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	USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy came aboard for a reception for the President of the United States.
		On 14 June, Pennsylvania took part in the bombardment of Saipan preparatory to the assault landings made the next day while she cruised off the northeastern shore of Tinian, conducting heavy bombardment of that island to neutralize any enemy batteries which might have opened fire on the landing beaches of Saipan.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly back and forth across the northern entrance of Surigao Strait, awaiting the approach of the enemy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38) (3743 words)

	USN Ships--USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
		During the next eight years, she led the Navy's battleships in maneuvers in the Atlantic, Caribbean and in the Pacific, including a cruise to Australia and New Zealand in mid-1925.
		Subsequently moored at Kwajalein for studies of residual radioactivity, USS Pennsylvania was scuttled at sea on 19 February 1948.
		USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is astern, occupying the rest of the drydock.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/bb38.htm (944 words)

	Naval History USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On 10 June, Pennsylvania formed with a force of battleships, cruisers, escort carriers, and destroyers enroute for the assault and occupation of the Marianas Islands.
		Pennsylvania reached fire support station on the eastern coast of Leyte, 18 October, and eommeneed covering bombardment for beach reconnaissance, underwater demolition teams and minesweeping units operating in Leyte Gulf and San Pedro Harbor.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's Force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly baek and forth across the northern entranee of Surigao Strait, awaiting the approach of the enemy.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Penn.html (3316 words)

	Pennsylvania (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania is represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.
		Pennsylvania's State Flag is composed of a blue field on which is embroidered with the State Coat of Arms.
		Pennsylvania's Civil War military flags, as well as a few dated to the pre-war period, are preserved in Harrisburg and can be viewed at cpc.leg.state.pa.us/main/cpcweb/projects/preservcivwartreasure.html.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-pa.html (1875 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Pennsylvania (BB 38) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The second Pennsylvania (BB-38) was laid down 27 October 1913 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 16 March 1915; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Kolb; and commissioned 12 June 1916, Capt. H.B.Wilson in command.
		Pennsylvania fired a presidential salute, then took position ahead of Oklahoma and steamed to New York, stopping enroute to disembark her distinguished guests before proceeding to berth.
		On 14 June,1944, Pennsylvania took part in the bombardment of Saipan preparatory to the assault landings made the next day while she cruised off the northeastern shore of Tinian, conducting heavy bombardment of that island to neutralize any enemy batteries which might have opened fire on the landing beaches of Saipan.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/pennsylvania/bb38-penn.html (3425 words)

	WWII Archives - Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Crash landing of a Navy SBD dive bomber on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks in the Coral Sea by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of May 7, 1942.
		A Navy Curtiss Helldiver (SB2C) is snapped against the background provided by its carrier as it returns from a strike at Japanese shipping.
	www.ww2archives.net /servlet/ref_photographs.tmpl?ID=8 (2141 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the state of Pennsylvania - History
		The frost-free period, for example, is longest in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Ohio and Monongahela valleys in southwestern Pennsylvania, and in the region bordering Lake Erie.
		Pennsylvania's location and its characteristics of climate, waters, minerals, flora, and fauna helped shape the growth not only of the state but of the entire nation.
		Although she was a well-known seamstress and the official flagmaker for the Pennsylvania Navy, there is no real evidence that she designed or made the first flag of the United States (in 1776).
	www.theus50.com /pennsylvania/history.shtml (1613 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Record of Decision for the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Base Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Navy intends to dispose of the property in a manner that is consistent with the Community Reuse Plan for the Philadelphia Naval Base and Shipyard (``Reuse Plan'') submitted on November 22, 1994, by the City of Philadelphia, the Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) for the Naval Base.
		Navy published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on December 28, 1994, announcing that Navy would prepare an Environmental Impact Statement that would analyze the impacts of disposal and reuse of the land, buildings and infrastructure at the Naval Base.
		Navy relied upon the land uses described in the Reuse Plan as the basis [[Page 36786]] for its analysis of the preferred ``action'' alternative, which proposed a medium intensity development of the Base.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1997/July/Day-09/i17901.htm (4293 words)

	Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Pennsylvania Militia was organized under an act of March 7, 1777, which provided for compulsory enrollment by the constables of all able-bodied male whites between the ages of eighteen and fifty-three.
		To each of her line soldiers, who served to the end of the war, Pennsylvania granted Donation Land in certain western counties, land that remained free from taxation so long as the soldier lived and retained ownership.
		Many members of the Pennsylvania Navy were entitled to and received Depreciation pay certificates, and, rather curiously, some were paid off with Certificates of the Funded or Militia Debt.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/military/revwar.htm (1148 words)

