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2. Flank speed - Wikipedia

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   Flank speed. Flank speed is an American nautical term referring to a ship 's true maximum speed but it is not equivalent to the term full speed ahead. Usually, flank speed is reserved for situations in which a ship finds itself in imminent danger, such as coming under attack by aircraft. Flank speed is very demanding of fuel and often ...

3. Navy Marine Corps Intranet - Wikipedia

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   The Department of the Navy has shown no desire to scale back or cancel the program. On 24 March 2006 the Navy exercised its three-year, $3 billion option to extend the contract through September 2010. In April 2006, users began to log on with Common Access Cards (CACs), a smartcard-based logon system called the Cryptographic Log On (CLO). In ...

4. USS James E. Kyes - Wikipedia

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   She remained along the eastern coast, supporting the southward movement of American forces. Sailing for home on 19 January 1951, she arrived San Diego on 8 February. James E. Kyes departed San Diego on 27 August and joined Boxer (CV-21) and Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) on 20 September in patrolling the Sea of Japan.

5. USS Upshur (DD-144) - Wikipedia

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   12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Upshur (DD–144) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the first ship named for Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur . Upshur was laid down on 19 February 1918 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons ' shipyards. The ship is launched on 4 July 1918 ...

6. 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 ...

7. USS Alvin C. Cockrell - Wikipedia

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   A similar search conducted off Peleliu during the waning days of July 1945 also yielded no trace of downed planes or pilots reported in her vicinity. The final month of the war, August 1945, began with Alvin C. Cockrell operating with the Palau Island Patrol and Escort Unit, keeping watch on the by-passed Palaus and the Japanese garrisons there.

8. USS N-3 - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Preble, serving as one of the convoy′s escorts, approached at flank speed as if to ram N-3, and N-3 made recognition signals and backed at full speed, avoiding a collision with Preble by only a few feet. N-3 hailed Preble, which stopped and sent a boat to N-3 to assess her damage.

9. USS Raton - Wikipedia

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   USS Raton (SS-270) during trials on Lake Michigan on 1 July 1943. USS Raton (SS/SSR/AGSS-270), a Gato -class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of the Americas .