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  Category:Lists of ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
List of submarines of the United States Navy
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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 Constitution, ratified in 1789, empowered Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six frigatess; one of the original six, the USS Constitution, familiarly known as "Old Ironsides", survives to this day.
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.
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 United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations.
The United States Constitution, ratified in 1789, empowered Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six frigates; one of the original six, USS Constitution, familiarly known as "Old Ironsides," survives to this day.
The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
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 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.
Nagumo's fleet assembled in the remote anchorage of Tankan Bay in the Kurile Islands and departed in strictest secrecy for Hawaii on 26 November 1941.
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.
www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq66-1.htm   (1332 words)

  
 UNITED STATES NAVY FACTS AND INFORMATION
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United_States
Current plans in the United States Navy call for keeping the battleships on the NVR until the naval surface fire support gun and missile development programs achieve operational capability, which is expected to occur sometime between 2003 and 2008.
Launched in 2003 as part of the Navy's Sea Power 21 transformation plan, Sea Warrior is intended to link the fleet's personnel processes (recruiting, training, and assigning) with acquisition processes (buying ships, aircraft, etc.) in a way that also improves each individual sailor's ability to guide his or her own career in a satisfying direction.
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 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The United States Navy''' ('''USN) is the branch of the United States
The United States Constitution, ratified in 1789, empowered Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six sailing frigatefrigates; one of the Six original United States frigatesoriginal six, USS ConstitutionUSS ''Constitution''/, familiarly known as "Old Ironsides," survives to this day.
The Navy is administered by the United States Department of the NavyDepartment of the Navy, led by the United States Secretary of the NavySecretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
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 United States Navy Details, Meaning United States Navy Article and Explanation Guide
To denote qualifications received in the United States Navy, a number of badges and insignia are issued to service members upon completion of approved Personal Qualification Standards (PQS) which are tasks and exams required for qualification in a given field.
Amphibious assault ships carry Marines and is the platform for Marines aircraft.
US Navy in WW II — a web site devoted to the US navy in the Pacific theater during World War II This is an Article on United States Navy.
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 United States Navy - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations are responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Navy so the Navy is ready for operation under the command of the Unified Combatant Commanders.
A "C" school assigns a member a Navy Enlisted Classification code, or NEC, which shows that a sailor is able to perform a specific task requiring that NEC, such as NEC 2780 - Network Security Vulnerablity Technician.
The naval jack of the United States is the First Navy Jack, first used during the American Revolutionary War.
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 U.S. Navy - Carriers: List of carriers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959.
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969.
Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. To be scrapped.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-list1.html   (802 words)

  
 USS Ponce (LPD 15)
The ship is named after the city in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, discoverer of Florida, first governor of Puerto Rico.
It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
Moorehead City, NC Either in the fall or spring of 1977 or 1978, the USS PONCE runs aground outside of the harbor of Moorehead City, NC, after missing the harbor entrance.
navysite.de /ships/lpd15.htm   (264 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.
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 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft.
Amphibious assault ships carry Marines and their aircraft.
Head: Bathroom (The term comes from the days of sail, because wind would blow from the rear of the ship foreward the bathroom would be located at the front "Head" of the ship to carry the foul smell of excrement away from the crew.)
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 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
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Ship models are on display in the Hall of American Maritime Enterprise, the Technology building and the Air and Space Museum.
The Dove is an interpretation of one of the ships that brought early settlers to Maryland.
Beaver II is a replica of one of the ships involved.
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This is a list of ships of the United States Navy, including both past and present vessels.
The annotations following the names are dates for older ships and hull numbers for newer ones.
There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy.
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 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
All together, the Continental Navy numbered some fifty ships over the course of the war, with approximately twenty warships active at its maximum strength.
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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 Bambooweb: United States Navy
Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the Equator, who must go through some demeaning rituals to become a shellback.
To denote qualifications recieved in the United States Navy, a number of badges and insignia are issued to service members upon completion of approved Personal Qualification Standards (PQS) which are tasks and exams required for qualification in a given field.
Ballistic submarines have the single strategic mission of nuclear deterrence by being hidden launching platforms for nuclear ICBMs.
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 United States Warships in the Spanish American War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The following is a complete list of the effective ships of the United States Navy, at the outbreak of the war, including some of those purchased at that time:
These books were published in 1898-9, and the copyrights have therefore expired, and are in the public domain.
Photographs are presented below of ships of the Spanish American War era, however, nothing regarding the specificiations on these vessels has been found.
www.ls.net /~newriver/spanam/usn1898.htm   (1287 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
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 [with an estimable names guide]
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/index.html   (123 words)

  
 U.S. Coast Guard Ships
This page provides links to all ships and craft of the U.S. Coast Guard, Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Service whose photos are available in the Online Library.
If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.
Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click its entry to access appropriate image pages.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/uscg-sh/cg-name.htm   (143 words)

  
 Introduction to the United States Official Register 1861 Introduction to naval vessels.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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   (67 words)

  
 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
(Also see United States Armed Forces Organization.) President
F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) fly over the Western Pacific Ocean in a stack formation.
History of the World History of the United States History of Europe Ancient History History Military History
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 Nantucket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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