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  List of ships of the line of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy.
Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched, but were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need.
Pennsylvania - 120 guns, the largest sailing ship of the Navy; 1837 to 1861
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_United_States_Navy   (233 words)

  
 DANFS Ships-of-the-Line Appendix
The ship of the battleline sailed nobly for centuries as the backbone of fleets.
The fourth ship, Columbus, was delayed because of the British plunder of Washington Navy Yard.
Her keel was laid in the Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H., in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/line/sotl.htm   (10522 words)

  
 Category:United States Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United States Navy ships include ships commissioned into United States Navy service.
Frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Navy
List of United States Navy amphibious assault ships
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:United_States_Navy_ships   (104 words)

  
 USS Nicholson (DD 982)
Decommissioned on December 18, 2002, and stricken from the Navy list on April 6, 2004, the NICHOLSON was sunk as a target on July 30, 2004.
A refueling ship such as the DETROIT generally maintains a set course and speed while the ship being refueled approaches it from astern, then matches the refueling ship's course and speed.
After a similar collision with two other Navy ships just two month before some experts warned of a phenomenon called the "Venturi Effect," in which a powerful suction is created near the stern area of one ship that can pull in an overtaking vessel at close quarters, causing a collision.
navysite.de /dd/dd982.htm   (907 words)

  
 LST's of the United States Navy
Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 17 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 23 June 1947.
Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 11 March 1947 and struck from the Navy list on 10 June 1947.
Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 20 November 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 5 December 1945.
www.multied.com /Navy/patrol/12.html   (1585 words)

  
 Maritime Matters: United States Lines
United States Lines came into being after the United States Mail Steamship Company had failed to successfully operate Government owned ships on the North Atlantic after World War I. The U.S. Shipping Board took over U. Mail Steamship Co operation of surplus ships after it had incurred heavy losses since beginning operation in 1920.
In 1943 UNited States Lines of Nevada was merged into IMM and the name became United States Lines Company, of New Jersey.
In 2000, the United States Lines name was revived by American Classic Voyages Co, as a brand name it prepared to introduce a new fleet of cruise ships.
www.maritimematters.com /united-states-lines.html   (1192 words)

  
 The Ultimate United States Navy - American History Information Guide and Reference
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations.
The Navy saw relatively little action during World War I, but in the years before World War II, it grew into a formidable force, which Japan realized would be a threat to their strategic interests.
The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
www.historymania.com /american_history/USN   (3372 words)

  
 Sealift - Navy Ships
Surge shipping is the transportation of critically needed military equipment such as tanks, trucks, armored vehicles and helicopters in the early stages of a contingency.
Their noncombatant status enables MSC ships such as the Lummus to maintain an average crew size of less than 40 while Navy ships of similar size generally have crews in the hundreds.
These ships carry ammunition barges that are off-loaded by the ship’s crane and towed ashore by small tugs that are part of the LASH ship’s deck cargo.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/sealift.htm   (6674 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)

  
 The United States Navy in World War II
Unlike the Japanese and German Navies, they would hold themselves to the Treaties and build ships that would be outclassed just a few years later by their Axis counterparts.
With the US carriers the only capital ships left in early 1942, they were the only units able to bring the fight to the enemy.
While the same ships comprised the Third Fleet under Halsey and the Fifth Fleet under Spruance, the command staffs could plan the next operation while the current one was still underway.
www.worldwar2database.com /html/navy.htm   (704 words)

  
 Navy Traditions: Ships
Victory Ships and Tankers: The History of the "Victory" Type Cargo Ships and of the Tankers Built in the United States of America During World War II.
List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947.
United States Naval Vessels: The Official United States Reference Manual Prepared by the Division of Naval Intelligence, 1 September 1945.
www.history.navy.mil /trivia/trivia0b.htm   (426 words)

  
 Immigrant Ship Information
Illustrations of many of the ships can be found in several of the information sources cited in the various ship descriptions, and at some of the web sites cited below.
Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
However, neither the compiler, nor the owners of the various mailing lists to which most of the information was originally posted, nor the contributors assume any liability for the accuracy of the information, which is offered "as is" to the Internet community in a cooperative spirit.
www.fortunecity.com /littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm   (615 words)

