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2. USS Long Island (CVE-1) - Wikipedia

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   1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun [1] 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns. Aircraft carried. 30. USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York .

3. USS Wilkinson - Wikipedia

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   USS Wilkinson (DL-5) was a Mitscher class destroyer in the United States Navy.She was named for Vice Admiral Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson USN (1888–1946).. Wilkinson was laid down by the Shipbuilding Division of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Quincy in Massachusetts on 1 February 1950; originally designated DD-930, she was reclassified as a destroyer leader and designated DL-5 on 9 ...

4. USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) - Wikipedia

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   USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) in September 1962. USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy, the only ship of her class. Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, she was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. With her original hull classification symbol of DLGN (nuclear-powered ...

5. Fleet submarine - Wikipedia

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   Fleet submarine. A fleet submarine is a submarine with the speed, range, and endurance to operate as part of a navy's battle fleet. Examples of fleet submarines are the British First World War era K class and the American World War II era Gato class . The term has survived in Britain to refer to modern nuclear-powered attack submarines.

6. Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea - Wikipedia

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   Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War At Sea is a standalone miniature wargame, originally produced by Avalon Hill, later by Wizards of the Coast. Axis and Allies Naval Miniatures gameplay is associated with Axis & Allies Miniatures, a World War 2 land battles game also made by Avalon Hill, but the two games are very different.

7. USS Miguel Keith - Wikipedia

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   9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) [5] Complement. 19 officers, 231 enlisted [6] Aviation facilities. Four-spot flight deck and hangar [5] USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) (formerly USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)) is a Lewis B. Puller -class expeditionary mobile base, one of three such ships in service with the United States Navy (USN) as of late ...

8. Bow wave - Wikipedia

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   A bow wave is the wave that forms at the bow of a ship when it moves through the water. [1] As the bow wave spreads out, it defines the outer limits of a ship's wake. A large bow wave slows the ship down, is a risk to smaller boats, and in a harbor can damage shore facilities and moored ships. Therefore, ship hulls are generally designed to ...

9. USS Rehoboth (AVP-50) - Wikipedia

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   Rehoboth. (AVP-50) USS Rehoboth (AVP-50) off Houghton, Washington, on 8 March 1944, two weeks after commissioning. The second USS Rehoboth (AVP-50/AGS-50) was in commission in the United States Navy as a seaplane tender from 1944 to 1947 and as an oceanographic survey ship from 1948 to 1970.