Category: US Navy
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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
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106 USS Block Island (CVE-106) emerged from the United States Navy’s wartime effort to expand intermediate aviation capacity for escort, anti submarine, and amphibious support operations. She was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier constructed on a merchant style hull utilising shipyard production efficiencies that enabled rapid output under… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) USS Ommaney Bay was a United States Navy escort carrier of the Casablanca class, built during the rapid wartime expansion of American naval aviation in the Second World War. She was laid down in 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company at Vancouver, Washington, and commissioned in January… Read more