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  United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The U.S. Navy was involved in the subsequent Cold War, in which it deployed primarily as a nuclear deterrent and crisis response force.
The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
All ships in the U.S. Navy inventory are placed in the Naval Vessel Register, which tracks data such as the current status of a ship, the date of its commissioning, and the date of its decommissioning.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Navy   (8280 words)

  
 LST's of the United States Navy
She served in the Royal Navy through the end of World War II and was returned to the custody of the United States Navy on 7 March 1946.
The tank landing ship was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 24 September 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 10 June 1947.
The tank landing ship was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 11 April 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946.
www.multied.com /Navy/patrol/20.html   (3139 words)

  
 List of United States Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
For lists of ships by ship type or designation, use the navigation sidebar to the right.
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   (278 words)

  
 The Navy Then and Now
He became a U.S. Navy officer in October 1812, and was a prisoner of war during the latter part of the War of 1812, but his career thereafter was active and fruitful.
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)

  
 LII: Constitution
The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.
The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument fr om the United States, or any of them.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state ha ving jurisdiction of the crime.
www.law.cornell.edu /constitution/constitution.text.html   (4075 words)

  
 US Navy in WW1
However the large and still expanding US Navy came to play an important role in the Atlantic and Western European waters, as well as the Mediterranean after the declaration of war in April 1917.
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.
www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyUS.htm   (2755 words)

  
 Pearl Harbor Attack: Index of Action Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The United States, which had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves.
The Navy air bases at Ford Island and Kaneohe Bay, the Marine airfield at Ewa and the Army Air Corps fields at Bellows, Wheeler and Hickam were all bombed and strafed as other elements of the attacking force began their assaults on the ships moored in Pearl Harbor.
American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (the USS Arizona (BB-39) considered too badly damaged to be salvaged, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) raised and considered too old to be worth repairing, and the obsolete USS Utah (AG-16) considered not worth the effort).
www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq66-1.htm   (1340 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - First U.S. cargo planes arrive in Indonesian town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A second U.S. Marine strike group was steaming westward from the Pacific territory of Guam for the seas off Sri Lanka to buttress the burgeoning global drive to bring food, water and medical supplies to millions of increasingly desperate people.
Other nations rushed to join the effort, as naval ships from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and India either were preparing to sail on Friday or Saturday, or were already under way for Aceh, Sumatra's northernmost province and the area closest to the quake.
In addition to the two U.S. vessel groups, a further eight U.S. supply ships were also sailing from Guam and Diego Garcia toward quake-hit regions, officials said, without saying which countries they were headed to.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-12-31-tsunami-aid_x.htm   (655 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)

  
 Navy: Decommissioned Ships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's important that you know that there have been more than 15,000 ships which have served the United States and the Navy since 1776.
The NVR website has all Navy/MARAD/Military Sealift Command ships listed on their website including ships which are maintained by NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office in any of the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facilities.
By Ship Hull Classification Symbol - All ships listed by Hull Classification
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/lists/decoms.html   (136 words)

  
 United States Navy Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This reunion information is provided as a complimentary service by the Navy Memorial Foundation, and is consolidated from various public sources including magazines, group coordinators, newspapers, or individuals.
Lists may be forwarded on disc (in TXT, DBF, or DB), by e-mail, or in hard copy.
are the property of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation.
www.lonesailor.org /reunion_db.php   (287 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $42,000.
US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products.
US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/us.html   (1875 words)

  
 US Navy Ships
This comprehensive guide to major classes of US Navy ships includes currently operational classes, new classes under development, and classes that have been retired since the end of the Cold War.
List of U.S. Navy Ships Alphabetical with Homeports
US Navy Ships an unofficial listing of decommissioned ships
fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship   (123 words)

  
 NationMaster - Statistics on United States. 4776 facts and figures, stats and information on American economy, crime, ...
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.
The economy of america is based on it's expenditure, purely on the demographic of the debt, 826 billion to foreign countires thats at least 100 million cruise ships ten fold...
www.nationmaster.com /country/us   (992 words)

  
 U.S. Navy
The requirement for engineers would increase with the widening introduction of steam power for ships, and previously able seamen would all...
Okay, it’s not that bad, but these are the few weeks of the year that almost every first class petty officer in the navy dreads the most.
It should not be surprising at all that the US Navy inherited many, if not most, of its early practices and...
www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/us_navy   (510 words)

  
 U. S. Navy
List of U.S. Navy and Marine Personnel Killed
The United States Revenue Cutter Service in the Spanish American War
Spanish Vessels Captured by the United States Navy and Sold as Prizes
www.spanamwar.com /usnavy.htm   (175 words)

  
 Index of the United States Navy's web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A list of all former U.S. Navy battleships
Navy Secretariat/Headquarters Human Resources Office — Employment opportunities with the U.S. Navy in the Washington, D.C., area
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   (1445 words)

  
 Navy Art Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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.
Women have had a continuous and growing presence in the U.S. Navy throughout the 20th and into the 21st century.
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)

  
 U.S. Naval Armed Guard Casualties During World War II
According to our lists compiled from various sources, about 2,085 died in defense of their country, and at least 1,127 were wounded as a result of enemy action.
The list below has 2,197 names and we ask your help in determining which Navy casualties listed for the SS Dorchester, Henry R. Mallory, and Arthur Middleton, and perhaps other ships were not members of the Armed Guard.
Navy Casualty list of WWII, compiled by Capt. Stansel E. DeFoe, courtesy Tom Bowerman, U. Navy Armed Guard Veterans www.armed-guard.com
www.usmm.org /armedguard.html   (352 words)

  
 U.S. NAVY SITES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Birthday of the U.S. Navy is October 13, 1775
List of U.S. Navy Ships and their Home ports
List of U.S. Navy Bases and Air Stations
library.nps.navy.mil /home/navy.htm   (272 words)

  
 Introduction to the United States Official Register 1861 Introduction to naval vessels.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Introduction to the United States Official Register 1861 Introduction to naval vessels.
Belonging to the United States, When and Where Built as of September 30, 1861,
Index to Ships and Shipyards Index to Captains
www.americahurrah.com /OfficialRegister/Navy/Intro.htm   (56 words)

  
 Civil War Naval Forces Index
Ships of the Civil War [Illustrations, descriptions, alphabetically arranged]
Ships of the U.S. Navy [Illustrations, descriptions, alphabetical]
Officers of Navy Yards, Shore Stations, and Vessels [As of 1 Jan 1865]
www.tarleton.edu /~kjones/navy.html   (424 words)

  
 NARA - Research - Main Page
To complete your research and use the records, you may need to visit us.
Research your topic before you visit us to see the records.
Visit Us Even if you find information about records on our web site, to complete your research and use the records, you may need to visit us or hire an independent researcher.
www.archives.gov /research/index.html   (355 words)

  
 Navy Mars HP Frames
U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard
Members Information of interest to the members of Navy-Marine Corps MARS (Open your E-Mail account) (Join the Navy MARS Discussion Forum)
Ships and Overseas Units How to participate in the phone patch and MARSGRAM programs
www.navymars.org   (76 words)

  
 American Merchant Marine at War - Revolution to World War II to today
Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II Army Transportation Corps Training School
Please contact us before sending graphics files or attachments.
Due the high volume of e-mail, we are no longer able to answer questions whose answers are readily available on our website.
www.usmm.org   (427 words)

  
 United States Navy Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Before you fill out the information request for below--be sure to check out the other sections of our web site.
Many times information our shipmates are seeking is already listed.
Thank you for visiting the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Online.
www.lonesailor.org /more_info.php   (136 words)

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