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  2. Irish Naval Service - Wikipedia

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    Naval ensign. Naval jack. The Naval Service ( Irish: An tSeirbhís Chabhlaigh) is the maritime component of the Defence Forces of Ireland and is one of the three branches of the Irish Defence Forces. [8] Its base is in Haulbowline, County Cork. Though preceded by earlier maritime defence organisations, the Naval Service was formed in 1946. [9]

  3. USS Nimitz - Wikipedia

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    USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered", on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment ...

  4. Korean War - Wikipedia

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    Because neither Korea had a significant navy, the war featured few naval battles. A skirmish between North Korea and the UN Command occurred on 2 July 1950; the U.S. Navy cruiser USS Juneau, the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Jamaica and the Royal Navy frigate HMS Black Swan fought four North Korean torpedo boats and two mortar gunboats, and sank them.

  5. USS St. Louis (LCS-19) - Wikipedia

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    USS St. Louis (LCS-19) USS. St. Louis. (LCS-19) Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. USS St. Louis (LCS-19) is a Freedom -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the seventh ship in naval service named after St. Louis, Missouri.

  6. List of United States Navy installations - Wikipedia

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    Navy Information Operations Command Sugar Grove; Development. In January 2024, the US Navy requested a new permit for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California, as the Pacific Ocean, according to the command, is a priority theater of operations amid tensions with China. The current ...

  7. Naval Station Everett - Wikipedia

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    Captain Joshua Manzel. Naval Station Everett (NAVSTA Everett) is a military installation located in the city of Everett, Washington, 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle. The naval station, located on the city's waterfront on the northeastern end of Puget Sound, was designed as a homeport for a US Navy carrier strike group and opened in 1994.

  8. USS Farragut (DDG-99) - Wikipedia

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    USS. Farragut. (DDG-99) USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th ship of the Arleigh Burke class. Farragut 's keel was laid down on 9 January 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

  9. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Wikipedia

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    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with principal partners ...