	Princeton University Senior Theses brief display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cox, Henry Bartholomew (1959): The Domestic Architecture of the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania, 1682 -1806.
		Killen, III, John Timothy (1964): The Pennsylvania Canal as a Pre-Condition of Industrialization: A History of the Finances of the State Works and Their Effect on the Pennsylvania Economy, 1824-1837.
		McClung, Richard Goehring (1935): The Settlement of Pennsylvania.
	libweb5.princeton.edu /theses/thesesvw.asp?Lname=&Fname=&Submit=Search&Title1=pennsylvania&department=&Class=&Adviser= (2577 words)

	USS Pennsylvania SSBN 735
		Pennsylvania was the first of two boats to come to Bangor from the East Coast with D-5 capabilities.
		Approved by Congress in April of 1816, Pennsylvania was designed and built by Samuel Humphreys in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
		Pennsylvania was commissioned in 1837 and served in numerous capacities until 1861.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/agency/ssbn-735.htm (442 words)

	Current Site Information, Navy Ships Parts Control Center; PA Superfund [US EPA Mid-Atlantic Cleanup] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Navy is conducting a pre-design pilot study to determine the effectiveness of chemical oxidation to treat the impacted ground water.
		The Navy is conducting a pre-design pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of in-situ bioremediation.
		Navy studies identified numerous hazardous substances in the soil and in the groundwater in all five areas.
	www.epa.gov /docs/reg3hwmd/npl/PA3170022104.htm (1984 words)

	Pennsylvania Hospital History: Stories - Dr. Benjamin Rush
		Benjamin Rush, the "father of American psychiatry," was the first to believe that mental illness is a disease of the mind and not a "possession of demons." His classic work, Observations and Inquiries upon the Diseases of the Mind, published in 1812, was the first psychiatric textbook printed in the United States.
		Rush served on the Pennsylvania Hospital medical staff from 1783 until the time of his death in 1813.
		He also served as Resident Port-Physician, Fleet Surgeon of the Pennsylvania Navy and was appointed Physician General of the Military Hospital of the Middle Department, American Army, 1777.
	www.uphs.upenn.edu /paharc/features/brush.html (424 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg (aliases: Navy Ships Parts Control Center and Naval Inventory ...
		The Navy also removed highly contaminated sediment from its stormwater drainage ditch and installed gabion dams along the ditch to limit sediment migration and extended fencing to prohibit public access to the ditch.
		The Navy has off-site monitoring wells to determine the outer limits of NSA-related contaminant migration in the groundwater while they continue to monitor groundwater in on-site wells on a periodic basis to further identify areas of contamination that could possibly threaten off-site private wells.
		The Navy sponsored a series of investigations to characterize the type and amount of surface soil contamination at on-site locations where contamination was suspected.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/mechanicsburg/nsa_p1.html (13631 words)

	Find U.S.S. Pennsylvania Battleship Art Prints! Get results at MarkChurms.com
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	www.markchurms.com /uss-pennsylvania-leyte-gulf-1944.html (580 words)

	The Maritime Society of the American Revolution
		In joint effort, the Continental Navy, the navies of each state, and privateers all had their significant affect in sustaining the war effort with supplies and blockading British troop movement.
		Resolved, that another vessel be fitted out for the same purposes...." (see the U.S. Navy's History Page) The navy fleet consisted of forty (at the war's peak) relatively small ships--frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners and were not intended to engage in intense battle with large British men-of-war.
		Notice the difference between the navy's large number of KIA compared to their wounded in contrast to the Marine Corps which had the opposite.
	beatl.barnard.columbia.edu /students/his3487/cantrell/presentation3.html (678 words)

	FLP - Military Records
		Lists Historical Society of Pennsylvania holdings for PA counties as of the 1980s.
		List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900.
		Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783.
	libwww.library.phila.gov /faq/guides/genealogy/military.cfm (1808 words)

	reg1dbm
		In Pennsylvania we operate four HF (High Frequency) traffic nets a day at 1200, 1600, 1800, and 2100 (local time) where we are available to pass messages to and from deployed service personnel.
		I'm proud to announce that the Pennsylvania State was awarded The Region One ECOM Area of The Year Award Plaque at the 1997 Region One Conference (5 Sep-7 Sep).
		At the Aawards Banquet, the Pennsylvania Area's John NNN0VJN was awarded the 2002 Region One Member Of The Year Letter Of Commendation and Plaque in recognition of the numerous Staff positions that he holds at both the Area and Region level and the outstanding job that he performs while filling those staff billets.
	pages.prodigy.net /nnn0fbk/corner.htm (1615 words)

	History of the Pennsylvania State Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On July 6, 1775 the Pennsylvania State Navy was formed for the defense and safety of Philadelphia's waterborne approach - the Delaware River.
		The Royal Navy was intent on forcing its way north up the Delaware to relieve the troops in Philadelphia, and to do so meant fighting their way clear of river obstructions and the State Navy vessels.
		he Pennsylvania State Navy saw action during the Hessian attack on Fort Mercer and the destruction of Billingsport, and played a vital role in maintaining the Cheveau de Frise river obstructions and the State's fleet of fireships.
	www.spiritof76.net /history.htm (646 words)

