High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Verdin was a YMS-1 class minesweeper of the US Navy that served during World War II. Laid down as PCS-1439 on 5 September 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co.; redesignated YMS-471 on 27 September 1943; launched on 23 May 1944; and commissioned on 27 October 1944. Following brief shakedown training, YMS-471 proceeded to Charleston, South Carolina, and began escorting coastwise convoys and conducting minesweeping operations. That duty ended in April 1945 when she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet. After a long voyage which took her by way of the Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan, the minesweeper finally joined the 3rd Fleet off Okinawa...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4277-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Violet (1862) was a 166-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy for use during the American Civil War. Violet served the Navy in several ways: as a gunboat, as a tugboat, and as a torpedo boat. She served on the U.S. East Coast in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Violet -- a wooden steam tug built as Martha in 1862 at Brooklyn, New York -- was purchased by the Navy at New York City on 30 December 1862 for use during the American Civil War; and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 29 January 1863. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4831-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Valeria (AKA-48) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 611 Valeria, discovered in 1906 by Joel Hastings Metcalf, an amateur astronomer who made the initial identification of 41 minor planets. The meaning of the name is unknown. Valeria served as a commissioned ship for 8 months. Valeria (AKA-48) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1909) on 8 April 1945 at Providence, R.I., by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.; launched on 29 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. A. D. Hunter; and transferred to the Navy on 28 June 1945 and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. Robert Smith Trower III in command. Данное издание не является...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3463-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Vengeance was a brig in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War. Vengeance was purchased by the United States Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1805 for use as a bomb ketch against the Barbary pirates. Commanded by Lieutenant William Lewis, she left Boston for the Mediterranean on 19 June and was with Capt. John Rodgers' squadron of 13 warships when it appeared off Tunis on 1 August. Impressed by the American show of force, the Bey of Tunis elected to accept American peace terms, and Vengeance did not see action. Her subsequent movements are unknown, but she was broken up at New York City in 1818. Данное издание не является...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4199-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Virginia (CGN-38) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the lead ship of her class, and the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of Virginia. She was laid down on 19 August 1972 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company as a nuclear-powered, guided-missile frigate, DLGN-38; launched on 14 December 1974; sponsored by Virginia S. Warner, daughter of the Honorable John Warner, former Secretary of the Navy; reclassified as a nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruiser and redesignated CGN-38 on 30 June 1975; and commissioned on 11 September 1976, Capt. George W. Davis, Jr., in command. Данное издание не является...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4901-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vermont was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by United States Congress on 29 April 1816. She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in September 1818, finished about 1825, and kept on the stocks until finally launched at Boston, Massachusetts on 15 September 1848 in the interest of both space and fire safety considerations. However Vermont was not commissioned at this time. Instead the already aged ship-of-the-line remained in ordinary at Boston until the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4299-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vance (DE-387) was an Edsall class destroyer escort, named after Joseph Williams Vance, Jr. Vance (DE-387) was laid down on 30 April 1943 at Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 16 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Vance, mother of the late Lt. (jg.) Vance; and commissioned on 1 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. E.A. Anderson, USCG, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3912-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vesuvius (1845) was a 239-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy for use during the Mexican-American War which was an armed military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Vesuvius, outfitted with a heavy 10-inch mortar that was designed to attack and damage land-based fortifications, was assigned by the Navy to operations in the Mexican battle zones. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4326-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vanderbilt (1862) was heavy (3,360-ton) steamer obtained by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War. Vanderbilt – with her high speed of 14 knots—was outfitted with a large battery of heavy guns and sent out on the high seas in a futile search for commerce raiders of the Confederate States of America which were inflicting serious damage to Union commercial shipping. Later she served as part of the Union blockade of the Confederacy, and, post war, she had the honor of transporting the Queen of Hawaii from San Francisco, California, to Hawaii. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4021-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The third USS Vincennes (CL-64) was a Cleveland class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw action in the Pacific during the later half of World War II. She was originally laid down as Flint (CL-64) on 7 March 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Fore River plant. While the ship was under construction, however, the Battle of Savo Island occurred in August 1942, during which engagement the heavy cruiser Vincennes (CA-44) had been sunk. In order to perpetuate the name, Flint was renamed Vincennes on 16 October 1942. Launched on 17 July 1943, Vincennes was sponsored by Mrs. Arthur A. Osborn, the former Miss Harriet V. Kimmell, who had sponsored the first...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4749-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Venango (AKA-82) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy named after Venango County, Pennsylvania. She was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations. She served as a commissioned ship for 15 months. Venango was laid down as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1391) on 6 June 1944 at Wilmington, North Carolina, by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; launched on 9 August 1944; sponsored by Miss Alana Jane Matthes; placed briefly in service from 25 August to 30 August 1944 while being towed to New York harbor for...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4174-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Valentine (AF-47) was an Adria-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas. Valentine was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2339) at Beaumont, Texas, by the Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc. Launched on 3 February 1945 and sponsored by Mrs. P. Blaschke, the ship was placed "in service" on 19 June 1945 for ferrying and departed Beaumont on 25 June, bound for Galveston, Texas. There, at the Todd-Galveston Shipyard, Inc., Valentine underwent conversion to a refrigeration ship. She was commissioned at Galveston, Texas, on...