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  USS Oriskany (CV-34)
She was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945, and sponsored by Mrs.
She entered Gravesend Bay[?], New York 6 November 1951 to offload ammunition and to have her masts removed to allow passage under the East River Bridges[?] to the New York Naval Shipyard.
New, powerful steam catapults[?] were installed by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Oriskany.html   (1495 words)

  
 New York Naval Shipyard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The New York Naval Shipyard, popularly and unofficially known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was at different times in its history also officially designated as the New York Navy Yard and United States Navy Yard, New York.
The former New York Naval Shipyard is located 1.7 miles northeast of the Battery on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Wallabout Basin.
There are three piers: G. and K. These piers are owned by the City of New York and operated by Seatrain Shipbuilding and Coastal Drydock and Repair Corporation as mooring piers for outfitting and repair.
www.fas.org /man/company/shipyard/new_york.htm   (508 words)

  
 The US Navy
After major modifications at New York Naval Shipyard 6 March through 2 April 1951, she embarked Carrier Air Group Four for training off Jacksonville, then departed Newport 15 May 1951 for Mediterranean deployment with the 6th Fleet.
For the next few months she added her far-reaching air arm to the strength of the 6th Fleet, the silent, flexible, and controlling weapon of deterrence to overt Soviet aggression in the Mediterranean and the Near East.
During this period her flight deck was used to test the E-2A Hawkeye, the Navy's new airborne early warning aircraft.
www.news.navy.mil /navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=51   (1638 words)

  
 History of Ships and Navy/CVA-34 USS Oriskany
She remained in a state of preservation until after theoutbreak of hostilities in Korea in June 1950, then was rushed to completion.She commissioned in the New York Naval Shipyard 25 September 1950, Capt.Percy H. Lyon in command.
Oriskany departed New York 6 December 1950 for carrier qualificationoperations off Jacksonville, Fla. followed by a Christmas call at Newport,R. She resumed operations off Jacksonville through 11 January 1951, whenshe embarked Carrier Air Group 1 for shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
She entered Gravesend Bay, New York 6 November 1951 tooffload ammunition and to have her masts removed to allow passage underthe East River Bridges to the New York Naval Shipyard.
www.multied.com /Navy/CV34Oriskany.html   (1410 words)

  
 USS Missouri (BB 63)
After trials off New York and shakedown and battle practice in Chesapeake Bay, MISSOURI departed Norfolk 11 November 1944, transited the Panama Canal 18 November and steamed to San Francisco for final fitting out as fleet flagship.
She reached New York City 23 October and broke the flag of Adm. Jonas Ingram, commander in chief, Atlantic Fleet.
The battleship returned to New York City 27 May, and spent the next year steaming Atlantic coastal waters north to the Davis Straits and south to the Caribbean on various Atlantic command training exercises.
www.navysite.de /bb/bb63.htm   (4107 words)

  
 Officer's Row: History
The first six buildings of the navy yard, now known as the New York Naval Shipyard, were built in 1805, including the Commandant’s House, or Quarters A, located at the far southwest corner of the yard.
Three “white wings” [New York City street sweepers] make their appearance at 7:30 at the corner of Navy and Flushing and sweep in front of the officers’ quarters along Flushing Avenue.
The City of New York bought the majority of the yard from the federal government for $23.5 million dollars, whereupon it was leased for operation as an industrial park.
www.officersrow.org /history.htm   (463 words)

  
 USS Missouri Long History
She reached New York City 28 September and broke the flag of Adm. Jonas Ingram, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, MISSOURI boomed out a 21-gun salute 27 October as President Truman boarded for Navy day ceremonies.
Overhaul in New York (23 September to 10 March 1948) was followed by refresher training at Guantanamo Bag.
She was overhauled at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 23 September 1949 to 17 February 1950.
www.ussmissouri.com /history_more.htm   (4476 words)

  
 CV 34 Oriskany
Oriskany (CVA-34), an attack aircraft carrier, was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
Oriskany departed New York 6 December 1950 for carrier qualification operations off Jacksonville, Fla. followed by a Christmas call at Newport, R. She resumed operations off Jacksonville through 11 January 1951, when she embarked Carrier Air Group 1 for shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A Naval Historical Center letter of November 3, 1995, discusses the eligibility of those ships for listing on the National Register (considering association with historic events or persons, distinctive characteristics, and likelihood to yield information important in history) and provides a list of those vessels considered eligible.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cv-34.htm   (2888 words)

