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2. USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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   The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940. They were initially intended to intercept fast capital ships such as the Japanese Kongō class and serve as the "fast wing" of the U.S. battle line. [3] [4] The Iowa class was designed to meet the Second London Naval Treaty 's "escalator ...

4. United States Pacific Fleet - Wikipedia

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   The United States Pacific Fleet ( USPACFLT) is a theater-level component command of the United States Navy, located in the Pacific Ocean. It provides naval forces to the Indo-Pacific Command. Fleet headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, with large secondary facilities at Naval Air Station North Island, California .

5. United States Department of the Navy - Wikipedia

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   The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN); since 1834, it has exercised jurisdiction over the U ...

6. Navy Marine Corps Intranet - Wikipedia

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   Navy Marine Corps Intranet. The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet ( NMCI) is a United States Department of the Navy program which was designed to provide the vast majority of information technology services for the entire Department, including the United States Navy and Marine Corps .

7. United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   The United States Navy ( USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the world's most powerful navy and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021 [9] and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined. [10]

8. USS Iowa (BB-4) - Wikipedia

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   USS Iowa (BB-4) USS. Iowa. (BB-4) USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1890s. The ship was a marked improvement over the previous Indiana -class battleships, correcting many of the defects in the design of those vessels. Among the most important improvements were significantly better ...

9. Commander, Naval Air Forces - Wikipedia

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   The Commander, Naval Air Forces ( a.k.a. COMNAVAIRFOR, and CNAF; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific, and COMNAVAIRPAC) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for all United States Navy naval aviation units. Type Commanders are in Administrative Control (ADCON), and in some cases Operational Control (OPCON) of certain types ...