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	USS Bridgeport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One ship of the United States Navy has been named USS Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut; a second was cancelled before completion.
		The first Bridgeport (AD-10) was originally the German passenger ship SS Breslau, seized in World War I and used as a transport.
		The second USS Bridgeport (CA-127) was to have been an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bridgeport (149 words)

	USS S-49 (SS-160)
		USS S-49 (SS-160) was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
		The S-boat was commissioned at Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 5 June 1922 with Lieutenant Ingram C. Sowell in command.
		On 12 March, USS S-49 returned to the United States Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut...whence she completed a run to the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine; and, then, back to Connecticut...then transited to the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with USS S-50, for inactivation.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /S-49.html (848 words)

	Submarine USS R-21 (SS-98) was authorized to be built by the
		Submarine USS R-21 (SS-98) was authorized to be built by the United States Congressional Act of 29 August 1916 which stated in part: "....The President of the United States is hereby uthorized to undertake prior to July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the construction of....
		USS R-21 transited north on 26 September 1921; via Guantanamo Bay, Key West, and New York; and arrived at New London/Groton on 27 October 1921.
		USS R-21 (SS-98) was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 June 1924 and placed in the reserve fleet at that Navy yard.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/7660/R-21.html (944 words)

	USN Ships--USS Bridgeport (ID # 3009, later AD-10)
		USS Bridgeport, a 7175-ton (displacement) destroyer tender and repair ship, was built in Germany in 1901 as the commercial steamship Breslau.
		Bridgeport assisted in the movement of smaller vessels to the Azores, and in August 1918 went to Brest, France, where she served for more than a year as a repair and supply ship.
		USS Bridgeport was decommissioned in early November 1924 and remained in reserve for nearly two decades.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/ad10.htm (628 words)

	USS S-50 (SS-161)
		USS S-50 (SS-161) was laid down on 15 March 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
		During mid-July of 1925, USS S-50 returned to the submarine base at Groton, and, for the next two years, was primarily engaged in conducting experimental tests and performing exercises for the Submarine School at the submarine base at Groton.
		USS S-50 (SS-161) was struck from the Navy List on 31 March 1931, and her hulk was scrapped the following fall.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /S-50.html (853 words)

	USS S-16 (SS-121)
		USS S-16 departed Cavite on 3 November 1924, transited across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the United States, and arrived at the Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 30 December 1924.
		USS S-16 remained at the Mare Island Navy Yard during 1925 and 1926...then operated in California coastal waters during 1927, with a visit to the Territory of Hawaii during July and August.
		USS S-16 conducted patrols in the Caribbean Sea from a base at Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands from December of 1941 through March of 1942.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /S-16.html (722 words)

	USS Baker DE 190 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The USS Bronstein DE 189, who with USS Breeman DE 104, were in Dakar loaded with 15 tons of gold ($68,000,000) from the Bank of Poland arrived in New York April 3, 1944.
		The USS Thomas on her full steam approach announced to the other ships that she was going to ram the submarine.
		USS Baker DE 190 received one battle star in the American Theater for her action with the detection and sinking of the German Submarine U-233.
	www.desausa.org /images2/uss_baker_de_190_history.htm (6244 words)

	List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Auxiliary cruisers which are, despite their name, cruisers, a type of warship, not auxiliaries.
		USS Lyra (AK-101) - USS Atik (AK-101) was sunk by a U-boat less than a month after being commissioned
		USS Dodridge (AK-176) - cancelled 16 August 1945
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy (147 words)

	Connecticut - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Connecticut was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
		USS Connecticut was named in honor of this state.
		Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island.
	openproxy.ath.cx /co/Connecticut.html (456 words)

	U.S. SUBMARINE ENGINES
		USS C-1 (Submarine Number 9) launched on 4 October 1906 as USS Octopus by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts,...which had taken over the patents of the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Company of New York in 1904.
		USS Threadfin (SS-410), originally named USS Sole (SS-410), was laid down on 18 March 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
		Thus, USS Threadfin is a "Portsmouth Boat." When commissioned, USS Threadfin was 311 feet 8 inches in length overall and had a maximum beam of 27 feet 3 inches.
	www.diodon349.com /US_Subs/US_Submarine_Engines.htm (3642 words)

	Submarine USS R-25 (SS-102) was authorized to be built by the
		Submarine USS R-25 (SS-102) was authorized to be built by the United States Congressional Act of 29 August 1916 which stated in part: "....The President of the United States is hereby authorized to undertake prior to July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the construction of....
		At the end of November 1919, USS R-25 got underway from the United States Naval Submarine Base at New London/Groton, Connecticut, for her homeport of Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone.
		During November of 1923, USS R-25 (SS-102) arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; underwent inactivation overhaul; and, on 21 June 1924, was decommissioned and laid up in the Reserve Fleet in the City of Brotherly Love.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/7660/R-25.html (511 words)

