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USS Hector (AR-7) USS. Hector. (AR-7) 20 April 1989 Leased to Pakistan and renamed Moawin. Returned to US custody at Singapore in 1994 and scrapped in India. USS Hector (AR-7) was a repair ship that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1987 and as PNS Moawin in the Pakistan Navy from 1989 to 1994.
USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa.Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Abi Gamin. / 30.93306°N 79.60250°E / 30.93306; 79.60250. Abi Gamin (also known as Ibi Gamin) is a Himalayan mountain peak mostly situated in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand state in India, 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast of Kamet. Its summit is on the border with Tibet and its northern slope is in the Ngari Prefecture of Tibet .
The SS Columbia Eagle incident refers to a mutiny that occurred aboard the U.S. flagged merchant vessel Columbia Eagle in March 1970 when two crewmembers seized the vessel with the threat of a bomb and handgun, and forced the master to sail to Cambodia. The ship was under contract with the Military Sea Transportation Service to carry napalm ...
Medal of Honor. Distinguished Flying Cross (4) Bronze Star Medal. Air Medal (43) Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. Larry L. Taylor (12 February 1942 – 28 January 2024) was a United States Army officer and helicopter pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor on 5 September 2023 for his actions on 18 June 1968 during the Vietnam War .
Altogether, the ships' power plant was rated at 28,900 electrical horsepower (EHP) to provide a flank speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). With a maximum bunker capacity of 4570 tons, the Colorado s ' range without refueling at sea was 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi).
USS. California. (CGN-36) Helicopter deck aft able to accommodate SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS Mk 1, SH-3 Sea King, or CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. USS California (CGN-36), the lead ship of the California -class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the sixth warship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of California.
USS Patuxent (AO-44) was a Kennebec-class oiler in the United States Navy during World War II.She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Patuxent River in Maryland.. The type T2-A tanker was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 159) on 5 March 1942 as SS Emmkay by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (hull number 228) at Chester, Pennsylvania, for the Keystone Co.