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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The first proposed USS Mira (SP-118) was a launch scheduled for United States Navy use as a patrol vessel in 1918 that was never commissioned. Mira was built as a wooden-hulled civilian motor launch in 1911 by the Holmes Motor Company at West Mystic, Connecticut. The U.S. Navy acquired Mira from her owner, Charles L. Poor, and scheduled her for use as a patrol boat in the 3rd Naval District during World War I. However, she saw no active naval service, and the Navy returned her to Poor on 8 May 1918 without ever commissioning her. Данное издание не является оригинальным....
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Muscatine (AK 197) was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission contract as M. C. Hull 2151 by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin, 21 December 1943; named Muscatine and classified AK-197 on 25 February 1944; launched 16 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William Kennedy. She was floated down the Mississippi River in November 1944 for completion at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Texas; acquired by the Navy on loan charter from the Maritime Commission 3 April 1945; placed in service from 3 April to 4 April during transfer to Houston, Texas, for fitting out at Brown Shipbuilding Co.; and commissioned at Houston 19 April 1945, Lt. W. F. Heyer in command. Данное издание...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Moore (DE-240) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Fred Kenneth Moore who was awarded the Navy Cross for his brave actions when, at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Seaman Moore remained at his station on antiaircraft gun No. 1 in spite of orders to take cover when the Japanese strafing became severe. With two other members of the gun crew, he assisted in keeping the gun in operation until he was killed by an explosion. Данное издание не...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Minneapolis (CA-17, ex-C-13) was a United States Navy Columbia class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis. Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 12 August 1893; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Washburn, daughter of Senator William D. Washburn of Minnesota; and commissioned at Philadelphia, 13 December 1894, Captain George H. Wadleigh, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Morse (1861) was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since, because of their flat bottom and shallow draft, they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not. Morse, a wooden sidewheel ferryboat built at New York in 1861, was purchased by the Navy at New York as Marion 7 November 1861, and commissioned 9 November 1861, Acting Master Peter Hays in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mikawe (SP-309) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Mikawe was built as a civilian wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name in 1916 by Defoe Boat and Motor Works at Bay City, Michigan. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, Thomas H. Gill, for $12,500 (USD) on 10 August 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her the same day as USS Mikawe (SP-309). Assigned to the 9th Naval District -- at the time a part of the single administrative entity known as the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts -- Mikawe served as a section patrol boat on the Great Lakes for the rest of World War I. Данное...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mobile (AKA-115/LKA-115) was a Charleston class attack cargo ship named after the city of Mobile, Alabama. She was the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear that name. She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 4 months. LKA's had the distinction of being the only ships in the "Gator Navy" that were not flat bottom. They would drop anchor several hundred yards offshore and use their Mike 8's (LCM-8) and Mike 6's (LCM-6) to ferry in the Marines and their equipment. The name was assigned on 6 November 1967, and the ship was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, 15 January 1968 as AKA-115. As of the date of her article in DANFS, she was still under...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Mauna Loa was built in 1916 by George Lawley and Sons at Neponset, Massachusetts, as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, A. C. James, on a free lease contract on 10 May 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) on 11 May 1917. Mauna Loa was assigned to the 1st Naval District. She patrolled the coast of northern New England until the end of the war. The Navy decommissioned Mauna Loa on 5 December 1918 and returned her to her owner the same day. Данное издание не...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mellena (AKA-32) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 869 Mellena, which in turn was named after Werner von Melle, mayor of Hamburg. She served as a commissioned ship for 16 months. Mellena (AKA-32) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, R.I., 25 September 1944; launched 11 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Paul P. Neal; acquired by the Navy 20 January 1945; and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. B. C. Modin in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mataco (AT-86/ATF-86) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Pacific Ocean and, after a successful career, her crews returned home proudly displaying five battle stars for World War II, four battle stars for the Korean War, and seven campaign stars for Vietnam War service. Mataco was laid down on 27 June 1942 by United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California; launched on 14 October 1942, sponsored by Miss Evelyn B. Piper; and commissioned on 29 May 1943, Lt. William G. Baker in command....
