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USS. John W. Thomason. USS John W. Thomason (DD-760), an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John William Thomason, Jr., a USMC officer who was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery during World War I .
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km 2) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and the Bremerton Naval Complex.
Namesake. John Austin Collett was born on 31 March 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942, while commanding Torpedo Squadron 10 on the USS Enterprise .
Strategic Homeport. Strategic Homeport was a plan developed in the 1980s by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman for building new U.S. Navy bases within the continental United States. It was proposed as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of the Reagan Administration. It called for the construction of new ports for existing and newly commissioned ships.
Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher. Mission modules. Aircraft carried. 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks. USS Augusta (LCS-34) is an Independence -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [3] [6] She is the second ship to be named for Augusta, Maine. [6]
USS Springfield (SSN-761), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. The boat was named in honor of both the cities of Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Massachusetts . The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton ...
The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the 51st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
USS Sterett (DDG-104) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.She was the fourth ship named for Andrew Sterett. Etymology [ edit ] USS Sterett is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named after Andrew Sterett , a U.S. naval officer who fought in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars .