Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sciota (1861) was a steamship rushed into production by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat, with both a 20-pounder rifle for horizontal firing, and two howitzers for shore bombardment, and assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America. The first U.S. Navy ship to be so named, USS Sciota was one of the "ninety-day gunboats" rushed through construction at the beginning of the American Civil War, Sciota was laid down in the summer of 1861 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Jacob Birley and J. P. Morris and Company; launched on 15 October 1861; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 December...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Seid (DE-256) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed escort and antisubmarine operations in dangerous battle areas and returned home safely to the States. Seid was laid down on 10 January 1943 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 22 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. George Seid, mother of Ensign Seid; and commissioned on 11 June 1943, Comdr. Charles A. Thorwall, USNR, in command. The ship was named in honor of Daniel Seid, a winner of the Air Medal, who was killed in action in 1942. Данное издание...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-4360-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sussex (AK-213) 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 post-war service, including that in the Korean War theatre where she earned three battle stars and then returned home for deactivation. The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Sussex (AK-213) was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2167) on 3 October 1944 by the Leathern D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 3 February 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Carl O. Rydhelm; and acquired by the Navy in July 1945. Данное издание не является оригинальным....
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0626-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Stars and Stripes (1861) was a 407-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War. Stars and Stripes served the Union Navy primarily as a screw gunboat, and as a tugboat when necessary, in the blockade of the rivers and ports of the Confederate States of America. Stars and Stripes—a screw steamer built at Mystic, Connecticut, by Charles Mallory as a speculation for C. S. Bushnell—was purchased by the Navy at New York City from C. S. Bushnell on 27 July 1861; was fitted out for naval service at the New York Navy Yard and was commissioned there on 19 September 1861, Lt. Reed Werden in command. Данное издание не...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The third USS Shark was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7. Shark was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of Crescent's superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch. She was launched on 19 October 1901, and commissioned on 19 September 1903 at New Suffolk, New York with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-4912-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sioux (AT-75) was a Navajo-class fleet tug of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II, and in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The ship was laid down on 14 February 1942 by United Engineering Co. of San Francisco, California, at Mare Island Navy Yard; launched on 27 May 1942; and commissioned on 6 December 1942, Lt (jg.) L. M. Jahnsen in command. After a brief shakedown period off the Pacific coast of the United States, Sioux departed from the west coast on 3 February 1943; towed YO-8 to Pearl Harbor; and continued on to the South Pacific. Sioux was in the war zone by 30 June 1943 and participated in rear-echelon activities in support of the New Georgia operation....
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Soley (DD-707), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for James R. Soley, who became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1899. Soley was responsible for the collection and publication of Union and Confederate Naval records. He is considered to be a naval historian. The Soley was laid down on 18 April 1944 at Kearny, New Jersey, by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched on 8 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. C. M. Cornfelt, Mrs. Howard C. Dickinson, and Mrs. Howard C. Dickinson, Jr.; and commissioned on 7 December 1944, Comdr. John S. Lewis in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-6060-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Steuben County (LST-1138) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Indiana, and New York, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Completed too late for service in World War II, LST-1138 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946. After post-war operations with the Pacific Fleet, LST-1138 saw extensive service during the Korean War, including the 1950 amphibious assault at Inchon,[1] and a Korean prisoner exchange in 1953. During various cruises across the Pacific, she ranged as far north as Barrow, Alaska, and as far south as Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Данное...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9211-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action. The USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States. (The USS Stewart (DE-238) is exhibited at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, but located on dry land.) Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5895-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Segundo (SS-398), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the segundo, a cavalla fish of Caribbean waters. Segundo was laid down on 14 October 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 5 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John L. Sullivan; and commissioned on 9 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander James D. Fulp, Jr., in command. Segundo completed fitting out and contract trials then moved to New London, Conn., on 15 June and began training. The submarine stood out of New London on 26 June for the Panama Canal Zone en route to the Pacific war zone. She departed Balboa on 9 July and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 July. The next several weeks were...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-4270-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Scout (AM-296) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II; she was the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. She was awarded 5 battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in February 1947 and placed in reserve. Although she did not see service in the war zone, Scout was recommissioned in May 1951 during the Korean War and remained in commission until March 1954, when she was placed in reserve again. While she remained in reserve, Scout was reclassified as MSF-296 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In October 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-09. Although she is reported out of...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-3487-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS SC-501 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-501 on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston, Texas, and launched on 24 January 1942. She was reclassified SC-501 on 8 April 1943, and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943. She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-100 on 21 April 1943 and named Racer on 3 May 1943. She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946. She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946. Данное издание не...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-3093-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Summit (AMc-106) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Summit was laid down on 24 March 1941 by the Snow Shipyards Co., Rockland, Maine; launched on 20 September 1941; sponsored by Miss Louise Dey; and commissioned on 29 January 1942. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0145-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Searcher (YAGR-4/AGR-4) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1954. She was obtained from the National Defense Reserve Fleet and reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line. Searcher (YAGR-4) was laid down on 11 December 1944 under U.S. Maritime Commission contract (MC hull E-2338) by the J. A. Jones Construction Co., Panama City, Florida, as Liberty ship James W. Wheeler; launched on 23 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. R. D. Turnage; and delivered on 5 February 1945 to the Calmar Steamship Company. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-4111-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Superior (AM-311) was a steel-hulled Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy in 1944. Superior participated in the final struggle in the Pacific Ocean against the Empire of Japan during the end of World War II and remained behind, after the war ended, to clear minefields laid during the war. Superior was laid down on 18 February 1944 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington, launched on 11 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. L. H. Lyon; and commissioned on 1 November 1944, Lt. Norman R. Hanson, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0420-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Springfield (1862) 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. Springfield -- a stern wheel river steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862 -- was purchased by the Navy at that city on 20 November 1862; and was commissioned at Cairo, Illinois, on 12 January 1863, Lt. Henry A. Glassford in command. The light draft gunboat operated on the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers escorting transports and protecting Union Army lines of communication and supply, from time to time engaging guerilla forces on the river banks. Данное издание не является...
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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 Shellbark (AN-67/YN-91) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship which was assigned to protect U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her anti-submarine nets. Shellbark (AN-67) was laid down on 15 September 1943 by the Canulette Shipbuilding Co. Inc., Slidell, Louisiana, as YN-91; launched on 31 October 1943; redesignated as AN-67 on 20 January 1944; and commissioned on 12 April. Shellbark sailed to Newport, Rhode Island, on the 30th to begin her shakedown cruise. Upon completion, she was in the Boston Navy Yard from 24 to 31 May. Данное издание не является...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sargo (SS-188), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo. Her keel was laid on 12 May 1937 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz (wife of the later admiral), and commissioned on 7 February 1939, Lieutenant E. E. Yeomans in command. After shakedown along the eastern seaboard of South America, Sargo departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in July 1939 for duty with the Pacific Fleet. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2480-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sunbird (ASR-15) was a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy. Sunbird was laid down on 2 April 1945 by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, and launched on 3 April 1946, sponsored by Mrs. John H. Lassiter. Sunbird was accepted by the Navy, inactivated, and towed to the Charleston Navy Yard on 15 January 1947. She was commissioned at New London, Connecticut, on 23 June 1950, Lt. Comdr. A. R. Clark, Jr., in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0197-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sea Otter I (IX-51) was a vessel of the United States Navy prior to World War II. The ship was built by Jacobson's Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York and launched on 24 May 1941. Prior to her completion, Sea Otter I had been offered to the Navy for use as a district craft for experimental purposes by her owner, Mr. Roland L. Redmond, of New York City. Acquired by the US Navy on 29 May 1941, she was placed in service on 9 July 1941. Sea Otter I operated in waters of the 3rd Naval District. She was placed out of service on 6 November 1941 and struck from the Navy List on 24 June 1942. Sea Otter's provision unit was shipped to the Naval Engineering Experimental Station in Annapolis, Maryland, and...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sardonyx was originally a steel-hulled yacht with diesel engines, built in 1928 as the Queen Anne for Mr. Alexander Dallas Thayer at the Germania-Werft shipyards in Kiel, Germany. According to United States Government publications from 1941, the USS Sardonyx was the sister ship to the USS Opal (PYc-8), formerly Irving T. Bush's and Marian Spore Bush's motor yacht Coronet; both yachts were built at the same yard in 1928. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2465-0
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