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  List of United States Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships to have been commissioned by the United States Navy during the history of that service.
The U.S. Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Register, although it does not include early vessels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy   (282 words)

  
 LST's of the United States Navy
The ship was decommissioned on 24 October 1944 and struck from the Navy list on 1 September 1945.
Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 14 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 12 April 1946.
The tank landing ship was decommissioned on 3 October 1969 and struck from the Navy list on 15 September 1974.
www.multied.com /navy/patrol/18.html   (3768 words)

  
 Desert Storm: The war with Iraq
Navy aircraft struck targets up to 700 miles distant, with Red Sea sorties averaging 3.7 hours in length, and Persian Gulf sorties averaging 2.5 hours.
Navy and Marine aircraft flew continuous combat air patrols to protect sealift ships and airfields, provide reconnaissance and on-call anti-surface strike capability.
While the United States and its coalition partners unleashed General Schwarzkopf's "Hail Mary" play, the Iraqis were convinced that the battle would be joined at the center of their defensive lines along the Saudi-Kuwait border, and by amphibious assault.
www.history.navy.mil /wars/dstorm/ds5.htm   (7358 words)

  
 The Navy Then and Now
Although they were fighting the same enemy, the Royal Navy and the United States Navy did not cooperate operationally, nor did they share operational plans or come to mutual understandings about deployment of their forces.
Ship's officers on the gun deck, just forward of the port side quarterdeck ladder, at the New York Navy Yard in the summer of 1886, while Vandalia was preparing for service on the Pacific Station.
The United States Government Manual, the official handbook of the Federal Government, was published by the Division of Public Inquiries of the Special Services Bureau of the Office of War Information.
www.linking.to /Navy   (8240 words)

  
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Navy officers with a proficiency in a foreign language, those who had foreign travel or who had intelligence-like experience, had their names kept on file at the former Bureau of the Navy as candidates for assignment to billets at ONI and at Navy attache posts overseas.
Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Officers were badly needed to brief pilots and debrief missions, and to ensure the flow of intelligence from combat reports to the commanders.
Navy Intelligence education and training is in a constant state of re-invention, re-organization, and re-shaping, and it continues to adjust to the realities of a changing world--declining defese resources, the telecommunications technology explosion, and new and expanded missions.
www.fas.org /irp/eprint/saunders.htm   (16452 words)

  
 US Navy in WW1
The destroyers were part of the at least 36 United States destroyers that reached European waters in 1917-18, many of them based at Queenstown, Ireland, and St Nazaire and Brest, France.
In 1917 the programme of large ship construction was suspended to concentrate on destroyers (including the large 'flush decker' classes, 50 of which ended up in the Royal Navy in 1940), submarine-chasers, submarines, and merchantmen to help replace the tremendous losses due to unrestricted U-boat attacks.
Based at St Nazaire on eastern Atlantic escort duties, 'Chauncey' (Lt Cdr Walter Reno) was with a convoy on the night of the 19th/20th, when she was cut in half by the 'Rose' and sank at 03.17hrs; commanding officer and 20 crew lost, 70 survivors picked up by 'Rose'.
www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyUS.htm   (2755 words)

  
 The Confederate Navy 1861-1865 (Part 1)
The Confederate Navy's responsibility was the protection of the harbors and coast lines from blockade, and, hopefully, the establishment of a local superiority over the Federal Navy.
However, of these 90 ships, 21 were unfit to go to sea at all, 27 were laid up in various navy yards in need of extensive repairs or not ready to be launched, and 28 were in foreign stations, some as far away as China.
Mallory was experienced as an admiralty lawyer in his home state of Florida, and he served for a time as the chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee while he was a United States senator.
www.magweb.com /sample/scamp/ca90csn1.htm   (2647 words)

  
 HyperWar: U.S. Navy in World War II
United States Government Manual, 1945 for the organization of the Navy Department.
A Department of the Navy reference publication which describes the naming of decks and divisions and the numbering of frames and compartments, as well as providing a glossary of terms and a list of abbreviations used on blueprints.
Listing ships by type and class, with descriptions and links to pages for individual ships--giving profile, characteristics, history, and photographs of the ship.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN   (974 words)