  
 ************** United States Navy Seals ***********
The unit, renamed 7th Amphibious Scouts, received a new mission, to go ashore with the assault boats, buoy channels, erect markers for the incoming craft, handle casualties, take offshore soundings, blow up beach obstacles and maintain voice communications linking the troops ashore, incoming boats and nearby ships.
In September of 1942, 17 Navy salvage personnel arrived at ATB Little Creek, VA for a one-week concentrated course on demolitions, explosive cable cutting and commando raiding techniques.
The membership of the United States Navy Veterans Association is composed of, exclusively, American citizens and residents.
navyvets.tripod.com /id95.html   (2637 words)

  
 AGOR Numeric List
The oceanographic ships operated by Navy were often treated almost as charter platforms available to researchers of other agencies.
Several no longer appear on easily checked lists for the country indicated in the NVR custodian information and are presumed scrapped, sold or otherwise disposed of by their secondary owners.
It appears that the little ships of the Conrad class are being replaced in their second life worldwide by the more recent first generation AGOS Ocean Surveillance Ship class.
patriot.net /~eastlnd2/Agor.htm   (2288 words)

  
 Barnacle Bill's Ship Store - US Navy Apparel, List Your Military Reunion
We are not sending emails to our list very often and we don't intend to fill up your email box in the future but we would like to grow our opt-in list.
Barnacle Bill's Ship Store is a provider of US military apparel and other items decorated with your ships name and hull number.
We use the term US Navy shirts but the artwork is the name and hull number of your ship or unit and does not have to be US Navy.
barnacle-bills-ship-store.com   (1082 words)

  
 Index of the United States Navy's web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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   (1445 words)

  
 The Mother of All Maritime Links: Page 23 of 47
Sequana (Sequana is the Gallic goddess of the river Seine.
Ships of our Ancestors (A list of ships for which a photograph is available in the book Ships of our Ancestors)
The Texas Marine Department, Confederate States Navy ("Dedicated to preserving the memory and reputation of the Confederate naval and marine veteran through living history")
www.boat-links.com /linklists/boatlink-23.html   (2528 words)

  
 PGSA - Ships & Immigration
Locate ship departures and arrivals by port, date, by ship's name.
They have the largest archive for ship photos that we know of in the United States.
The following ship manifests provide listings of returning Haller's Army soldiers to the US in the 1920s.
www.pgsa.org /ships.htm   (222 words)

  
 United States Maritime Commission C3 Type Ships
Some ships had several names before they saw service.
This ship is listed under "American," and you will need to use the "FIND" command in your browser to look for "Comet" or "Middleton.
Source:From America to United States: The History of the long-range Merchant shipbuilding Programme of the Unites States Maritime Commission (1937-1952) Part 3, L.A. Sawyer and W.H.Mitchell London: World Ship Society, 1984.
www.usmm.org /c3ships.html   (803 words)

  
 Mariners
Researching the mariners and ships of the merchant marine and the world's navies.
Are you hoping to unravel the secrets of an ancestor's life at sea?
Whether your interest is in the smallest fishing vessel or the largest fighting ship, this page is for you.
www.mariners-l.co.uk   (63 words)

  
 Online Library of Selected Images
Each entry provides a thumbnail image, a caption and the appropriate credit line.
Washington, D.C. Washington Navy Yard, Naval Gun Factory and Naval Weapons Plant
Ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Service
www.history.navy.mil /branches/org11-2.htm   (387 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
navymars.org   (76 words)

  
 The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime: Ships
(For the official ".navy.mil" pages of in-commission U.S. Navy vessels (exept carriers and submarines), see the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet Surface Force Pages or The Naval Vessel Register which is the official U.S. Navy inventory of Naval vessels and service craft.
1941-1965, a Royal Australian Navy Bathurst Class Corvette; details of the ship, crew, stories and photos from the records of the HMAS Mildura Association [Peter Waugh]
Tall Ship Bounty (from the 1962 motion picture)
vlnavmar.usnaweb.org /ships.html   (425 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions about the Navy
Is there a list of web sites of U.S. Navy commands?
If you have a specific question and cannot find the answer here, please check the Subject Index first, then contact the Public Inquiries team at the Navy Office of Information in Washington, DC.
Go to NavyOnLine to view the web sites of various commands and to get more information about the U.S. Navy.
www-rucker.army.mil /Feedback/faq.htm   (319 words)

  
 NARA - Research - Main Page
Now you can search for microfilm publications in Order Online.
Get a full description, download descriptive pamphlets and roll lists, and purchase rolls.
The 9-11 Commission's records are now available on the Commission's frozen web site.
www.archives.gov /research/index.html   (370 words)

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