Category: US Navy
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USS Prince William CVE-31 US Escort Carrier
USS Prince William CVE-31 US Escort Carrier USS Prince William (CVE-31) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy during the Second World War. Named after Prince William Sound in Alaska, she was built at Tacoma, Washington, and commissioned on 9 April 1943 under Captain Herbert E. Regan. She was mainly… Read more
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USS Alabama BB-8 Battleship
USS Alabama BB-8 Battleship The USS Alabama (BB-8) was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1900 as part of the Illinois class. Built during a period of rapid naval expansion, she represented America’s growing ambition to become a major sea power at the turn of the twentieth century. Armed with four… Read more
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USS Massachusetts BB-54
USS Massachusetts BB-54 USS Massachusetts BB-54 was a South Dakota class battleship laid down in 1920 for the U.S. Navy, but never completed. The South Dakotas were authorized in 1917, but work was postponed so that the U.S. Navy could incorporate information gained from the Battle of Jutland, fought in mid-1916, in their design. Work… Read more