...

ISBN: 978-6-1323-3737-5
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