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  2. USS McKee (AS-41) - Wikipedia

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    5 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns. USS McKee (AS-41), named after Andrew McKee, was the third Emory S. Land -class submarine tender built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington for the United States Navy . The USS McKee was a mobile support and repair facility with the capability of providing simultaneous ...

  3. USS Jackson (LCS-6) - Wikipedia

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    BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun. 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher. Mission modules. Aircraft carried. 2 × MH-60R/S Seahawks. USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

  4. List of U.S. government and military acronyms - Wikipedia

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    DD-214 – Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. DEROS – Date Estimated Return From Overseas. DEVGRU – United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. DFAC – Dining Facility (U.S. Military) DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military) DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency.

  5. USS Proteus (AS-19) - Wikipedia

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    Assigned to occupation duty after the end of the war, Proteus rendezvoused with units of the 3rd Fleet and became the flagship of a 26-ship support group which steamed off the coast of Honshū until 26 August. On the 28th she anchored in Sagami Wan to begin supporting Submarine Squadron 20 as it demilitarized surrendered Japanese submarines ...

  6. USS Shreveport (LPD-12) - Wikipedia

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    2 × 3-inch/50 cal. guns and 2 Phalanx CIWS. USS Shreveport (LPD-12) was an Austin -class amphibious transport dock. It was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Louisiana. Her keel was laid down on 27 December 1965 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington.

  7. USS California (SSN-781) - Wikipedia

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    California. (SSN-781) USS California (SSN-781), is the eighth Virginia -class submarine, and the seventh United States Navy ship named for the state of California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 2003.

  8. USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757) - Wikipedia

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    USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757) is the eighth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard and is stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cutter was constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding Division in Pascagoula Mississippi and delivered to the Coast Guard in April 2019. [6] [7] It is named in honor of all members of the ...

  9. USS North Carolina (SSN-777) - Wikipedia

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    USS North Carolina (SSN-777) during her commissioning ceremony in 2008. USS North Carolina (SSN-777), a Virginia -class attack submarine, is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy named for U.S. state of North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on ...