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS McLanahan (DD-615) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second Navy ship named for Tenant McLanahan. McLanahan was laid down 29 May 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, San Pedro, California; launched 2 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy W. Howard; and commissioned 19 December 1942, Lieutenant Commander H. R. Hummer, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS McCormick (DD-223/AG-118) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant, junior grade Alexander McCormick, Jr. McCormick was laid down 11 August 1919 by William Cramp & Sons; launched 14 February 1920; sponsored by Miss Katherine McCormick, sister of Lieutenant (jg.) McCormick; and commissioned 30 August 1920, Lieutenant Commander L. C. Scheibla in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Murphy (DD-603) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant John McLeod Murphy. Murphy was laid down 19 May 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York; launched 29 April 1942; sponsored by Miss M. Elsie Murphy, daughter of Lieutenant Murphy; and commissioned 25 July 1942, Commander Leonard W. Bailey in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Montauk was a single-turreted monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It saw action throughout the war and was used as the floating prison for the conspirators in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and was the site of the autopsy and identification of assassin John Wilkes Booth. Montauk (named for Montauk, New York) was built by John Ericsson at Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; launched on 9 October 1862; and commissioned at New York on 14 December 1862, Commander John L. Worden in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mississippi, a sidewheel steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. She was named for the Mississippi River. Her keel was laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1839; built under the personal supervision of Commodore Matthew Perry. She was commissioned on December 22, 1841, with Captain W. D. Salter in command and launched several weeks later. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mattabesset (AOG-52) was a Patapsco-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. Mattabesset was laid down 6 July 1944 by Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota; launched 11 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John Uhrenholdt; and commissioned 16 June 1945 , Lt. Comdr. N. O. W. Adams, Jr., USNR, in command. Mattabesset completed her U.S. Gulf Coast shakedown and departed for the Pacific Ocean area 14 July 1945, having filled her cargo tanks at Baytown, Texas. She arrived at Pearl Harbor a week before the end of hostilities in the Pacific and continued on to Midway Island. Данное...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mindanao (ARG-3) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the Island of Mindanao, second largest and southernmost island in the Philippines, it was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Originally built as the Liberty ship SS Elbert Hubbard (MCE-983) under Maritime Commission contract by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland; launched 13 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. R. Spalding; acquired by the Navy on 20 May 1943; and commissioned as USS Mindanao (ARG-3) on 6 November 1943 with Commander G. B. Evans in command. After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, Mindanao joined Task...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Assigned to the Pacific Squadron, Mohongo departed Brooklyn on 29 May 1865 for the west coast of South America. Sailing via St. Thomas, Barbados, Natal, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo, making official protocol visits to those Caribbean and Latin American ports, the "double?ender" steamed through the Strait of Magellan in a severe gale on 9 October and arrived at Valparaiso, Chile, on the 29th. She remained there repairing her storm-damaged pumps and boilers until standing out on 27 April 1866 for Callao, Peru. Arriving six days later, the warship joined Rear Adm. George F. Pearson's Pacific Squadron in the midst of a Spanish blockade during the Peruvian War with Spain over conditions of the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Muskogee (PF-49), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Muskogee, Oklahoma. Muskogee (PF-49) was laid down on 18 September 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; launched on 18 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. S. B. Hudson, wife of the mayor of Muskogee; and commissioned on 16 March 1944, Commander Rufus E. Mroczkowski, USCG, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Moose (1863) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Moose, a wooden sternwheel steam gunboat built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863 as Florence Miller II, was purchased at Cincinnati 20 May 1863, and commissioned immediately, Comdr. LeRoy Fitch in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS McFarland (DD-237/AVD-14) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient John McFarland. McFarland was laid down 31 July 1918 and launched 30 March 1920 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Miss Louisa Hughes; and commissioned 30 September 1920, Lieutenant Commander Preston B. Haines in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Merganser was laid down as YMS-417 by Stadium Yacht Basin of Cleveland, Ohio on 9 January 1944; launched 29 June 1944; and commissioned 11 November 1944. Assigned to the 1st Naval District after commissioning, YMS-417 operated along the northern New England coast until 20 July 1945. She then got underway for Pearl Harbor and duty with the Pacific Fleet. Arriving in Hawaiian waters in October, she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier and continued her voyage, reporting to ComPhilSeaFron in January 1946. The next month she was transferred to Minesweeping Squadron, Pacific Fleet. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mosley (DE 321) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Walter Harold Mosley, who was awarded a Silver Star for his heroic actions during the early months of World War II. She was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange, Texas, 6 April 1943; launched 26 June 1943; by Mrs. A. G. Mosley; and commissioned at Orange 30 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. James A. Alger, Jr., USCG, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным....
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