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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 William Badger (1861) was a whaler acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship and ship's tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. William Badger -- a wooden-hulled whaling ship -- was purchased by the Union Navy on 18 May 1861 from Henry F. Thomas, at New Bedford, Massachusetts. Built in 1829, it was the 100th vessel constructed by master shipbuilder William Badger of Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine, so it received the name reserved for that honor. Данное издание не является...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Walter A. Luckenbach (ID-3171) was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919. SS Walter A. Luckenbach was a steamer launched on 19 December 1917 by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, for the Luckenbach Steamship Company. The United States Shipping Board took her over early in 1918. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 9 June 1918 for World War I service, assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 3171, and commissioned as USS Walter A. Luckenbach that same day at Seattle with Lieutenant Commander James A. McDonald, USNRF, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным....
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Water Witch (1845) was a steamer designed and constructed by the U.S. Navy as an experimental improved version of its current steam-powered ships which were not considered as efficient as they should be. The first Water Witch, a steamer built in 1844 and 1845 at the Washington Navy Yard, saw little active service. She was originally constructed to serve as a water supply vessel for the Norfolk, Virginia, station, but she was not used for that purpose because her draft was too deep for her to pass through the locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal to obtain fresh water. Consequently, she was fitted as a harbor vessel and tug. 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 William M. Wood (DE-287) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built. Sources differ on William M. Wood's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina [4] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin. The name William M. Wood was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William M. Wood (DE-557). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The third USS Wanderer (SP-132), was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. Wanderer was built in 1897 as the "gentleman's private steam yacht" Kethailes at Leith, Scotland, by Ramage and Ferguson for William Johnston, a wealthy shipowner. Kethailes was sold to Mr. H. A. C. Taylor of New York City in 1903 and renamed Wanderer. The U.S. Navy acquired Wanderer from Taylor on 10 June 1917 for service in World War I. Designated SP-132, she was commissioned as USS Wanderer New York on 14 July 1917 with Lieutenant Pierre L. Wilson in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Whippet (SP-89) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Whippet was a civilian motorboat completed in 1917 by Greenport Basin and Construction Company at Greenport on Long Island, New York. On 9 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. O. C. Jennings of New York City, for World War I service as a patrol boat. She was commissioned as USS Whippet (SP-89) on 24 July 1917. Whippet conducted antisubmarine and coastal defense patrols in the 2nd Naval District in southern New England during World War I. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Waccamaw (AO-109) was a replenishment oiler in the United States Navy. She was named after Waccamaw River. The original capacity was 146,000 barrels. Waccamaw was laid down on 28 April 1945 by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania; launched on 30 March 1946; sponsored by Miss Irene F. Long; and commissioned on 25 June 1946, Capt. Guy W. Stringer 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 Wanaloset, also spelled USS Wanalosett, was a proposed United States Navy screw sloop-of-war or steam frigate that appears never to have been laid down. Wanaloset was a wooden-hulled bark-rigged (or ship-rigged) Contoocook-class screw sloop-of-war or steam frigate with a single funnel scheduled to be built at Baltimore, Maryland, by the firm of Hazelhurst and Wiegard. Although carried on the Navy List of January 1865, she was one of six units of her class that were concelled; her keel apparently never was laid down and her hull certainly never was built. Her engines, however, were completed, and they were installed in the screw steamer USS Pensacola. Данное издание не...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Washington (BB-47), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 30 June 1919 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 1 September 1921, sponsored by Miss Jean Summers, the daughter of Congressman John W. Summers of Washington State. On 8 February 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments, all construction work ceased on the 75.9% completed dreadnought. Ultimately, her incomplete hulk was towed out to sea, where she was sunk as a gunnery target on 26 November 1924 by the battleships New York and...
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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 Williams (DE-372) 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. She was named in honor of Rear Admiral George Washington Williams, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his World War I efforts. She was laid down on 5 June 1944 at Orange, Texas, by the Consolidated Steel Corp.; launched on 22 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. E. Willoughby Middleton, the first cousin of Rear Admiral Williams; and commissioned on 11...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Washington (BB-56), the second of two battleships in the North Carolina class, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1938 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Launched on 1 June 1940, Washington went through fitting-out before being commissioned on 15 May 1941 with Captain Howard H. J. Benson in command. In early 1942, Washington and twenty other American ships were the first to be equipped with fully operational radar. She had the distinction of no losses to hostile action during the entire Pacific War, although she had some close calls: she was almost hit by "Long Lance" torpedoes off Guadalcanal, and was hit once...
