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  2. USS Vermont (SSN-792) - Wikipedia

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    USS Vermont (SSN-792) USS. Vermont. (SSN-792) can remain submerged indefinitely dependent on food stores and maintenance requirements. USS Vermont (SSN-792) is a Virginia -class nuclear powered attack submarine in the United States Navy. She is the 19th boat of the class and the third vessel of the Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Vermont.

  3. Home port - Wikipedia

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    In a navy, a ship's home port is the port best suited to provide maintenance and restock weaponry particular to ships of that class and build. On conclusion of a tour of duty, a combat vessel returning to port will usually return to its home port. [citation needed] A single home port also makes it easier for family to visit sailors on leave .

  4. USS Mesa Verde - Wikipedia

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    699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is the third San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. She is the first U.S. Navy warship to be named after the Mesa Verde ...

  5. Naval Station Mayport - Wikipedia

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    Base history. Naval Station Mayport. The station was commissioned in December 1942. It was reclassified as a Naval Sea Frontier base in 1943. [3] A new naval auxiliary air station (NAAS) was established in April 1944. The naval section Base and the NAAS supported the Atlantic Fleet during World War II. Both were closed after the war.

  6. USS Halsey (DDG-97) - Wikipedia

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    Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo. Mark 50 lightweight torpedo. Mark 54 lightweight torpedo. Aircraft carried. 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the second ship to be named after admiral William Halsey Jr .

  7. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln. (CVN-72) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz -class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship to have been named after the former President Abraham Lincoln. Her home port is NAS North Island, San Diego, California; she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet.

  8. USS Arlington (LPD-24) - Wikipedia

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    USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington County, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is ...

  9. USS Porter (DDG-78) - Wikipedia

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    1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is the fifth US Navy ship to be named after US Navy officers Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter. This ship is the 28th destroyer of her class. Porter was the 12th ship of this class to be built at Ingalls ...