	Tin Can Sailors Guestbook for USS Bridgeport (AD-10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		USS Kansas and USS CAROLA was in Pauillac, France.
		USS STEPHEN, USS BRIDGEPORT and USS MANCURIA was in Bigo, Spain.
		Welcome to our USS Bridgeport (AD-10) guestbook, a place to post your memories, ask your questions, etc. If you are an AD-10 shipmate, don't forget to log in at our Shipmate Registry at www.destroyers.org.
	www.destroyers.org /GB_AD/AD10_board.php?action=view (283 words)

	Usn Veterans Burial Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		John Mills Browne, Surgeon, USS Kearsarge was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, and appointed Assistant Surgeon in the navy on March 26, 1853, aged 29.
		Joseph Grogan was from Bridgeport, Connecticut, and died in December, 1863, aboard the USS Weehawken.
		Thomas Addison Knowlton, USS Wabash, was born in Rockport, Massachusetts, and died at the age of 102, at Ashland, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1940.
	hub.dataline.net.au /~tfoen/burials.html (16947 words)

	The Little Steamboat That Opened The Cracker Line
		The Story of the USS Chattanooga, a "home-made" steamboat built by the Quartermaster Department in October 1863 to carry supplies to General Grant's starving army at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
		On the 24 of October the advance reached Bridgeport, and on the 3d Hooker established headquarters at Stevenson, and Howard the headquarters of the Eleventh Corps at Bridgeport, then the limit of railroad travel, eight miles east of Stevenson.
		At Bridgeport I found Captain Edwards, Assistant Quartermaster, from Detroit, preparing to build a steamboat to navigate the river, by mounting an engine, boiler, and stern-wheel on a flat bottomed scow, to be used in carrying and towing up supplies until the completion of the railroad.
	www.qmfound.com /little_steamboat_that_opened_the_cracker_line.htm (2278 words)

	USS S-49 - Gallant Lady of the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Following commissioning at Bridgeport, Connecticut, USS S-49 remained, there, through July of 1922, and, in August of 1922, moved down to the United States Naval Submarine Base at New London/Groton, Connecticut...where the boat joined Submarine Division Zero - composed of units engaged in submarine research and development.
		Reduced to a hulk (read "demilitarized") by that company in 1936, but not scrapped, the S-boat was sold to an organization that operated the submarine as an "attraction." The submarine visited many ports in the United States and was "inspected" by interested people who toured through that submersible when she was open to visitors.
		During the Second World War, the former USS S-49 (SS-160) was reacquired by the United States Navy "as equipment" for use in experimental work at the United States Naval Mine Warfare Test Station at Solomons, Maryland...now known as the United States Naval Air
	thesaltysailor.com /s-boats/s49.htm (1141 words)

	The S-Boats Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		USS S-40 in the foreground with an unidentified S boat.
		USS S-42 SS 153 photographed from the deck of a neighboring sub.
		USS S-48 about the time of her commissioning, October 14, 1922.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/s-boats4.html (1544 words)

	g-boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		USS G-4 (ex-Thrasher)SS 26 being launched from the Cramp Shipyards, Philadelphia, August 15, 1912.
		USS G-4 (ex-Thrasher)SS 26, Cramp Shipyards, Philadelphia, 1912.
		This is the conning tower fairwater of either the USS G-2 or the USS G-3.
	www.rddesigns.com /subs/g-boats.html (235 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		USS Boston (1776, 1776, 1799, 1825, 1884, CA-69, SSN-703)
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, 1874, CV-6, CVN-65)
		USS Saratoga (1777, 1814, 1842, CC-3, CV-3, CVA-60)
	www.askmytutor.co.uk /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (433 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		S-49 remained at Bridgeport through July, and, in August, moved down to the Submarine Base at New London where she joined Submarine Division Zero, composed of units engaged in submarine research and development.
		Later reassigned to Division 4 and then to Division 2, she continued experimental work, including aerial visibility tests and torpedo development, and also participated in regularly scheduled exercises, primarily in the New London area, into 1926.
		The hulk was subsequently sunk in a deep trench in the Patuxnet River in 150 feet water.
	www.subvets.org /Requiem/160.htm (470 words)

	USS Magpie AMS 25 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Comments: My Uncle William (Billy) Eliff, from Bridgeport Pennsylvania was on the USS BUCK DD420 when it was hit and sunk on Octber 9, 1943.
		I first went to Korea in USS Buck (DD-761) then transferred to Toucan in March 52 and we were among the last to leave.
		After the Armistise we were assigned along with 3 other minesweepers and a DE to patrol around Koji Do to prevent the Chinese or Russians from coming over and forceably taking the thousands of North Korean and Chinese POW's home against their will.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_magpie.htm (2209 words)

