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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of ships of the United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		USS Birmingham[?] (CL 2, CL 62, SSN 695)
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, CV 6, CVN 65)
		USS Yorktown (CV 5, CV 10, CG 48)
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/li/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy?title=USS_Puffer (778 words)

	USS Omaha (CL-4) at AllExperts
		USS Omaha (CL-4) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser of the United States Navy.
		Omaha was present at the surrender of Giens on 23 August, and on August 25 she delivered a sustained bombardment on targets in the Toulon area.
		Omaha was struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945, and scrapped in February 1946 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_omaha_(cl-4).htm (594 words)

	Naval History/USS Omaha CL-4
		Omaha (CL~4) was laid down 6 December 1918 by the Todd SB ~ DD Co., Tacoma, Wash., launched 14 December 1920; sponsored by Miss Louise Bushnell White, and commissioned 24 February 1923, Capt. David C. Hanrahan in command.
		As Omaha's crew dispatched a boarding party, the freighter's crew took to life boats and hoisted a signal which indicated that the ship was sinking.
		Omaha was present at the surrender of Giens on 23 August, and on the 25th she delivered a sustained bombardment on targets in the Toulon area.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/Omaha.html (466 words)

	USN Ships--USS Omaha (CL-4)
		USS Omaha, first of a ten-ship class of 7050-ton light cruisers, was built at Tacoma, Washington.
		Decommissioned in November 1945, USS Omaha was scrapped at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1946.
		Odenwald was captured by Omaha and USS Somers (DD-381) on 6 November 1941.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/cl4.htm (822 words)

	The US Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Nov. 6, 1941 - USS Somers (DD 381) and the cruiser USS Omaha (CL 4) captured the Odewald, a German blockade runner, in the central Atlantic.
		The U.S. ships sank 4 of 12 transports and a patrol boat during the nighttime attack, known as the Battle of Makassar Strait.
		24, 1943 - USS Leary (DD 158) was sunk during an escort mission in the North Atlantic and became the third (and last) American destroyer to be sunk by a German U-boat.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=142 (671 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Omaha
		Omaha Flats, a locality in the Rodney District of New Zealand
		The first USS Omaha (1869), an Algoma class sloop, served in the last decades of the 19th century
		The second USS Omaha (CL-4), the lead ship of the Omaha-class of light cruiser, served during World War II The third USS Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, served during the last years of the Cold War
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Omaha (215 words)

	Learn more about List of ships of the United States Navy in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		USS Delaware (1776, 1798, 1820, 1861, 1869, BB 28)
		USS Denver (C 14, CL 58, LPD 9)
		USS Wainwright (DD 62) (DD 419) (DLG 28/CG28)
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (903 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Cruisers
		6, 1941 — USS Somers (DD 381) and the cruiser USS Omaha (CL 4) captured the Odewald, a German blockade runner, in the central Atlantic.
		USS San Francisco was severely damaged and several other vessels, Japanese and American, more or less so.
		Oct 4, 1943 — An American task force consisting of the carrier USS Ranger (CV 4), heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA 37), and a destroyer division under the command of Rear Adm. Hustvedt participated in a raid by the British Home Fleet on German shipping at Bodo, Norway.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/cruisers/history/cghist4.html (1191 words)

	USS SUMNER (DD-333)
		The original SUMNER (DD-333) was of the Clemson Class displacing 1,215 tons, 314' 4" in length, with a beam of 30' 11" and a design speed of 35 knots.
		With a crew of 122 she was armed with 4 4" guns, 1 3" and 12 21" torpedo tubes.
		The USS Sumner (DD-333) was laid down at San Francisco, Calif., on 27 August 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 27 November 1920 sponsored by Miss Margaret Sumner and commissioned on 27 May 1921, Lt. Comdr.
	www.dd-692.com /dd333.htm (454 words)

	USS Jouett (DD-396), Somers-class destroyer
		On New Year's Day 1944 she joined Omaha (CL-4) for ocean patrol; and the ships intercepted German blockade runner SS Rio Grande, with a vital cargo of crude rubber.
		Before aerial attacks could begin Omaha and Jouett picked her up on radar and closed in.
		She repelled an air attack that day, and until 21 June screened British heavies during shore bombardment and provided antisubmarine screen for the Omaha Beach transport area.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/ussjouett.html (990 words)

	America at War
		April 10 - USS Nifl (DD-424) depth charges a German submarine off of Iceland in what is believed to be the first act of war between Germany and the U.S. Roosevelt declares the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to no longer be combat areas and open to U.S. shipping.
		USS President Harrison, enroute to evacuate Marines from Chingwangtao, China, runs aground at Sha Wai Shan, China and is captured by the Japanese.
		USS Canopus (AS-9), a submarine tender, is sunk by a Japanese horizontal bomber in the Philippines.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1941.html (2984 words)

