Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Needlefish (SS-379) would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, any of a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh water gars. The name Needlefish was assigned to the submarine SS–379 on August 23, 1942, but construction was cancelled on July 29, 1944, before she was laid down. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6312-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS N-1 (SS-53) was the lead ship of her class of coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 July 1915 by Seattle Construction and Drydock Company in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 30 December 1916 sponsored by Mrs. Guy E. Davis, and commissioned on 26 September 1917 with Lieutenant George A. Trever in command. N-1 was fitted out at Puget Sound Navy Yard and then departed on 21 November 1917 for San Francisco, California, in company with her sisters N-2 (SS-54) and N-3 (SS-55). Reassigned to the East Coast, she departed San Francisco on 13 December for Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, and thence proceeded via Cristobal, Jamaica, Key West, Florida, and...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Namequa (YT-331/YTB-331) was built as Port Elizabeth (MC Hull 444), was laid down in early 1942, under a Maritime Commission contract, by Calumet Shipyard and Dry Dock Co., Chicago, Illinois. Launched on 22 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. James F. Rogan; she was renamed Namequa and classified as YT–331 on 29 September. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy on 15 October and placed in service on 17 February 1943. The name "Namequa" comes from the only daughter of Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk and Fox tribes during the Black Hawk War (1831–1832). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6077-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nucleus (AM-268) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Navy under Lend-Lease as T-276. The Soviets converted her into a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed her Uragan. She was stricken in 1964, never having been returned to U.S. custody. Because of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7920-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nereus (AC-10) was one of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy during World War I. Named for Nereus, an aquatic deity from Greek mythology, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Nereus was laid down on 4 December 1911, and launched on 26 April 1913 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned on 10 September 1913. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6424-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nahoke (YTB-536/YTM-536) was a Hisada-class tugboat built during World War II. The Nahoke gets its name from a Navajo word meaning “the land in distinction to water.” The Nahoke was laid down by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York. She was assigned to the 15th Naval District, operated in the Panama Canal Zone until transferred to the 5th Naval District. She was headquartered at Norfolk, in the spring of 1961. In February 1962, the Nahoke was redesignated YTM–536, and continued, into 1970, to provide vital tug services to naval vessels and commands in the Chesapeake Bay area. Данное издание не является оригинальным....
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6041-3
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS North Dakota (BB-29), a Delaware-class battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of North Dakota. North Dakota was laid down on 16 December 1907 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 10 November 1908 sponsored by Miss Mary Benton, daughter of Colonel John Benton of Fargo, North Dakota and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts on 11 April 1910, Commander Charles P. Plunkett in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7780-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nashua (YTB-774) was laid down 27 August 1964 by Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin; launched 11 May 1965; placed in service without ceremony in June, and assigned to the Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippines for duty. Nashua has continued to serve the fleet at Subic Bay into 1970. In addition to providing assistance to other naval ships and craft during berthing and docking evolutions, she also renders towing and waterfront fire protection services. Nashua is likewise available to serve as an inner harbor patrol craft and to render assistance in emergency and disaster situations. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6126-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS New (DD/DDE-818) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for USMC Private First Class John D. New (1924–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "selfless conduct" in the Battle of Peleliu. New was laid down on 14 April 1945 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched on 18 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Julien, sister of PFC John New; and commissioned on 5 April 1946, Commander M. S. Schmidling in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6723-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nautilus was a 76-foot schooner launched in 1838 for hydrographic surveying of the coast of the United States. She was commissioned into the United States Navy in 1847 for service in the Mexican–American War. The second Nautilus, the first ship designed for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, was completed in 1838. Until the spring of 1844 she carried out surveys for the Commerce Department in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Coast, operating under Mr. F. R. Hossler (1838–1843) and Dr. A. D. Bache (1843–1844). In April 1844, although still a Coast and Geodetic Survey ship, she was put under the command of Lt. G. M. Bache, USN, to undertake surveys for the Navy. Данное...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6191-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Niobrara (AO-72) was a Chiwawa-class oiler constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the Niobrara River in Nebraska. The ship was laid down on 29 June 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland, as a type T3-S-A1 tanker named SS Citadel, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 520). Launched on 28 November 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Mark O'Dea, she was acquired by the Navy and commissioned as USS Niobrara on 13 March 1943, Comdr. Theodore G. Haff in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7520-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nelson (DD-623), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Charles P. Nelson, who served during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Nelson was laid down 7 May 1942 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, launched 15 September 1942 sponsored by Mrs. Nelson Stewart, daughter of R.Adm. Nelson, and commissioned 26 November 1942, Lieutenant Commander M. M. Riker in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6344-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS N-4 (SS-56) was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 24 March 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The N-boats built by Lake had slightly different specifications from the ones built by Seattle Construction and Drydock and are sometimes considered a separate class. N-4 was launched on 27 November 1916 sponsored by Miss Dorothy H. Elliott, and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 15 June 1918 with Lieutenant J. R. Mann, Jr., in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-5949-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nanticoke (AOG-66), a gasoline tanker of the United States Navy, was laid down by the St. Johns Shipbuilding Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida, under a Maritime Commission contract, on 16 January 1945; launched on 7 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Gustav W. Nelson; acquired by the Navy on 31 August 1945; and commissioned on 1 September 1945. Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service, Nanticoke reported for duty on 18 October to the Service Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, on 28 November, she was decommissioned there on 4 January 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission on 12 January. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6099-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nyanza (1863) was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunship duty in the waterways of the rebellious Confederate States of America. Nyanza, a wooden side wheel steamer built at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, in 1863, was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati, Ohio, 4 November 1863; and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, Acting Lt. Samuel B. Washburn in command 21 December 1863. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-8439-6
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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 USS Newport (LST-1179) was the third ship to bear the name of the Rhode Island city. The first of her class of LSTs, she was capable of a sustained speed of 20 knots (37 km/h). Her ability to adjust her draft, accompanied by her unique bow-ramp design, helped bring a new degree of responsiveness to the amphibious fleet. Built by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, she was christened on 3 February 1968 by Mrs. Nuella Pell; wife of Rhode Island's Senator, Claiborne Pell. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS New Orleans (CA-32) (formerly CL-32) was a United States Navy heavy cruiser, the lead ship of her class. The New Orleans-class represented the last of the Treaty Cruisers, built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty. Originally, USS Astoria (CA-34) was the lead ship of this class. However, Astoria received a later hull number than New Orleans due to the fact she was launched later despite the fact she was laid down first. The class was renamed because Astoria was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. Also, immediately following the Guadalcanal Campaign the remaining ships of the class would go through major overhauls in order to lessen top heaviness of the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nightingale (1851) was originally the captured clipper ship Nightingale, which operated as a slave trader. It was captured in Africa by Saratoga, taken as a prize, and was later purchased by the United States Navy in 1861. During the American Civil War, because of her large size, she was assigned as a supply ship and collier to support the fleet of Union Navy ships on the blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7388-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nero (AC–17), a steel steam collier, was built in 1895 as steamer Whitgift by J.L. Thompson & Son. Ltd., Sunderland, England; purchased on 30 June 1898 from McCondray and Co. at San Francisco; and commissioned on 8 June 1898, Commander Charles Belknap in command. Acquired by the United States Navy for service as a collier and supply ship, Nero was part of the first mobile Fleet Train, organized to meet logistic demands created by far-flung U.S. Naval Operations in the Spanish-American War. Following conversion at Mare Island Navy Yard, the ship departed San Francisco on 23 June 1898 for the Philippines, in company with the monitor Monadnock. Sailing by way of Honolulu and Guam, the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Nassau (CVE-16) (originally AVG-16 then ACV-16) was laid down 27 November 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, as M.C. Hull No. 234; launched 4 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Hasselman, Tongue Point, Oregon; acquired by the Navy 1 May, towed to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, and converted to an escort aircraft carrier; and commissioned 20 August, Captain Austin K. Doyle in command. Nassau was one of thirty-seven Tacoma-built C3 CVE's, of which twenty-six went to the Royal Navy. It was one of the ten Bogue class escort carriers that served in the U.S. Navy. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6130-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS New London (1859) was a screw steamer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted with a Parrott rifle and 32-pounders, and was assigned as a gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Ordered to the Gulf of Mexico on 2 November, New London, aided by USS R. R. Cuyler, captured the schooner Olive laden with lumber shortly before midnight on 21 November. Early the next morning, she took the steamboat Anna carrying turpentine and rosin from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to New Orleans, Louisiana. About dawn a week later, she took the steamboat Henry Lewis carrying sugar and molasses; and that afternoon she captured a schooner trying to slip...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second United States Navy New Hampshire (BB-25) was a Connecticut-class battleship. New Hampshire was the last American pre-dreadnought battleship, though she was commissioned two years after HMS Dreadnought. She was laid down on 1 May 1905 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 30 June 1906; sponsored by Mrs. John A.(Hazel E. McLane) Clark, daughter of Governor John McLane of New Hampshire; and commissioned on 19 March 1908, Captain Cameron M. Winslow in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...
ISBN: 978-6-1322-6796-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Nicholson (DD-442), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Nicholson family, which was prominent in the early history of the Navy. Nicholson was laid down 1 November 1939 by Boston Naval Shipyard; launched 31 May 1940; sponsored by Mrs. S. A. Bathriek, a great-granddaughter of Samuel Nicholson (1743–1811); and commissioned 3 June 1941, Commander J. S. Keating in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7374-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Newport News (AK-3) was a cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War I. The first Navy ship to be named Newport News, AK-3 was a cargo ship built in 1904 by Flensburg Shipbuilding Co., Flensburg, Germany, was taken over as SS Odenwald by the U.S. Navy from the Hamburg-American Line in compliance with Executive Order dated 14 May 1917; renamed Newport News and commissioned 14 July 1917, Lt. Comdr. John Allison, USNRF, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7223-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nonsuch was built in 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her owner, George Stiles and Company, requested a commission for Nonsuch as a letter of marque on 29 June 1812. The schooner soon commenced privateering along the East Coast of the United States and in the West Indies seeking British shipping. Under Captain Henry Levely, she attacked two British armed vessels, a ship and a schooner off Martinique on 28 September. Nonsuch fought these two ships for three hours in an extremely furious battle, causing great confusion and killing or wounding a considerable number of the enemy. Unfortunately damage to her own rigging prevented Nonsuch from pursuing the British ships as they fled to Martinique....
ISBN: 978-6-1322-7678-0
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