	Bridgeport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Bridgeport Bridgeport is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Bridgeport, Alabama Bridgeport, California Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport, Illinois Bridgeport, Michigan Bridgeport, Ohio Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Bridgeport, Washington Bridgeport, West Virginia See also: Bridgeport beer This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other
		Bridgeport man barricades himself in apartment after firing gun
		BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The City Council has approved a motor vehicle tax enforcement program that uses a high technology camera to scan license plates to spot tax delinquents.
	bonose.com /Bridgeport-0.html (579 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The ship launched as CV 22 on 22 Aug. 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. This was the first of nine light carriers of her class constructed on Cleveland class cruiser hulls.
		The ship was originally laid down as Tallahassee (CL 61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. She was reclassified as CV 23 on Feb. 16, 1942, and renamed Princeton on Mar. 31, 1942.
		Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., she was originally laid down as Buffalo (CL 99) but was reclassified as CV 29 and renamed Bataan Jun. 2, 1942.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-hist2b.html (835 words)

	The Glacier Society - Uniting Polar Interest Around The Globe
		BRIDGEPORT - Bernard Koether was a 22-year old Navy officer in 1961 when he stood on the deck of the U.S.S. Glacier, overlooking a jagged expanse of bluish-gray ice off Antarctica.
		With enough volunteers and money to complete the work, he said work on the mammoth vessel could be finished in three years.
		While the notion of bringing an icebreaker to Bridgeport may strike some as fanciful, Koether points out that a number of people didn't think he and his organization would get as far as it has.
	www.glaciersociety.org /press/070702press.htm (685 words)

	Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		There is, however, a great disparity in incomes through the state; although New Canaan has the highest per capita income in America, Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven are three of the ten cities with the lowest per capita incomes in America.
		The name Bridgeport on heavy industrial machinery continues to be a guarantee of high quality around the world, for people who have no idea that it is a city in Connecticut.
		Simon Lake produced submarines for the US Navy in Bridgeport, beginning in 1913, and the work done by John P. Holland led to submarine production by the Electric Boat Company in Groton beginning in 1924, which continues to this day.
	www.connecticutsite.com (2130 words)

	The USS S-48 - Gallant Lady of the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Keel of the USS S-48 was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut and S-48 was launched on 26 February 1921.
		On December 7th, during a dive off Penfield Reef, a manhole plate in one of the aft ballast tanks was left unsecured, and S-48 sank in 60 feet of water.
		On 22 January 1946, her hulk was sold to the North American Smelting Co., in Philadelphia, PA for scrapping.
	thesaltysailor.com /s-boats/s48.htm (889 words)

	Supply officer adopts missionary role
		ABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, EAST MEDITERANNEAN (BP)-It's March 22 and Keith Milo, an E-4 (enlisted service member) from Bridgeport, Conn., and Elvin Rolon, an E-3 from Orlando, stand nervously near their racks.
		LT Darren McFall advises E3 Elvin Rolon, Orlando, Fla., left, and Keith Milo, Bridgeport, Conn., on improvements to work on for the week for their berthings after an "OK" inspection.
		Each Sunday, he leads a choir for the Protestant Sunday service and sees it as a tool that is drawing young men and women to God.
	www.floridabaptistwitness.com /704.article (796 words)

	Tedford Harris Cann, Ensign, United States Navy
		In April 1918, Cann was commissioned as an Ensign in the Reserve Force, continuing to serve in USS May into July.
		He spent the rest of World War I as an officer in USS Noma (SP-131) and apparently left the service shortly after the conflict's end.
		Cann found a leak in a flooded compartment and closed it at the peril of his life, thereby unquestionably saving the ship.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /thcann.htm (195 words)

	USCGC Half Moon Rescue
		A brief shakedown cruise was taken to Bridgeport, Connecticut in early November and then Half Moon departed for a 21 day Search and Rescue Standby Assignment in Bermuda.
		During the night, many of those aboard were awakened by the return of the severe pitching motions that the 311 foot ship had made when heading into rough seas.
		She had received orders to head back into the teeth of the storm to evacuate a seriously ill member of the crew of the USS Investigator, a Navy Radar Picket ship on duty near the center of the storm.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/8917/hmrescue.html (786 words)

	Lake Torpedo Boat Company - Bridgeport, Connecticut 1916
		Completion of USS S-2 and USS R-21 through USS R-27 by the end of the First World War (November of 1918) would free seven 500-ton slips and one 800-ton slip for new construction.
		On behalf of his Bridgeport constituents, Senator Frank Brandegee, Republican from Connecticut appealed to the Secretary of the Navy.
		He questioned the wisdom and necessity of allowing the highly specialized workers at Lake's Bridgeport facility to lose their jobs as a result of BUC&R's preference for awarding the few available post-war submarine contracts to the Electric Boat Company and the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine.
	www.scripophily.net /latobocobrco.html (2406 words)

	Supporting The Warfighter - Include (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) in Newport News - Approximately half of the missile magazines (seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth decks) MAPA-C drawings are completed.
		Mar 04: USS JOHN C. experienced a mishap on Cat 1 water brake installation resulting in extensive damage to the water brakes, piston assembly and vented cylinders.
		This was an example of an efficient joint endeavor in which all three prongs of the EAF community coalesced to resolve a technical issue.
	www.lakehurst.navy.mil /nlweb/supporting-the-warfighter-include.htm (6589 words)

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