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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 Winifred (ID-1319) was a cargo ship and tanker that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919. Winifred was laid down as the steel-hulled, single-screw cargo ship SS Winifred on 31 January 1898 at Bath, Maine by Bath Iron Works. Launched on 8 July 1898, she was delivered to her managing owners, Hiller, Bull, and Knowlton of New York City, on 1 October 1898. Winifred initially operated on the New York-to-Puerto Rico route, and is reputed by some to have been the first American Tramp steamer, i.e., a freighter steaming on non-scheduled, cargo-carrying runs between a varying slate of ports rather than...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Weehawken (YTB-776), a US Navy large harbor tug, was laid down in August 1964 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by the Marinette Marine Corp.; launched on 8 June 1965; and delivered to the 9th Naval District in July 1965. In November 1965, the tug was placed in service in the 14th Naval District, which comprises the Hawaiian Islands and surrounding smaller islets. She also served on the island of Guam. The tug conducted routine towing operations between those islands and rendered assistance to ships entering and clearing Pearl Harbor. As of December 1979, she was still active in the 14th Naval District. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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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 Wilkes (DD-441), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Wilkes, who was an American naval officer and explorer. Wilkes was laid down on 1 November 1939 by the Boston Navy Yard, launched on 31 May 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Wilkes Styer; and commissioned on 22 April 1941, Lieutenant Commander J. D. Kelsey in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1331-0429-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wawasee (YTM-367) was laid down on 24 April 1944 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; reclassified YTB-367 on 15 May 1944; launched on 10 June 1944; and completed and placed in service on 27 October 1944. Wawasee—reclassified as YTM-367 in February 1962—operated at Boston, Massachusetts, performing tug and tow services in the waters of the 1st Naval District for her entire career. She was taken out of service and struck from the Navy list in May 1974. 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 Washington was a schooner acquired by the Continental Navy during the American Revolution and converted to an armed brigantine. She served for only a short period of time before being captured by the British. The first ship to be named Washington by the Navy—while never part of the Continental Navy—was a 160-ton schooner named Endeavor acquired by General George Washington in early October of 1775 from George Erving and Capt. Benjamin Wormwell of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Renamed Washington, the schooner was fitted out at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and was re-rigged as a brigantine at the behest of her prospective commanding officer, a Continental Army officer from Rhode Island, Capt. Sion...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wyoming (BM-10) was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear that name, but the first to bear it in honor of the 44th state. The first Wyoming was named for Wyoming Valley in eastern Pennsylvania. The keel of Monitor No. 10 was laid down on 11 April 1898 at San Francisco, California, by the Union Iron Works. She was launched on 8 September 1900 sponsored by Miss Hattie Warren, daughter of Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, and commissioned at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, on 8 December 1902 with Commander Vincendon Lazarus Cottman in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS W. F. Bartlett was a schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1861. W. L. Bartlett was a wooden-hulled Chesapeake Bay schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy on 13 August 1861 at Baltimore, Maryland. The Navy planned to use W. L. Bartlett and 21 other similar craft as blockships at entrances to inlets leading to the North Carolina sounds. The project — the U.S. Navy's first "stone fleet" venture -— ultimately failed. No record of W. L. Bartlett's ultimate fate has been found. 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 War Bug (SP-1795) was an armed motorboat in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. War Bug was built as the wooden-hulled motorboat Herreshoff 320 at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1917 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for a private owner, and probably was designed with possible naval service in mind. The U.S. Navy purchased Herreshoff 320 from Felix Warburg of New York City on 6 November 1917 for use as a patrol vessel in World War I. Armed and designated SP-1795, she was commissioned as USS War Bug on 17 November 1917. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
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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 Wissahickon was a 691 long tons (702 t) Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Wissahickon' was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in November 1861, she initially served in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Mississippi River, where in April-July 1862 she participated in the capture of New Orleans, bombardment of Grand Gulf, two runs past the Confederate fortifications commanding the river at Vicksburg and a battle with the ironclad CSS Arkansas. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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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 third USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for aviation metalsmith third class (AM3c) William C. Lawe (1910–1942), who was killed in the Battle of Midway. William C. Lawe (DD-763) was laid down on 12 March 1944 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California; launched on 21 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Nancy Lee Lawe; and commissioned on 18 December 1946, Commander George R. Lee in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Captain Wallace L. Lind (1887–1940), who was awarded the Navy Cross during World War I. Wallace L. Lind was laid down on 14 February 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 14 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Wallace L. Lind, widow of Captain Lind; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 8 September 1944, with Commander G. DeMetropolis 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! Although not officially counted among the ten U.S. Navy ships named Wasp because she was never entered into the Naval Vessel Register, a steel-hulled motorboat named USS Wasp (SP-1159) performed patrol duties under lease to the U.S. Navy in 1917. Wasp was built in 1910 at the Superior Shipbuilding Company and was owned by W. S. Pattison of Duluth, Minnesota, in 1917, when the U.S. Navy inspected the ship, in the 9th Naval District, for possible service. Wasp was acquired by the Navy on a free-lease basis on 29 June 1917 and was assigned the classification SP-1159 but was never listed in the Naval Vessel Register. She was used as a patrol craft by the 9th Naval District -- at the time a part of...
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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 Whippoorwill (AM-207) was a Redwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 7 January 1954 as AMS-207 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington and launched on 13 August 1954. Redesignated a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-207 on 7 February 1955, the ship was commissioned on 20 October 1955 at Tacoma, Washington. On 7 November, the mine countermeasures ship reported for duty with the Commander, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet. Over the next 10 months, she first conducted shakedown training along the west coast and then began normal duty with the Mine Force out of Long Beach, California....
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS West Apaum (ID-3221) was a cargo ship in the United States Navy during World War I. She had been built as SS West Apaum for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the West boats, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States. West Apaum sailed on three voyages for the U.S. Navy, two after the Armistice, before she was decommissioned in July 1919. Though little is available regarding West Apaum's civilian career, it is known that she was sailing on a New York – Rotterdam route in early 1927. By early 1929, West Apaum had been laid up by the USSB, which abandoned her in 1933. The cargo ship was scrapped in the second quarter of that same year....
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