	USA 6"/53 (15.2 cm) Marks 12, 14, 15 and 18
		An improved weapon used on the Omaha (CL-4) class Light Cruisers and in a wet mount on the "Submarine Cruisers" of the Argonaut (SS-166) and Narwhal (SS-167) classes.
		During initial gunnery trials for USS Trenton (CL-11) on 20 October 1924, two charges of powder in the forward twin mounting were ignited.
		Twenty men were in the twin mount of whom four died almost immediately and ten died later from burns and inhalation of flames and gases.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_6-53_mk12.htm (405 words)

	USS Jouett Ships
		* The first USS Jouett (DD-41) was a Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1912, served in World War I. She served in the United States Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930.
		* The second USS Jouett (DD-396) was a Somers-class destroyer launched in 1938, served in World War II and decommissioned in 1945.
		Completing this duty 4 June 1918, the ship operated until the armistice with a special antisubmarine group along the East Coast of the United States.
	www.ussjouett.com /other.htm (1159 words)

	First POW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		November 1941, I was serving aboard USS Omaha CL-4, a light cruiser.
		On 6 November 1941, USS Omaha CL-4 took the German blockade-runner Odenwald as a prize off the coast of Brazil.
		Odenwald's crew attempted to scuttle her, but the damage from the scuttling attempt was controlled by men from Omaha, and with a prize crew in control, she was escorted to San Juan.
	usswhitehurst.org /first.htm (610 words)

	USS Duncan
		Receiving his commission as Ensign in June of 1938, Commander Conrad was assigned to the USS OMAHA, (CL 4), where he performed the general duties assigned to junior officers, as the OMAHA cruised the waters of the Mediterranean for a period of two years.
		When the USS HAKE (SS 256) was commissioned in the fall of 1942, Cdr Conrad found himself aboard as Engineering Officer, and during the HAKES wartime patrols in the European and Southwest Pacific Areas, he again filled the berth of Executive Officer.
		April, 1948 found LCDR Douglas aboard the USS Iowa serving in the Gunnery Department until she was de-commissioned in December, 1948.
	www.ussduncan.org /wespac55_page22.htm (1425 words)

	USS Indianapolis: oral history of CAPT Charles McVay
		The [heavy cruiser USS] Indianapolis [CA-35] had come to the Navy Yard, Mare Island [in San Francisco Bay] in early May 1945, to get heavy underwater damage repaired from a Kamikaze [Japanese suicide aircraft] hit that she took in [the Battle of] Okinawa on 30 March [1945].
		The old record, which is given in the World Almanac of 1944, was established by the [USS] Omaha [CL-4] in 1932 when she made a trip which took 75.4 hours.
		When one of them, the [high-speed transport] USS Ringness, the APD-100, picked me up and the group on my raft, the other one the [USS] Register, APD-92, went on north and we discovered there was another raft north of us which we had suspected, and picked up that small group.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq30-7.htm (9282 words)

	USS Somers (DD-381), Somers-class destroyer
		The fifth USS Somers, DD 381, was the lead ship of the second class of 1850-ton destroyers leader—the Somers class.
		On 4 September 1804, Somers assumed command of bomb ketch Intrepid, fitted out as a “floating volcano,” to be sailed into Tripoli Harbor and blown up in the midst of the corsair fleet moored close under the city walls.
		Then, attached to Destroyer Squadron 9 with sisters Davis, McDougal, Winslow, Moffett and Jouett and often operating in company with Cruiser Division 2’s Memphis (CL 13), Milwaukee (CL 5), Cincinnati (CL 6) and Omaha (CL 4), she served in the Neutrality Patrol in the Caribbean Sea and the South Atlantic for two years.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/usssomers.html (414 words)

	USS McMorris Newsletter - Spring/Summer2004
		Baseball is already two month's into their season, and by the time the World Series is underway, we will be having our 4th reunion of the USS McMorris.
		USS Omaha CL-4 (Class leader and commissioned 1923), relieved USS Raleigh CL-7 (Damaged severely at Pearl Harbor Dec 7th, 1941), as "Flagship" of the Mediterranean fleet.
		USS Benham DD397 Commissioned, 2 February 1939 at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY.
	www.ussmcmorris.org /nl_may04.html (1624 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine: Lest We Forget, USS Somers, by Eric Wertheim
		Launched on 13 March 1937 and commissioned on 1 December of the same year, she became part of the Neutrality Patrol, where she vigilantly patrolled the waters of the western Atlantic.
		On this occasion, the Somers was unable to prevent the enemy vessel from scuttling herself and the cruiser USS Milwaukee (CL-5) took all survivors on board.
		In January 1943, the Somers served with the cruiser USS Memphis (CL-13), acting as screen and escort for the larger warship while the Memphis served as flagship for President Franklin Roosevelt during his Casablanca conference.
	www.usni.org /Proceedings/Articles01/PROlwfapril.htm (428 words)