  
 Winds of Change.NET: US Navy Ships and Hurricane Katrina
USNS Pollux (T-AKR 290): According to a comment at NRO, this fast sealift ship is "operating onboard dialysis equipment for the patients of a local hospital, providing diesel fuel for area hospitals' generators, and providing meals and berthing to relief workers".
Excerpt: Winds of Change has put together a list of the various (AKA extremely large number of) Navy ships that are involved with the hurricane, whether it be damaged by Katrina or a part of the relief effort.
She is a 1000 bed hospital ship with 12 operating rooms and the capability to manufacture freshwater and their own oxygen.
www.windsofchange.net /archives/007448.php   (3289 words)

  
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---------------------------------------------------------------- The Navy Public Affairs Library (NAVPALIB) A service of the Navy Office of Information, Washington DC Send feedback/questions to navpalib@opnav-emh.navy.mil ---------------------------------------------------------------- LIST OF UNITED STATES NAVY SHIPS BY TYPE - 31 Mar 94 This list includes ships of the United States Navy in service as of the indicated date.
Similar lists are produced in order by ship name, type/hull number, and homeport.
The asterisk (*) column in these lists shows "A" for active Navy ships, "M" for Military Sealift Command ships or "R" for Naval Reserve Force ships.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/type.txt   (89 words)

  
 Robert Allan Schlegel, Commander, United States Navy
On Thursday, September 11, 2001, as a result of a terrorist act on the Pentagon, ROBERT A. UNITED STATES NAVY, of Alexandria, Virginia.
One of Schlegel's brothers is also a Navy officer, and another brother and his father are retired from the service.
A 15-year veteran of the Navy, Schlegel grew up in the Philadelphia area before moving with his family to Maine about the time he started high school.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /raschlegel.htm   (484 words)

  
 Index of the United States Navy's web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The following is an alphabetical listing of what is available on this, the official web site of the United States Navy.
A list of all former U.S. Navy battleships
The Coast Guard is an agency of the Department of Transportation and reports to the Navy during times of war.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/.www/subject.html   (1524 words)

  
 Navy Art Collection
It contains depictions of naval ships, personnel, and action from all eras of U.S. naval history, but due to the operation of the Combat Art Program, the eras of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Shield/Storm are particularly well represented.
On August 18, 1838, six United States Navy ships left Norfolk, Virginia on an expedition to the South Pacific.
On board were 424 officers and crewmen and nine scientists, setting off on a mission to explore and survey the islands of that region, investigate their commercial potential, and assert American power.
www.history.navy.mil /branches/nhcorg6.htm   (418 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.
Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for life on condition of good behavior by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/us.html   (1789 words)

  
 DOES US NAVY HAS SPACESHIPS? RMN & HACKER SAY YES!!
The most recent article I posted on this was about "their ships" making the crop circles.
The REAL power in the world lies in the submarine corp. These are the men who have access to the underwater cities which have been on earth for hundreds of thousands of years.
I found a list of 'fleet-to-fleet transfers', and a list of ship names.
www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=75032   (1476 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Communicating With Strangers: An Approach To Intercultural Communication: Books: William B. Gudykunst,Young ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William B. Gudykunst is a professor speech communication at California State University, Fullerton.
Young Yun Kim is a professor of communication at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and formerly taught at Governors State University in Illinois.
In 1970, she moved to the United States and completed her M.A..
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007034647X?v=glance   (903 words)

  
 MilitaryHusbands.com - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
More Troops, Families Tapping Into DoD Counseling Services By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 - With high operational tempos and multiple deployments increasingly becoming the norm, more servicemembers and their families are seeking counseling services, the Pentagon's family policy chief said. 
Funding, Public Opinion Pose Challenges in War on Terrorism By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 - Funding and public opinion are two major challenges the United States faces in fighting the global war on terrorism, a top defense official said here yesterday. 
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