  
 National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
Constrained to 35,000 tons standard displacement by the Washington and London Naval Treaties, to a beam of less than 110 feet by the locks of the Panama Canal, and to 38-foot draft to enable the ship to use as many anchorages and navy yards as possible, she was a challenge to the designers of day.
During these years the nature of naval power was changing as a result of the perfection of the airplane and the introduction of a new capital ship utilizing this new weapon--the aircraft carrier.
She was the first of the great new battleships to join the Pacific Fleet, and her mere presence in a task force was enough to keep morale at a peak.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/northcarolina.htm   (1423 words)

  
 USS Agile
Alice Donohue and commissioned at the New York Naval Shipyard on 21 June 1956, Lt. Herbert D. Mills, Jr., in command.
The non-magnetic ocean minesweeper completed fitting out at New York and then sailed on 13 July for her home port Charleston, S.C. She remained there for about two weeks before getting underway on 31 July for her shakedown training.
The minesweeper entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard on 29 January 1960 and began a regular overhaul.
www.multied.com /navy/Minelayer/Agilemso.html   (1485 words)

  
 Military.com - View History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Built at the New York Naval Shipyard as the second ship in the "KITTY HAWK" class of aircraft carriers, CONNIE has more than 30 years of service.
Naval aviation had undergone vast changes since 1961, and when CONNIE came out of the yards in 1984, two weeks early and under budget, she was fully modernized.
From her birthplace at the New York Naval Shipyard to the troubled waters of the Gulf of Tonkin and the Arabian Gulf, USS CONSTELLATION has written an impressive record for all to admire.
www.military.com /HomePage/TitleHistories/1,10982,200210|702149,00.html   (504 words)

  
 CHRONOLOGY OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR YEAR 1955 - CREW STORIES - USS BENNINGTON
At New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, for refitting and loading for overseas movement.
The six-week yard availability period at the New York Naval Shipyard was utilized for correction of material deficiencies continued training, leave and normal upkeep.
The deck landing area of BENNINGTON is angled 10.5 degrees to port, swinging the flight paths of landing aircraft away from the forward parking area and thus permitting wave-offs to be made straight ahead in cases of poor approach or missed arrestment.
www.uss-bennington.org /stz-year-1955.html   (2150 words)

  
 New York Naval Shipyard
In the 1900s the yard, known by its workers and neighbors as the "Brooklyn Navy Yard", drew from the vast population pool of the New York metropolitan area.
GMD Shipyard is located within the world-renowned Brooklyn Navy Yard and is the largest dry dock facility in New York City.
With a dedicated team of skilled technicians and specialists, GMD Shipyard can respond to any task quickly and efficiently, whether it is routine maintenance or emergency dry-docking.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/new_york.htm   (846 words)

  
 Brooklyn Navy Yard Development - Wired New York Forum
The Navy Yard was sold to the City of New York for $22 million, and the historic shipyard gradually became a desolate site, emblematic of the city's economic decline.
Its 40 warehouses and old shipyard buildings are almost fully leased by 230 industrial and manufacturing enterprises, from food and book distributors to small manufacturing companies, and a substantial number of artists and craftsmen.
Even to many longtime New Yorkers, the Navy Yard remains an enigma, open to romantic interpretation, although the yard's new incarnation has had a decided impact on its surrounding neighborhoods, where real estate, both old and newly developed, is getting more expensive by the week.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5133   (3263 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Rich (DD-820, later DDE-820 and DD-820)
At-sea operations alternated with inport training and increasingly difficult shipyard maintenance periods until, on 12 July 1977, enroute to the Caribbean, a rudder casualty caused her to collide with the oiler Caloosahatchee.
Off the New York Naval Shipyard on 17 September 1947 after initial converson to a specialized ASW destroyer.
Off the New York Naval Shipyard on 17 September 1947 with a sister ship after initial converson to a specialized ASW destroyer.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-r/dd820.htm   (1413 words)

  
 Southern Baptists begin preparing meals for search & rescue workers in New York - (BP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Messina, left of New Covenant Baptist Church, Canandaigua, N.Y., and Joshua Wilson of First Baptist Church of Orchard Park, N.Y. clean food containers at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn.
About 50 volunteers set up the evening of Sept. 14 at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, including mobile kitchen units from New York and Virginia, a trailer mounted shower unit from North Carolina and a communications unit from South Carolina.
A total of eight Disaster Relief units have been dispatched to New York, with an additional three units on standby or alert status.
www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=11704   (1163 words)