	Naval History/USS Raleigh CL-7
		The third Raleigh (CL-7) was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., 16 August 1920; launched 25 October 1922, sponsored by Miss Jennie Proetor, and commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard 6 February 1924, Capt. William C. Watts in command.
		Departing 17 August she steamed for Hampton Roads, Va., where, on 15 September, she relieved Detroit (CL-8) as flagship of Vice Adm. John H. Dayton, Commander, Naval Forces, Europe.
		Omaha (CL-4) relieved Raleigh at Villefranehe 28 April 1938, and 2 days later Raleigh headed for Ilampton Roads for overhaul in the Norfolk Navy Yard, arriving 13 May.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/Raliegh2.html (1319 words)

	Mountain Laurel Review - Northwestern Pennsylvania's True Free Press
		On 21 May 1931, Wyoming was relieved of her duties as flagship for the Scouting Force by USS Augusta (CA-31) and by USS Arkansas (BB-33) as flagship of the Training Squadron.
		Putting to sea on 4 June from Hampton Roads, Wyoming reached Kiel, Germany, on 21 June 1937, where she was visited by officers from the ill-fated German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee.
		The battleship, along with USS McCauley (DD-276) and USS Eagle 34 (PE- 34) landed a patrol of bluejackets for policing Santa Barbara, and established a temporary radio station ashore for the transmission of messages.
	www.mlrmag.com /FullText.asp?year=05&month=09&day=27 (14331 words)

	USS Plunkett DD 431
		We are seeking information on the USS Plunkett and her crews.
		Six days later she departed the east coast for Scapa Flow and arrived in the Orkneys 4 April to commence operations with the British Home Fleet.
		Employed on North Sea patrols and escort work over the first leg of the Murmansk run, she was relieved, by Mayrant, in mid-May and assigned to escort New York back to the United States.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/dd431 (1231 words)

	USS Omaha CL 4 - Engraved Ship's Plaque with Stand :: USS Omaha CL 4 :: Light Cruisers :: Cruisers :: Navy Emporium
		USS Omaha CL 4 - Engraved Ship's Plaque with Stand :: USS Omaha CL 4 :: Light Cruisers :: Cruisers :: Navy Emporium
		This is a fine, heavy, detailed engraving of the USS Omaha (CL4) Ship's Crest on aluminum plate.
		The crest measures approximately 4 inches long and a full 1/4 inch thick...
	navyemporium.com /USS-Omaha-CL-4-Engraved-Ships-Crest-p-200640.html (182 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Utah (BB 31)
		During that period of alterations and repairs, the ship's "cage" mainmast was replaced by a lighter pole mast; she was fitted to burn oil instead of coal as fuel; and her armament was modified to reflect the increased concern over antiaircraft defense.
		She conducted her first target duty, for cruisers of the Fleet, on 25 July 1932, and later, on 2 August, conducted rehearsal runs for USS Nevada (BB-36), Utah being controlled from USS Hovey (DD-208) and USS Talbot (DD-114).
		Over the weeks that followed, she trained her embarked gunnery students in control and loading drills for the 5-inch batteries, firing runs on radio-controlled drone targets as well as.50- caliber and 1.1-inch firing on drones and balloons.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/utah/bb31-utah.html (2852 words)

	THE SECOND LIFE OF THE USS UTAH
		Subsequently, during the 1936 an d 1937 gunnery year, Utah was fitted with a new quadruple 1.1-inch machine gun mount for experimental test and development by the machine gun school.
		See our section of eyewitness reports, and read our section titled "Death of the USS Utah" for the eyewitness accounts of the Officer leading the rescue party, see the "Eyewitness Reports" section for John Vaessen - the one man who was rescued.
		The Webmaster, a USS Utah Survivor, and USS Utah Association cannot substantiate all the information contained herein.
	www.ussutah.org /history2.htm (1434 words)

	Cruisers of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		USS Newark - C1 USS Birmingham CS - 2
		USS Charleston - C2 USS Pensacola CL 24
		USS San Francisco - C5 USS Fall River Ca 131
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/index.html (125 words)

	PRELUDE TO WAR:
		March 4, 1932, the national election in Germany was inconclusive, Field Marshall Von Hindenburg beat Hitler, but the Nazi's made big gains.
		Nov 1- 0800-The keel was laid in dry-dock #2, Charleston Navy Shipyard, Boston, for the USS WILKES and NICHOLSON.
		The USS CHARLES E. WILKES (DD 441) was the third ship to take the name of Rear Admiral Charles E. Wilkes, USN, to sea.
	www.geocities.com /wilkesdd441/441luck2.html (9948 words)

	Naval History/USS Concord CL-10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The fourth Concord (CI - 10) was launched 16 December 1921 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. sponsored by Miss H. Butterick, and commissioned 3 November 1923, Captain O. Murfin in command.
		As flagship of Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, she cruised the Caribbean and sailed through the Panama Canal to exercise in the Hawaiian Islands in 1924 and 1926.
		Serving as flagship of Commander, Cruiser Division 3, Battle Force, Concord cruised the Pacific from her base at San Diego after early 1932, exercising in the Canal Zone and the Caribbean in 1934.
	www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/Concord.html (510 words)

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