High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sweet Brier (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Sweet Briar was used by the Union Navy as an armed tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Sweet Brier -- a wooden screw tug built at Buffalo, New York, in 1862 -- was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 22 September 1863; and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 25 January 1864, Acting Ensign J. D. Dexter in command. The tug departed New York City on 3 February 1864, and arrived off Charleston, South Carolina, on 4 March and was assigned to blockade duty off that southern port. On 8 July, she captured blockade running schooner Pocahontas off...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-1080-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Stickleback (SS-415), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stickleback, any of numerous small scaleless fish having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin. Her keel was laid down on 1 March 1944 by the Mare Island Navy Yard of Vallejo, California. She was launched on 1 January 1945 sponsored by Mrs. John O.R. Coll, and commissioned on 29 March 1945, Commander Lawrence G. Bernard in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-9257-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sturgeon (SS-187), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon. Her keel was laid down on October 27, 1936 by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on March 15, 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Charles S. Freeman; and commissioned on June 25, 1938 with Lieutenant Commander A. D. Barnes in command. Sturgeon completed builder's trials in Monterey Bay and began her shakedown cruise on October 15, visiting ports in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Costa Rica before returning to San Diego, California, on December 12, 1938. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 and operated along the West Coast as far north as...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-9998-6
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ISBN: 978-6-1323-9860-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Schenck (DD-159) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James F. Schenck, USN (1807–1882). Schenck was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 26 March 1918, launched on 23 April 1919 by Miss Mary Janet Earle and commissioned on 30 October 1919, Commander N. H. Goss in command. Schenck was attached to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and, after shakedown, operated between New York and Chesapeake Bay. Between July and September 1920, she patrolled off the east coast of Mexico; and, in early 1921, she participated in fleet exercises in the Caribbean. Her crew was reduced to 50% of her authorized...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-3170-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sumter (APA-52) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. APA-52 was the second US Navy vessel named Sumter. The ship was laid down on 3 April 1943 as Iberville by Gulf Shipbuilding of Chickasaw, Alabama, for the Waterman Steamship Company; launched on 4 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. J. F. McRae; and acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1943 as AP-97. She was converted into an attack transport (APA-52) by the Maryland Drydock Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned on 1 September 1943, Capt. A. D. Blackledge in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-0180-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sebastian (AK-211) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was retained by the Navy for only a short period of service before being inactivated as “excess to needs.” Sebastian (AK-211) was laid down on 10 August 1944 under U.S. Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2165) by the Leathern D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 21 December 1944; sponsored by Miss J.C. Sullivan; delivered to the U.S. Maritime Commission on 31 January 1945; acquired by the Navy on loan charter on 10 August 1945; converted to an AK at New Orleans, Louisiana; and commissioned on 11 September 1945....

ISBN: 978-6-1329-4208-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Susanville (PC-1149) was a patrol boat in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down as PC-1149 on 6 November 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 11 January 1944; and commissioned on 22 June 1944. She sailed, via the Mississippi River and New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico and conducted shakedown training out of Miami, Florida. During her first year of service, PC-1149 cruised the waters along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea. She patrolled for German U-boats and escorted coastal and Caribbean convoys from port to port. The submarine chaser ranged as far north as New York and as...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-0557-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sprig (AM-384) 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. Sprig was named after the "Sprig," an inland duck, common to the entire northern hemisphere; also known as sprigtail or pintail. It is a very distinct species and derives its name from the great prolongation and narrowness of the middle pair of tail-feathers, which is particularly noticeable in the male. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-6981-1
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Salem (CM-11) was a commercial cargo ship, that served as a minelayer and then net laying ship of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was built in 1916 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as SS Joseph R. Parrott; was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 8 June 1942 from the Maritime Commission; and commissioned on 9 August 1942, Lt. Comdr. Henry G. Williams in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1323-9799-7
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ISBN: 978-6-1323-9812-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Seahorse (SSN-669), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and upper body suggest the head and neck of a horse. The contract to build Seahorse was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down there on 13 August 1966. She was launched on 15 June 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Paul Ignatius, and commissioned on 19 September 1969 with Commander George T. Harper, Jr., in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-4044-5
