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  America at War
The PT-boat tender USS Niagara (AGP-1) is sunk by a horizontal bomber in the Solomons.
The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo.
The Japanese frigate Mutsure is sunk by the submarine USS Snapper (SS-185) in the Carolines.
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  USS Nautilus (SS-168) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
USS Nautilus (SF-9/SS-168), a Narwhal-class submarine and one of the " (Click link for more info and facts about V-boats) V-boats," was the fifth ship of the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy to bear that popular ship's name.
Nautilus departed (A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands) Hawaiian waters for her second war patrol, a special troop transport mission of three weeks duration, 8 August.
Nautilus returned to (A harbor on Oahu west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941) Pearl Harbor on 4 December to prepare for her eighth war patrol.
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 Nautilus
Within two hours repairs were sufficient to allow Nautilus to continue with her primary mission: landing a 78 man scouting party, composed of 5th Amphibious Reconnaissance Co. marines and an Australian scout, on Abemama.
Nautilus returned to Pearl Harbor 4 December to prepare for her eighth war patrol.
On 26 April Nautilus sailed for Brisbane, whence she departed 29 May to begin a series of special missions in support of guerilla and reconnaissance activities in the Philippines.
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 WORLD WAR II 1943   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The PT-boat tender USS Niagara (AGP-1) is sunk by a horizontal bomber in the Solomons.
The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo.
The Japanese frigate Mutsure is sunk by the submarine USS Snapper (SS-185) in the Carolines.
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 USS Nautilus - Wikipedia
USS Nautilus war ein Schoner und wurde beim Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen-Krieg eingesetzt.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) war eines der größten U-Boote die jemals für die US-Navy gebaut worden ist und im 2.
USS Nautilus (SSN-571) war das erste U-Boot der Welt mit Nuklearantrieb und das erste U-Boot, das unter dem Nordpol durchfuhr.
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 Ships named Nautilus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The nautilus is a tropical mollusk, having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
Nautilus was used, in 1838 to name a 76-foot schooner built specifically for hydrographic survey of the U.S. coast.
The USS O-12 (SS-73) was an O-11-class submarine of the United States Navy, commissioned 18 October 1918, with Lieutenant Commander J.E. Austin in command.
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 Science Fair Projects - USS Nautilus (SS-168)
USS Nautilus (SF-9/SS-168), a Narwhal-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to bear that popular ship's name.
She was renamed Nautilus on 19 February 1931, and redesignated with hull classification symbol SS-168 on 1 July 1931.
During her 13th patrol, on 31 October 1944, Nautilus finished off USS Darter, which had run aground on a reef and could not be recovered.
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 USS Nautilus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The first USS Nautilus, 12, was a schooner that served against the Tripolitan pirates and into the War of 1812.
The fourth USS Nautilus (SP-559) was a Motor Patrol Boat commissioned in 1917 and assigned to patrol and escort duty during World War I (contemporaneously with the third Nautilus).
The fifth USS Nautilus (SS-168) was one of the largest submarines ever built for the United States Navy, and served during World War II.
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 Ships named Nautilus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
USS Nautilus (SS-168) was built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1930 and was one of the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy.
After fourteen war patrols, in which she sank seven ships and participated in the battles of Midway, Makin, Guadalcanal, Attu, the Gilbert Islands and Leyte, she was retired from combat service and decommissioned on 30 June 1945.
On 17 January 1955, USS Nautilus put to sea for the first time and signaled her historic message "Underway on nuclear power." She steamed submerged 1,300 miles from New London to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in just 84 hours.
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 Nautilus (SS168) history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Nautilus (SS-168) and her sister Narwhal (SS-167) were the largest submarines made in the United States.
Nautilus departed Hawaiian waters for her second war patrol, a special troop transport mission of three weeks duration, 8 August 1942.
On 26 April Nautilus sailed for Brisbane, whence she departed 29 May to begin a series of speciall missions in support of guerilla and reconnissance activities in the Philippines.
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 USS MADDOX ASSOCIATION
To the men of the USS Maddox who gave their lives in defense of the United States of America.
Norman reentered the Navy at the outbreak of the Korean conflict and served proudly on the USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) as a commissioned officer with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
USS Maddox, Naval Art - Note: As so many of you have pointed out, this is not USS Maddox, but a Fram destroyer.
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 SUBMARINE PATROL REPORTS LINKS
USS NAUTILUS (SS-168) - Report of War Patrol #1 (The Battle of Midway and off the coast of Japan).
