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	USS Arkansas (BB-33) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Arkansas (BB-33), a Wyoming-class battleship[?] was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 26th state.
		Arkansas was present at the internment of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth on 21 November 1918.
		Arkansas' cutter defeated the cutter from the British light cruiser HMS Dragon[?] for the Battenberg Cup[?], and the City of Newport Cup[?].
	www.termsdefined.net /us/uss-arkansas-(bb-33).html (4098 words)

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		Arkansas was present at the internmen t of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth on 21 November 1918.
		Arkansas' cutter defeated the cutter from the British light cruiser HMS Dragon for the Battenberg Cup, and th e City of Newport Cup.
		Arkansas went to Casco Bay on 28 M arch for gunnery exercises, before she proceeded to Boston on 11 April for repairs.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb33.htm (3851 words)

	USS Arkansas (BB 33)
		Arkansas was unique in the US World War II battleship fleet by having the distinction of being the only one having 12" main guns since all other classes had either 14" or 16" guns.
		Arkansas was again used for shore bombardment for the invasion of Iwo Jima.
		By mid May 1945, Arkansas was in drydock at Apra Harbor, Guam, and then sailed to Leyte Gulf in the Phillipines on 12 June where she remained until the war ended in August.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/4289/Arkansas.html (798 words)

	Wikinfo \| Arkansas
		Arkansas was a slave state that was admitted as a pair with Michigan in 1837.
		Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861 during the American Civil War and was later readmitted after Reconstruction.
		Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri and Tennessee, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Arkansas (498 words)

	USN Ships--USS Arkansas (BB-33)
		USS Arkansas, a 26,000 ton Wyoming class battleship, was built at Camden, New Jersey.
		In 1913, Arkansas cruised in the Mediterranean, and in 1914 she participated in the U.S. intervention in Mexico.
		Arkansas went to the Pacific in November 1944, crossing the ocean to the war zone early in the next year.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb33.htm (997 words)

	The Arkansas Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Arkansas Secretary of State Hodges set up a commission including the wives of two important politicians, the presidents of two important women's clubs, the publishers of two important newspapers and a couple of judges and art professors.
		The moon of the Arkansas regiments was emblazoned with the coat of arms from the Arkansas state seal.
		The band of 25 stars around the diamond signified that Arkansas is the 25th state, and the two parallel stars at the bottom of that band represent Arkansas and Michigan, the two states that entered the Union simultaneously.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/history/flag.html (2130 words)

	USS Arkansas (CGN 41)
		USS ARKANSAS collides with the Italian merchantman MEGARA ILEA in the Strait of Messina and is "slightly damaged on the port side".
		USS ARKANSAS was laid down on 17 January 1977 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched on 21 October 1978; sponsored by Mrs.
		On 8 July, ARKANSAS began the long voyage to her new base of operations at Alameda, Calif. Steaming by way of Port Everglades in Florida and Charlotte Amalie in the Virgin Islands, she arrived in the Canal Zone on 21 July and transited the Panama Canal on the 22d.
	navysite.de /cg/cgn41.htm (1545 words)

	DLGN-41 DANFS
		The fourth ARKANSAS (CGN-41) was laid down on 17 January 1977 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched on 21 October 1978; sponsored by Mrs.
		Though ARKANSAS spent most of her time supporting the multinational force ashore in its efforts to keep peace in Lebanon, she left the eastern Mediterranean occasionally for port calls and to participate in some of the 6th Fleet's freedom-of-navigation maneuvers into the Gulf of Sidra off the coast of Libya.
		ARKANSAS transited the Panama Canal on 9 December and reached Alameda on the 17th.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/dl-dlg/cgn41.htm (1449 words)

	USS Arkansas
		Arkansas was admitted to the Union on 15 June 1836 as the 25th state.
		The first Arkansas-a wooden-hulled, barkentine-rigged, screw steamer built at Philadelphia in 1863 as Tonawanda-was purchased by the Navy at Philadelphia on 27 June 1863 from Messrs.
		After the collapse of the Confederacy, Arkansas departed New Orleans on 5 June 1865 and sailed north to Portsmouth, N.H. She was decommissioned in the navy yard there on 30 June 1865 and was sold at public auction on 20 July 1865 to Mr.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/CWNavy/Arkansas.html (361 words)

	USS ARKANSAS (BB-33) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ARKANSAS participated in the landings at Veracruz, contributing a battalion of four companies of bluejackets, a total of 17 officers and 313 enlisted men under the command of Lt.
		ARKANSAS left the yard in November 1926 and, after a shake- down cruise along the eastern seaboard and to Cuban waters, returned to Philadelphia to run acceptance trials.
		In January 1935, ARKANSAS transported the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, to Culebra for a fleet landing exercise, and in June conducted a midshipman practice cruise to Europe, visiting Edinburgh, Oslo (where King Haakon VII of Norway visited the ship), Copenhagen, Gibraltar and Funchal on the island of Madeira.
	www.combie.net /webharbor/museum/bb-33-1.html (3875 words)

