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	United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations.
		The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which the Continental Congress established on October 13, 1775 by authorizing the procurement, fitting out, manning, and dispatch of two armed vessels to cruise in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America.
		The naval jack of the United States is a blue field with 50 white stars, identical to the canton of the ensign, both in appearance and size.
	www.webenglish.com.tw /encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/u/un/united_states_navy.html (2161 words)

	United States Navy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The navy was a part of the conflict from the very beginning of American involvement to the very end of the war, and proved to be a vital element in the success of the Allies.
		United States naval strategy changed to that of forward deployment in support of U.S. allies with an emphasis on carrier battle groups.Palmer, Michael A. "The Navy: The Transoceanic Period, 1945-1992".
		The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/United_States_Navy (7503 words)

	USS Ohio (BB-68) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was authorized July 19, 1940, and assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard; but, before her keel was laid, construction was canceled July 21, 1943.
		Other ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Ohio; see that index page.
		List of battleships of the United States Navy
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Ohio_(BB-68) (132 words)

	List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four battleships of the US Navy were designated "second class battleships"; these ships were smaller and lighter than normal battleships, with an eye toward saving money; but the Navy Department preferred to save money by building a more limited number of the best battleships they could afford.
		Thus, the US Navy never matched or even closely rivaled the line of battle of the Royal Navy in sheer numbers, but tended to have more powerful ships which could take more damage.
		Two battleships have been authorized to be named for Montana, but both were cancelled before commissioning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_battleships (1588 words)

	List of ships of the United States Navy - Gurupedia
		List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
		List of destroyers of the United States Navy
		List of submarines of the United States Navy
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.htm (577 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.
		She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 23 January 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946.
		She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 16 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 28 March that same year.
	www.multied.com /Navy/patrol/20.html (3139 words)

	United States Navy - dKosopedia
		Battleships were distinguished by their large naval guns which could be used for ship to ship combat or in support of ground operations.
		Much of the Navy's current fleet fits a template set by President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War, which in turn was based on a model of warfare drawn from the Naval battles of World War II modified to fit the new role played by nuclear weapons.
		Also, it is worth keeping in mind that France and all other European allies of the United States would likely make their Naval forces available as part of a coalition in the event of a Naval war that involved Russia on one side and the United States on the other.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Navy (6035 words)

	US_Navy Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
		The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was disbanded not long afterwards in 1790.
		The U.S. Navy was involved in the subsequent Cold War, in which it deployed in defense of the United States and its allies primarily as a crisis response force.
		United States naval aviation fully came of age in World War II, when it became clear following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of Midway that aircraft carriers and the planes that they carried had replaced the battleship as the greatest weapon on the seas.
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	Battleship - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The name "battleship" was initially given to first-, second-, and third-rate ships of the line during the age of sail.
		The main battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armoured frigates and cruisers, and Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" (pantserschip) of up to 5,000 tons.
		The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom had ruled the seas for several centuries, but the German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm and his naval minister, Alfred von Tirpitz, set out to change that, in part for strategic reasons, but mainly due to a simple desire to challenge Britain.
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	United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress on October 13 1775 who authorized the procurement fitting out and dispatch of two armed vessels to in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America.
		During the American Civil War the Navy was an innovator in use of ironclad warships but after the war slipped into A modernization program beginning in the 1880s brought the US into the first of the world's navies by the beginning the 20th century.
		The Navy saw relatively little action during World War I but the primary goal of the attack on Pearl Harbor was to cripple the Navy in Pacific Ocean.
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Navy (2961 words)

	Desert Storm: The war with Iraq
		Navy defense suppression aircraft supported all U.S. and coalition forces-- in fact, availability of the EA-6Bs was a go/no-go criterion for many strike missions.
		The performance of the nearly 30,000 Navy men and nearly 500 aircraft aboard the carriers was unparalleled, and their mission statistics were impressive.
		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)

	United States Navy
		All together, the Continental Navy numbered some fifty ships over the course of the war, with approximately twenty warships active at its maximum strength.
		Aircraft carriers are the major strategic arm of the Navy.
		Submarines are the other major strategic arm of the Navy as they can be used directly to control naval and shipping activity by other powers as well as serving as missile-launching platforms.
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	US Navy in WW1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		Other dreadnoughts (Battleship Division 6) were based in Berehaven, Bantry Bay, SW Ireland to counter any break-out by German battlecruisers to attack US troop convoys.
		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.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyUS.htm (2755 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway World Battleship Lists
		The lists currently cover ALL US Navy ships, from the start of the ironclad era to the present day, and non-US battleships and battlecruisers from 1906 (the start of the Dreadnought era) to the present day.
		Currently the US Navy lists are at this level of detail, with approximately 250 photographs linked to the lists.
		Andrew Toppan (actoppan@hazegray.org), being sure to state the exact nature of the error, and the list in which it was found.
	hazegray.org /navhist/battleships (420 words)

	Pearl Harbor Attack: Index of Action Reports
		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.
		They concentrated their attacks on the moving battleship, hoping to sink her in the channel and block the narrow entrance to Pearl Harbor.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq66-1.htm (1340 words)

	U.S. Navy - Battleships: List of Battleships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Texas was turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial at San Jacinto State Park in 1948.
		Transferred to the state of North Carolina 6 Sep 1961.
		Transferred to the state of Alabama 16 Jun 1964 for use as a memorial.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/bb-list1.html (941 words)

	Battleships of the United States
		his section includes photographs of each Battleship and the complete history of the battleship as chronicled in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
		These resources are taken from our "History of Ships and Navies" CD-ROM.
		We also encourage you to sign up our ship roster so others may find you or your relatives.
	www.multied.com /Navy/battle (127 words)

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