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USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), nicknamed "Devil Dog", was an amphibious assault ship and the second ship named after the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1973 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding. She was launched on 11 April 1977, and commissioned on 23 September 1978.
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks. USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) was an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1972. She was then transferred to Turkey and served until 1993 as TCG Zafer (D356). The ship was scrapped in 1994.
USS Howard (DDG-83) USS. Howard. (DDG-83) USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, USMC. This ship is the 33rd destroyer of her class. Howard was the 19th ship of her class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and ...
Ingraham ' s former homeport is at NS Everett, Washington, and was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9. Service history Operation Fiery Vigil. Mount Pinatubo, a volcano located on Luzon in the Philippines, erupted on 12 June 1991. The mountain's fury blackened the skies across Angeles City and much of Luzon for nearly 36 hours.
Crommelin (FFG-37) is the first ship of that name in the United States Navy . The Crommelin brothers. Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1979 as part of the Fiscal year 1979 program, Crommelin was laid down on 30 May 1980, launched on 2 July 1981, and commissioned on 18 June 1983.
380,000 sq ft (35,000 m 2) w/49,990 sq. ft. deck cargo. Complement. 26 to 45 civilian crew; up to 50 active duty. Armament. Unarmed. USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304) is the fifth Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship built by the Avondale Shipyards of New Orleans, Louisiana for the United States Navy. Pililaau is named after Private first class Herbert K ...
USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.The ship was named for Boatswain's mate Petty officer first class James Eliott Williams (1930–1999), a River Patrol Boat commander and Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War who is considered to be the most decorated enlisted man in Navy history.
USS. Texas. (CGN-39) USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) was the United States Navy 's second Virginia -class nuclear guided missile cruiser. She was the third ship of the Navy to be named in honor of the State of Texas. Her keel was laid down on 18 August 1973, at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company .