USS NAUTILUS (SS-168) - Report of War Patrol #8 (On Patrol west of the Marianas).
USS GUNNEL (SS-253) - Seventh War Patrol, 21OCT44 - 28DEC44.
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 Iron Shipwrights 1/350 USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus, a 2730-ton Narwhal class cruiser submarine, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.
Commissioned in July 1930 as USS V-6 (SC-2), she was renamed Nautilus in February 1931 and redesignated SS-168 in July 1931.
Nautilus then began an active career as a transport submarine, a role for which her large size made her especially useful.
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 DANFS: USS Nautilus (SS-168)
Sailing with USS Argonaut (SS-166) and carrying marines of the 2nd Raider Battalion, she arrived off Makin, 16 August, to stage an attack to divert Japanese attention from the Solomons.
On her third war patrol, 15 September-5 November, Nautilus returned to Japanese waters to join the submarine blockade chain stretched from the Kuriles to the Nansei Shoto.
On 26 April Nautilus sailed for Brisbane, whence she departed 29 May to begin a series of special missions in support of guerrilla and reconnaissance activities in the Philippines.
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 v-boats
USS Barracuda SS 163 (ex-V-1) photographed circa 1943.
USS O-2 and USS V-4 (Argonaut) in dry dock, March 29, 1928.
USS V-4 (Argonaut) leaving dry dock, March 29, 1928.
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 Nautilus
The nautilus is similar in general form to other cephalopods, with a prominent head and tentacles, the nautilus have up to ninety tentacles, although without suckers.
The shell is calcareous and internally divided in chambers, phragmocone, that are divided by septa and are all pierced by a tube, the siphuncle.
The last fully open chamber is the living chamber,as the nautilus matures its body moves forward, sealing the shell behind it, adults can have thirty or more chambers to their shell.
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 USS Nautilus (SS-168) - Famous Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Two of the cruisers attempted to close for a kill and nine depth charges were dropped at a distance of about 1000 yards (1000 m).
At midnight, 20 November-21 November, Nautilus lay to 3000 yards (3000 m) off Kenna to discharge her passengers.
During her 13th patrol, on 31 October 1944, Nautilus finished off Darter (SS-227), which had run aground on a reef and could not be recovered.
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 Schiffsboot (Nautilus pompilius)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In seiner Ruhephase hält sich der Nautilus in etwa 400 - 500 Meter Tiefe auf.
In der Nacht steigt der Nautilus in höhere Wasserschichten auf und jagt nach Krustentieren, immer auf die Gefahr hin, selbst zur Beute eines Drückerfischs oder eines anderen Riffbewohners zu werden.
Nautilus - ein lebendes Fossil tropischer Meere: Seite von Prof.
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 US Submarines Speed Versus Sea State with Technical Data
The USS Argonaut, the lone member and the namesake of its class was the direct descendent of the Barracuda Class, devloped principally to serve in the Pacific as a long range mine layer.
The Narwhal and Nautilus were submarine cruisers, large enough to accommodate two 6 inch guns and capable of higher surface speeds that the older S-Class.
* The USS Squalus was salvaged and recommissioned the USS Sailfish.
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 ss 1
Until the German spelling reform in 1998, an additional rule prescribed that "ss" would never be used at the end of a syllable and be replaced by "ß", even if it followed a short vowel.
In other words, "ss" was only used when hyphenation would occur between the two s's.
This new usage of "ß" is now standard in Germany and Austria, but Switzerland had abolished the use of "ß" in the 1930s already and uses "ss" in all cases.
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 USN Ships--NAUTILUS (SS-168)
USS Nautilus, a 2730-ton Narwhal class cruiser submarine, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.
Commissioned in July 1930 as USS V-6 (SC-2), she was renamed Nautilus in February 1931 and redesignated SS-168 in July 1931.
Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope.
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 USS Nautilus - bedeutung definition erklärung glossar zu USS Nautilus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
USS Nautilus war ein Schoner und wurde beim Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen-Krieg eingesetzt.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) war eines der größten U-Boote die jemals für die US-Navy gebaut worden ist und im 2.
USS Nautilus (SSN-571) war das erste U-Boot der Welt mit Nuklearantrieb und das erste U-Boot, das unter dem Nordpol durchfuhr.
uss_nautilus.lexikona.de /art/USS_Nautilus.html   (121 words)

  
 Iron Shipwright
USS West Virginia BB 48 7 Dec 41
USS Nashville CL 43 Brooklyn class light cruiser (1944)
USS Garcia FF-1040 Short Bridge Garcia class frigate
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 Nautilus de USS (Ss-168)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
El 24 de mayo, el nautilus consiguió en curso para su primera patrulla de la guerra, isla situado a mitad del camino de la destinación; misión, ayudar a rechazar el ataque previsto por la flota japonesa.