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ISBN: 978-6-1323-8761-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Shamokin was a double-ended gunboat built during the American Civil War at Chester, Pennsylvania by Reaney, Son Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-4857-1
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ISBN: 978-6-1323-9076-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sentry (AM-299) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and was awarded six battle stars, a Navy Unit Commendation, and a Presidential Unit Citation. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve in 1946. In August 1962, the former Sentry was transferred to South Vietnam as RVNS Ky Hoa (HQ-09) in the Republic of Vietnam Navy. Her fate after 1962 is unreported in secondary sources. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-4657-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Swenning (DE-394) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Gust J. Swenning. Swenning was a member of the Forward Repair Party of the USS New Orleans (CA-32), when struck by a torpedo during the Battle of Tassafaronga 30 November 1942 which detonated the forward magazines, Swenning unhesitatingly dove through the oil and water in a flooded compartment to close a watertight door, in further efforts to assist in bringing the damaged ship to port he labored tirelessly and...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-1084-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Shrewsbury was built in 1910 by George Lawley and Sons at Neponset, Massachusetts, as the private motorboat Mona. In private use, she subsequently was renamed Gipsy (according to one source), then Topsy. She had been renamed Shrewsbury by the time the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, N. H. McCarter of Newark, New Jersey, on 13 April 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) on 23 April 1917. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-5221-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Starr (AKA-67), the only ship of the United States Navy named for Starr County, Texas, was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship. She served as a commissioned ship for 20 months. Her keel was laid down as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship on 13 June 1944 (as MC hull 1392), under Maritime Commission contract, by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington, North Carolina. She was launched on 18 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. C. L. Griffin and acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration on a bareboat charter; and was commissioned on 29 September 1944 with Commander Frederick O. Goldsmith in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8963-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Saugus (AN-4/AP-109/LSV-4/MCS-4) was an Osage-class vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after USS Saugus (1863), which was in turn named for Saugus, Massachusetts, she was the second of three U.S. Naval vessels to bear the name. Laid down on 27 July 1942 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi as AN-4; reclassified AP-109 on 1 May 1943; launched on 4 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Rivers J. Carstarphen; reclassified LSV-4 on 21 April 1944; completed by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company of Tampa, Florida; and commissioned on 22 February 1945 as Captain R. S. Bertschy in command. Данное издание не...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-2677-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sheldrake (AM-62/AGS-19) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the sheldrake duck. The ship earned four battle stars during World War II. She was converted to a survey ship and re-designated AGS-19 in 1952 and remained in commission until 1968. She was sold for scrap in 1971. Sheldrake (AM-62) was laid down on 24 June 1941 by the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company of Alameda, California; launched on 12 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Nicolini; and commissioned on 14 October 1942, Lt. Comdr. W. F. Porter, USNR, in command. After fitting out at Alameda, California, and making a short shakedown cruise in the San...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Starlight (AP-175) was a Storm King class auxiliary transport. She was designed as a troop carrier. Starlight was laid down on 9 October 1943 as SS Starlight (MC hull 1358) by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina; launched on 23 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. M. T. Solomon; acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration on a bareboat charter; converted into an auxiliary transport by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Staten Island, N.Y.; and commissioned on 15 February 1944, Comdr. W. O. Britton, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8954-3
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ISBN: 978-6-1324-0258-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Straus (DE-408) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home proudly with three battle stars to her credit. She was named in honor of Storekeeper Second Class David H. Straus, Jr. who was killed during the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was laid down on 18 November 1943 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched on 30 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David Straus; and commissioned on 6 April 1944, Lt. Comdr. D. A. Nienstedt in command. Данное...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-9445-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Swearer (DE-186) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the French Navy as Bambara. Swearer was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newark, New Jersey on 12 August 1943, launched on 31 October 1943, and commissioned on 23 November 1943. Swearer was named for Lt. Walter John Swearer who was killed in action aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-1076-5
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