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On November 11, 1995, the ship was officially struck from the United States navy list. The frigate continued service until 2015, when on May 1, Chi Yang and her sister, Hai Ying, were decommissioned at Kaohsiung. The two ships will be cannibalized for parts to keep the remaining six Knox-class vessels of the Taiwanese Navy in service. [5]
Chase is designed as a high endurance cutter.Her crossing range of 9,600 nautical miles (17,800 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h), and 80-foot (24 m) flight deck, capable of handling both Coast Guard and Navy helicopters, making Chase a platform for extended patrol missions.
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) is the fourth Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Curtis Wilbur was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, forty-third Secretary of the Navy, who served under President Calvin Coolidge.
USS Blue (DD-744), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second United States Navy ship of that name, for Lieutenant Commander John S. Blue (1902–1942). Namesake [ edit ]
USS Antietam (CG-54) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was named for the site of the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and Union forces under Major General George McClellan, during the American Civil War.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 stipulated that the Irish Free State, which in the event came into being in December 1922, [16] was to be given the responsibility to police its customs and fishing, while Britain and its Royal Navy would remain in control of Irish waters.
The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence. [9] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence -class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a ...
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a United States Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship, and the lead ship of her class.She is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name since 1775, with the last two ships named Wasp being aircraft carriers.