	USS Pennsylvania Wins Omaha Trophy, “Best of the Best” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sailors of the sub said the award is a great recognition for their hard work during the past year.
		Among its other accomplishments, the Gold crew of Pennsylvania received the Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet retention excellence award for 2004 and flew the gold and silver dolphin flags throughout 2004, signifying that all officer and enlisted crew members were completing submarine warfare qualifications within the time allotted.
		Pennsylvania has just completed its 50th Patrol at sea and a significant moment in history for the submarine.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1451112/posts (1178 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Navy electricity procurement strategy saves $2 million in Pennsylvania by John E. Peters, NAVFAC, Atlantic Division Public Affairs NORFOLK (NWS) -- By taking advantage of utility deregulation in Pennsylvania, the Navy will save nearly $2 million in electricity costs over the next two years.
		Electricity costs at 31 Navy activities in Pennsylvania will be reduced by approximately four percent under a contract recently awarded to Exelon Energy by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division (LantDiv) in Norfolk.
		While all 50 states are addressing retail electric service reforms, Pennsylvania is one of only a handful to begin phasing in the freedom of choice to select an electricity supplier to its residents and businesses.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navywire/nws98/nws1214.txt (1673 words)

	Schuylkill Navy (Pennsylvania USA) — Clubs
		The Schuylkill Navy is a group of 10 rowing clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Founded in 1858, the Schuylkill Navy is the oldest governing body for amateur sporting clubs in the United States.
		The flags are from two old printed charts I found on-line, "Flags of the Schuylkill Navy" (1870) and "Signal Flags of the Schuylkill Navy" (after 1872).
	www.fotw.us /flags/us-pa_sk.html (701 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Description: 1 ALS dated 4/5/1854 from James Cochran Dobbin (1814-1857), U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1853-1857), to Jackson McElmell, granting permission to be examined for admission into the Navy as a Third Assistant Engineer; sent from Navy Department.
		Description: 1 LS dated 11/24/1861 from Hiram Paulding (1797-1878), head of the New York Navy Yard (1861-1865), to Jackson McElmell, ordering him to report to that station after his services are through on board the "Powhatan;" sent from New York Navy Yard.
		Description: 1 LS dated 6/2/1882 to Jackson McElmell from the Navy Department Bureau of Steam Engineering, inquiry whether he is able to report for duty first on the "Powhatan" and then on the "Tennessee;" sent from Navy Department.
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/mcelmell (4539 words)

	US EPA Region 3 HSCD: Pennsylvania, Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Current Site Information (NPL Pad) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sources of potential contamination on Navy property include, but are not necessarily limited to, the Privet Road Compound, Antenna Field Landfill, Ninth Street Landfill, the former Fire Training Area and a fuel farm.
		On June 27, 2005, the Department of the Navy, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency.
		The Navy and the Air Force have conducted numerous investigations at several areas of potential environmental concern on their properties.
	www.epa.gov /reg3hwmd/npl/PAD987277837.htm (882 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Penn cut the Mids' lead to one with 5:49 left in the game, but a goal by Meushaw increased the lead to two with a little over three minutes left.
		With 1:05 on the clock, Penn scored again, but Navy held on for its second win this season while the Quakers fell to 1-1.
		Newton and O'Leary also paced Navy in addition to Borcz with two goals and two assists each.
	www.e-lacrosse.com /nav3998.htm (209 words)

	Amazon.com: White Hats of the Navy: Books: George R. Sharrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Stories and cartoons from the old OUR NAVY magazine are highlighted as is a story on THE SHELLBACK INITIATION, one of the oldest traditions in the Navy, complete with photographs.
		George Sharrow entered the U.S. Navy in August of 1951 upon graduating from John Harris High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
		As a civilian George is active with the U.S. Navy League, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Council, Navy Club #257, Minersville, Pennsylvania, VFW Post 710, Steelton, Pennsylvania, American Legion Post 1001, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; the National and State LST Association, the National and State LSM/LSMR Association, the USS Deuel Association, and the AGC Flagship Alliance Association.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966597303?v=glance (615 words)

	The Pennsylvania State Navy Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The current Navy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who's mission is to educate the public about the American Revolution, the Pennsylvania State Navy of 1775 to 1781 and the defense of Philadelphia in the fall of 1777.
		n June of 2006 the Pennsylvania Archives detailing the names of the Officers and Men of the Pennsylvania State Navy was transcribed and re-edited for publication on this website.
		Summer finds the Navy sailing the Delaware Bay, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound and Lake Nockamixon as well as attending a host of 18th century historical, educational and tactical events.
	www.spiritof76.net (336 words)

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