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  2. HMS Kelly (F01) - Wikipedia

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    10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes Mk.IX. HMS Kelly ( pennant number F01) was a K-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, and flotilla leader of her class. She served through the early years of the Second World War; in Home Waters, off Norway and in the Mediterranean. Throughout her service, Kelly was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten ...

  3. History of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    e. The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that became notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy" the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s and made it the largest in the world by 1943.

  4. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    MV C Champion, a submarine and special warfare support vessel. Ready Reserve Force ships. SS Wright (T-AVB-3), an aviation logistics support ship, the lead ship of her class. SS Pollux (T-AKR-290), a Algol -class vehicle cargo ship. SS Cape Isabel (T-AKR-5062), a Cape I -class vehicle cargo ship.

  5. 1967 USS Forrestal fire - Wikipedia

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    On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and ...

  6. USS Simon Lake - Wikipedia

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    USS Simon Lake (AS-33) was the lead ship of her class of submarine tenders in the United States Navy, named for Simon Lake, a pioneering designer of early submarines.. The ship was laid down on 7 January 1963 by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched on 8 February 1964; sponsored by Mrs. Cecil Ford and Mrs. Herbert Diamond; and commissioned on 7 November 1964.

  7. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington - Wikipedia

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    A Liberty ship, the most common ship stored at the Wilmington Reserve Fleet. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington was part of the United States Navy reserve fleets in Wilmington, North Carolina at 34.229479°N 77.982916°W. The reserve fleet was at and overflowed out of the former North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in the dredge out Brunswick River.

  8. 3 Body Problem (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Evans' ship, Judgment Day, is scheduled to go through the Panama Canal. Wade enlists Auggie and a Royal Navy team — headed by Raj, Jin's boyfriend — to obtain the data onboard. Auggie's nanofibers are used in an ambush to horizontally slice through the ship, killing everyone aboard, including Evans.

  9. USS Northampton (CLC-1) - Wikipedia

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    USS. Northampton. (CLC-1) The third USS Northampton (CLC-1/CC-1) was a US Navy command light cruiser ( command ship ). She was laid down as an Oregon City -class heavy cruiser (CA–125), on 31 August 1944 by the Fore River Yard, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts. Work suspended between 11 August 1945 and 1 July 1948; she was ...