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3453-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vendace (SS-430), a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the vendace, a species of whitefish native to Lochmaben in Scotland. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4182-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vreeland (FF-1068) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. The ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland (1852–1916). Vreeland (DE-1068) was laid down on 20 March 1968 by the Avondale Shipyard at Westwego, La.; launched on 16 June 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Jamie L. Whitten, wife of the Congressman representing Mississippi's 2nd Congressional district; and commissioned at Charleston, S.C., on 13 June 1970, Comdr. David R. Stefferud in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-5368-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander Bruce Van Voorhis (1908–1942), a naval aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Eastern Caroline Islands. Van Voorhis was laid down on 29 August 1955 at the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey; launched on 28 July 1956, sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn Van Voorhis, the widow of Lt. Cmdr. Van Voorhis; and commissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 April 1957, with Lt. Cmdr. Joseph J. Doak, Jr., in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3837-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Valve (ARS-28) was an Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. Valve was laid down on 17 November 1942 at Bellingham, Washington, by the Bellingham Marine Railway Co.: launched on 20 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs Henry Foss. and commissioned on 24 February 1944, Lt. W. D. Mooney, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3582-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vermont (BB-20), a Connecticut-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for the 14th state. Vermont was laid down on 21 May 1904 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 31 August 1905 sponsored by Miss Jennie Bell, the daughter of Governor Charles J. Bell of Vermont, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 4 March 1907, Captain William P. Potter in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4303-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) (ex-Totem Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down as Totem Bay on 7 February 1944 at Tacoma, Washington by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards. She was renamed Vella Gulf on 26 April 1944 and launched on 19 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Donald F. Smith. On 9 April 1945, she was commissioned with Captain Robert W. Morse in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4122-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vandalia (IX-191), a twin-screw, steel-hulled tanker, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Vandalia, the name of three cities in the United States that is also used poetically for various regions. As Walter Jennings, her construction was completed in 1921 by the Federal Shipbuilding Company of Newark, New Jersey, for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and she served under the aegis of Standard Oil through the 1920s and 1930s. Allocated to the Navy by the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration in late 1944, the ship was renamed Vandalia on 18 October 1944, being designated as unclassified miscellaneous vessel IX-191. She was accordingly taken over from...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3991-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Volunteer was a 209-ton steamer captured by the Union Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War. Virginia served the Navy in minor roles: as a dispatch boat and tugboat; however, at times, she would also be assigned as a patrolling gunboat. Volunteer -- originally a Confederate steamer captured off Natchez Island, Mississippi, by Fort Hindman on 25 November 1863 -- was purchased by the Navy from the Springfield, Illinois, prize court on 29 February 1864. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-5317-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Valor (AM-472) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy in 1952. She was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Valor was laid down on 28 April 1952 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin by the Burger Boat Company; launched on 13 May 1953; sponsored by Mrs. Walter J. Kohler; towed through the Great Lakes and down the St. Lawrence River to Boston, Massachusetts; and commissioned at Boston on 29 July 1954 with Lieutenant Charles R. Davis in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1330-3551-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The third USS Vixen was a steamboat in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War. Vixen was originally built for the government of Mexico by Brown and Bell of New York City, she was purchased by the Navy in May 1846 at the outset of the Mexican-American War. Immediately after her purchase, Vixen was deployed off the Gulf Coast of Mexico with Commodore David Conner's blockade squadron. There, she performed numerous patrol and reconnaissance assignments and was helpful in securing the Mexican coast in preparation for combined Army-Navy movements inland. Under the command of Joshua R. Sands, Vixen first saw action on 16 October 1846 when she participated in the unsuccessful attempt to...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-5129-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Villalobos (PG-42) was a steel screw gunboat originally built for the Spanish Navy as the SPS Villalobos but captured by the United States Army in 1898 during the Spanish-American War and commissioned into the United States Navy in 1900. The ship spent almost all of her life as an American gunboat on the Yangtze River. The ship was constructed in Hong Kong for the Spanish Navy. After completion in July 1896 she was based at Cavite, Philippine Islands, at the time of the Spanish-American War and the following Philippine-American War. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4708-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vestal (AR-4) was a collier (or coal ship), later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service. The history of USS Vestal (AR-4) began when Erie (Fleet Collier No. 1) was authorized on 17 April 1904; but the ship was renamed Vestal in October 1905, well before her keel was laid down on 25 March 1907 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Launched on 19 May 1908, Vestal was placed in service as a fleet collier, with a civilian crew, at her builders' yard on 4 October 1909. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4319-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Verbena (1864) was a small 104-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War. Verbena, outfitted with a 20-pounder Parrott rifle by the Navy, was placed in service as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of the Confederate States of America. However, most of her service was as a tugboat and as a ship's tender. Verbena -- originally the wooden steamer Ino built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1864—was purchased by the Navy at New York City on 7 June 1864 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 11 July 1864. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1330-4272-8
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