El nautilus salió las aguas hawaianas para su segunda patrulla de la guerra, una misión especial del transporte de la tropa de la duración de tres semanas, el 8 de agosto.
El nautilus volvió al puerto de perla el 4 de diciembre para prepararse para su octava patrulla de la guerra.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/na/Nautilus%20de%20USS%20%28Ss168%29.htm   (2283 words)

  
 What escort carrier was with the USS Yorktown at the battle of Midway?
Elliot Buckmaster, USN USS Yorktown (CV-5) -Capt. Elliot Buckmaster, USN Damaged by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942, and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168, 7 June 1942 USS Yorktown Air Group - Lt. Comdr.
USS Hughes (DD-410) USS Morris (DD-417) USS Anderson (DD-411) USS Russell (DD-414) USS Gwin (DD-433) Task Force 16 (TF 16) Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN Task Group 16.5 (TG 16.5) Carrier Group Capt.
Uss Long Island CV-E1 was with battle group1 under Adm Pye We were the back-up,5 old BBs 1 CA and 5 DDs We were too slow to join the CVs only 17 knots.
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 CV-8 Hornet
The cruiser USS Nashville sank the craft which already had informed the Japanese of the presence and location of the American task force.
Hornet steamed from Pearl 30 April, to aid USS Yorktown (CV 5) and USS Lexington (CV 2) at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Bomb damage to Enterprise (24 August), torpedo damage to USS Saratoga (CV 3) (31 August), and loss of USS Wasp (CV 7) (15 September) reduced carriers in the South Pacific to one, Hornet.
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 Battle of Midway: June 4 - 6, 1942
Unable to spare fighters to escort the dive bombers, and not sensing the critical situation he faced, Nagumo chose to wait.
Nautilus SS-168, commanded by LCDR William Brockman, raised its periscope in the middle of the Japanese force, discovering ships moving "across the field at high speed and circling away to avoid the submarine's position." Spotted earlier,
Nautilus, one of eleven US subs stalking the waters north and west of Midway, had already endured strafing and depth-charging; now she invited further attacks (though not before getting off a torpedo at a large enemy ship: a miss).
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 U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: Battle of Midway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A strong Japanese thrust in the central Pacific to occupy Midway Island was led by a four-carrier Mobile Force, supported by heavy units of the Japanese First Fleet, and covered by a diversionary carrier raid on Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
The Japanese attack on Midway was met by a greatly outnumbered U.S. carrier force composed of task Force 17 (Rear Adm. Fletcher) with USS Yorktown (CV 5) and Task Force 16 (Rear Adm. Raymond A. Spruance) with USS Hornet (CV 8) and USS Enterprise (CV 6).
On June 6, 1942, USS Yorktown (CV 5) was attacked by Japanese "Vals" and "Zeros".
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/midway.html   (664 words)

  
 SS 168
The fuel load alone was 732 tons, and the main gun armament consisted of two 6"/53-caliber weapons in single mounts fore and aft of the conning tower.
Nautilus and Narwhal are easily identifiable by the raised midship gundeck surrounding the conning tower.
Click here for the Warship archival USS Nautilus archival photos.
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 Nautilus de USS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
El segundo nautilus de USS era un schooner comisionado en 1847 que desempeñó un papel en la guerra Mexicano-Americana.
El cuarto nautilus de USS a (Sp-559) era un barco de patrulla del motor puesto en servicio en 1917 y asignado la patrulla y deber del acompañamiento durante Primera Guerra Mundial (contemporaneously con el tercer nautilus).
El quinto nautilus de USS (Ss-168) era uno de los submarinos más grandes construidos siempre para la marina de Estados Unidos, y servidos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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 USS Nautilus, First Automic Submarine Art Print - Geile Poster mit 100% Zufriedenheitsgarantie und 30 Tage ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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 Die Welt der Technik Jules Vernes: Andere NAUTILUS U-Boote
Die Nautilus von 1913 wurde für die Pazifikflotte der USA für Operationen entlang der Westküste gebaut.
Die(se) Nautilus wurde auf den Wunsch der britischen Admiralität nach einem 1.000-t-U-Boot mit einer Oberflächengeschwindigkeit von 20 Knoten gebaut.
März 1980; Heute ist die USS Nautilus Museumsschiff.
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