	These United States - Arkansas Flags
		When the ladies of the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution learned that the battleship USS Arkansas was to be commissioned, they decided to present a state flag to the ship.
		Miss Hocker explained that her choice of the colors red, white, and blue represented that Arkansas was one of the United States of America.
		The twenty-five stars in the blue field of the diamond indicate that Arkansas was the 25th state admitted to the Union.
	www.theseunitedstates.com /flags/arkansasf.html (409 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Arkansas (BB 33)
		Resuming her duty with the fleet soon thereafter, she operated from Maine to the Caribbean; on 5 September 1927, she was present at ceremonies unveiling a memorial tablet honoring the French soldiers and sailors who died during the campaign at Yorktown in 1781.
		Arkansas departed Norfolk on 11 January 1940, in company with USS Texas (BB-35) and USS New York (BB-34), and proceeded thence to Guantanamo Bay for fleet exercises.
		Arkansas was struck from the Naval Vessel Registery on 15 August 1946.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/arkansas/bb33-ark.html (3843 words)

	CDC - Outbreak of Influenza in Highly Vaccinated Crew of U.S. Navy Ship
		On February 5, the USS Arkansas contacted the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit in San Diego, California (NEPMU-5), to report the onset of an acute febrile respiratory disease in many crew members.
		A total of 232 USS Arkansas crew members were identified with an influenza-like illness during the outbreak (attack rate = 42%); 158 cases were identified by the medical department; 74 patients did not seek medical attention but met case criteria.
		Although over 95% of the Arkansas crew were appropriately immunized with the 1995-96 influenza vaccine, at least 42% became ill with influenza; when definite and probable cases were included, the attack rate was 54%, for an estimated 46% efficacy of the 1995-96 influenza vaccine against the Wuhan strain.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol7no3/earhart.htm (1901 words)

	History of Steam Engine
		HMS Dreadnought was built in 1906 and became the new standard in battleships that year due to her size (22,194 tons) which was in some instances twice the size of previously built battleships.
		The USS Oklahoma BB-37 was the last battleship to have the steam reciprocating engine installed (smaller than the ones installed in the USS New York and USS Texas).
		The engines of the USS Texas from what I have researched were not modified or updated during her entire career.
	www.usstexasbb35.com /history_of_steam_engine.htm (1886 words)

	Home away from Home
		The American battleships USS Arkansas, USS Texas, USS Nevada and the cruisers USS Quincy, USS Tuscaloosa were among the biggest ships in the group.
		On 3 June the Arkansas left Bangor in her wake, sailed to join Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant's fire support force "O", which was parked nearby such famed battleships as the Nevada and Texas and the Bri~ish Warspite, Rodney and Nelson.
		In the distance the rumble of the pro-invasion aerial assault was audible.
	www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/events/worldwar/hafh09.shtm (1049 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		In 1911 the Arkansas legislature failed to approve a flag proposal made by the Federation of Women's Clubs, but two years later the Arkansas secretary of state set up a committee to select an appropriate state flag.
		The legislature voted in 1913 to accept the flag, a copy of which was presented to the battleship USS Arkansas.
		The three stars originally appearing in the center recalled that Arkansas was the third state created from the Louisiana Territory and that it had been ruled by three different countries (France, Spain, and the United States).
	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?arkansas (275 words)

	The Cool Blue Blog: Omaha Beach and the USS Arkansas
		On 19 May, the Arkansas along with the other battleships in her task force, the Nevada and Texas were inspected by Dwight D. Eisenhower and deemed ready for action.
		On 3 June the Arkansas left Bangor in her wake, sailed to join Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant's fire support force "O", which was parked nearby such famed battleships as the Nevada and Texas and the British Warspite, Rodney and Nelson.
		After some refitting, the USS Arkansas was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
	coolblue.typepad.com /the_cool_blue_blog/2004/06/omaha_beach_and.html (2889 words)

	USS Arkansas - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first USS Arkansas (steamer), a wooden-hulled, barkentine-rigged, screw steamer originally named Tonawanda that saw action in the American Civil War.
		The second USS Arkansas (BM-7), the lead ship of her class of single-turreted monitor, was one of the last American monitors.
		The third USS Arkansas (BB-33), a Wyoming-class battleship, saw action in the Mexican-American War, in World War I, and in World War II including the D-Day Landings.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/USS_Arkansas (144 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		He served one year aboard the USS Arkansas and then was assigned to USS Washington November 1941.
		ARTHUR H., born Feb. 8, 1922 in Northumberland, PA, joined the USN Jan. 14, 1940 and was assigned to the USS Washington in 1941.
		While awaiting completion of the USS Washington, he was ordered to Brooklyn Shipyard Jan. 16, 1941; Philadelphia, NY; March 31, 1941 USS Washington (BB-56).
	www.usswashington.com /profil41.htm (855 words)

	USS Arkansas
		Battleship website dedicated to the history of USS Arkansas from launch to participation in major wars also notice board for naval historians and families of ex-crew of USS Arkansas.
		I am looking for all crew or families of crew who served on the USS Arkansas in 1944 when it took part in the invasion of Normandy.
		USS Arkansas was based at Bangor, Northern Ireland before D-Day and was inspected along with battleships USS Texas and USS Nevada by General Eisenhower on 19th May 1944.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /arkansas.htm (779 words)

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		The crew of the USS Tirante, which included future Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody, was awarded a Presidential Unit citation.
		He was completing a reconnoitering circuit of the island, the first World War II patrol of his submarine against surface forces in the area.
		His first submarine was the USS Gar, which lay off the California coast as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
	www.ussvi.org /names/street.txt (828 words)

	Bikini Dive/Tourism Information: The Ships
		The USS Saratoga is the largest diveable vessel in the world, and the only aircraft carrier available for diving.
		The Arkansas, at rest almost completely upside down in Bikini's lagoon in 170 feet of water, received four battle stars for her service in World War II and was sunk by BAKER.
		She was also with the USS Wasp and the USS Hornet when they were sunk in WWII.
	www.bikiniatoll.com /divetour1.html (2743 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings: Lest We Forget, December 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		U.S. he USS Sigsbee (DD-502) had served well in the war with Japan, downing 20 enemy aircraft while screening the carriers in their march across the Pacific.
		During 1925-1926, the battleship had her appearance greatly altered; she was equipped to burn oil in place of coal, her boiler uptakes were combined into a single funnel, the after cage mast was replaced by a low tripod structure, and a considerable amount of superstructure was added.
		After a refit at Boston, the Arkansas proceeded to the Pacific, where she participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and began 46 days of fire-support operations at Okinawa.
	www.usni.org /proceedings/Articles04/pro12lwf.htm (768 words)

	USS Washington BB56 - 4th Anniversary
		In 1937, Captain Good joined the USS Arkansas as Navigator during which tour he made a cruise to Europe.
		In 1938 he was assigned to the USS Tuscaloosa as First Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer.
		Their latest conquest was the U.S.S. INDIANA by the score of 5-1 This cup signifying baseball supremacy will be awarded permanently to its holder when the battleships anchor in Tokyo Bay.
	www.usswashington.com /admgreet.htm (807 words)

	Portrait of a Shipmate - CAPT George Levick Street III
		He was then transferred to the USS ARKANSAS (BB 33) where he had duty in the navigation and engineering departments and was the General Quarters Officer of the Deck.
		In November 1946, CDR Street took command of USS REQUIN (SS 481) which was being converted to a Radar Picket Submarine at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
		In July 1958 he took command of the USS FREMONT (APA 44) and participated in the Lebanese crisis during the first of two deployments to the Mediterranean.
	www.ussholder.com /pas3-street.html (3092 words)

	USS Arkansas Photo Album: 'Our European Cruise. October 25th, to December 15th, 1913' -- Pages 10-19
		Upper photo: Crewmen relaxing on deck as USS Arkansas steams across the Atlantic, October 1913.
		USS Utah is in the foreground, with USS Delaware beyond.
		Married crewmen ("benedicts") on USS Arkansas wear cotton in their ears to avoid being lured by the Sirens' song, while their ship was steaming near the Italian coast in early November 1913.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/albums/s582/s582-b.htm (396 words)

	Ships Store
		The cover features a photo of the USS Pennsylvania steaming into Lingayen Gulf in 1945.
		LLoyd Lachtrupp and your father and yourself have given me. All the men on the USS Pennsylvania were truly a big family and now here it is 55 years later and you are still helping to ease the minds of the families of those who lost loved ones from the ship.
		I also got additional info as to when he was on the USS Pennsylvania.
	www.usspennsylvania.com /ShipsStore/BB-38SupportSales.htm (1787 words)

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		The conning tower has incised vision slits and the upper mast platform has supports cast as part of the platform.
		Information on the Arkansas Class monitors is rather hard to come by.
		One source that is devoted solely to this last class of USN monitors is an article by Frances J. Allen entitled Arkansas Class Monitors found in Warship Volume VIII.
	www.steelnavy.com /Box261Arkansas.htm (3564 words)

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