  
 USS-Oriskany-CVA34
Because of its 15-ton weight, the anchor wreaked havoc with crews attempting to transport it from McChord AFB in Tacoma, Washington to upstate New York, but was finally delivered to Oriskany on July 2, 1991, about two years after the village put in a request for the artifact.
Another account of her history: Oriskany (CVA-34), an attack aircraft carrier was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
New, powerful steam catapults were installed by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. Oriskany recommissioned at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard 7 March 1959, Capt. James Mahan Wright in command.
www.eagles-nest.com /USS-Oriskany-CVA-34   (1844 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Connie's dramatic beginning
A plaque aboard the Constellation memorializes the shipyard workers who were killed in the fire during the ship's construction.
The shipyard accident was one of the deadliest construction fires in U.S. naval history.
Ronald Glenzer was a radioman when he arrived at the Brooklyn shipyard to be a plankowner – a member of the original crew.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20030804-9999_z1n4connie.html   (675 words)

  
 Last cruise of USS Oriskany: Murdoc Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Known as the "Big O," the 32,000-ton, 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran during conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.
Local and national media gathered along the sea wall on board Naval Air Station Pensacola to document the last voyage of the former USS Oriskany (CVA 34), as it makes its way along the Intracoastal Waterway from its last port call at NAS Pensacola, to its final destination in the Gulf of Mexico.
Known as the "Big O," the 32,000-ton, 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran of the Korea and Vietnam conflicts.
www.murdoconline.net /archives/003743.html   (1114 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Missouri, U.S.S.
She was launched in 1944 toward the end of World War II at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York.
Launched January 29, 1944, at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, the "Mighty Mo" is the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. Navy and the second battleship to bear the name Missouri.
At the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, some guns were removed, replaced by 32 nuclear-tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles, 16 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and four Vulcan Phalanx Gatling Guns that launch a wall of bullets to stop enemy missiles.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5537   (4531 words)

  
 History Topeka CLG-8
Early in 1957, Topeka was towed from San Francisco to the New York Naval Shipyard that she entered on 15 April to begin conversion to a guided missile cruiser.
In July, she made the passage from New York to the west coast.
On 31 October, the guided missile cruiser entered the naval shipyard for an overhaul during which her weapons systems were updated; and her engineering plant was overhauled.
usstopekaclg8.org /History/Ships/CLG8.htm   (1151 words)

  
 CDR Philip C. Donovan, 1971-1973   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1950 and was commissioned upon graduation in June 1954.
Following a tour as a student at the Naval War College in the Naval Warfare course, Commander Donovan relieved Commander Matthew Faessel as Commanding Officer of the USS Charles P.Cecil(DD-835).
Commander Donovan is married to the former Frances Cornell Herger of Buffalo, New York.
world.std.com /~ecrowley/cpc/co_donovan.html   (265 words)

  
 USS Iowa
June 27, 1940-The keel of the fourth Iowa is laid down in the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn.
August 27, 1942-The Iowa is launched at the New York Naval Shipyard.
Afterwards, the battleship is forced to return to the Hunters Point shipyards in San Fransisco after being damaged in a typhoon.
www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/usnIowa.html   (2803 words)

  
 U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers, Part III
The ship was launched Apr. 29, 1945, as Coral Sea at the New York Naval Shipyard but was renamed Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 8, 1945, in honor of the 32nd President who had led the country through the war and who had died on Apr. 12, 1945.
Tests to determine the effects of atomic bombs on naval targets were conducted at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
The ship was laid down Aug. 21, 1944, by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., and launched Sept. 1, 1945.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-hist3.html   (902 words)

  
 USS Constellation (CV-64)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Built at the New York Naval Shipyard as the second ship in the "KITTY HAWK" class of aircraft carriers, CONNIE has more than 30 years of service, which have seen her sail into harm's way from Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam to the Gulf of Oman in the Indian Ocean.
The $800 million Service Life Extension Program, completed in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in March 1993, added 15 years to the carrier's operational life.
From her birthplace at the New York Naval Shipyard to her homeport of San Diego and her rebirth at Philadelphia; from the troubled waters of the Gulf of Tonkin to the North Arabian Sea, USS CONSTELLATION has written an impressive record for the world to see.
www.swordsmen.org /connie.htm   (507 words)

  
 Jamie Adair, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
Born in Syosset, New York, on January 16, 1916, Admiral Adair was the son of Jamie and Barbara Anderson Adair.
Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, he was commissioned an Ensign on June 2, 1938, and was assigned to the cruiser USS Vincennes.
He received a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944 and was ship superintendent at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jamie-adair.htm   (472 words)

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