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  2. United States Navy in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy grew rapidly during its involvement in World War II from 1941–45, and played a central role in the Pacific War against Imperial Japan. It also assisted the British Royal Navy in the naval war against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The U.S. Navy grew slowly in the years prior to World War II, due in part to ...

  3. Naval history of World War II - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2] With a massive merchant navy, about a third of the ...

  4. World War II United States Merchant Navy - Wikipedia

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    Onboard a Liberty Ship, 1940s US Navy, WWII US Navy color film; SS Hannibal Victory 1945 Documentary film. List of United States Merchant Navy Film and TV shows; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park; Notable ships. SS Cynthia Olson's crew were the first American casualties of the war on 8 AM on December 7, 1941.

  5. USS Quincy (CA-71) - Wikipedia

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    24 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons (24x1) Aircraft carried. 4 × OS2U Kingfisher. Aviation facilities. Stern hangar for 4 aircraft (wings folded) 2 × catapults. USS Quincy (CA-71) was a heavy cruiser of the Baltimore -class of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name .

  6. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region - Wikipedia

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    15 February 1943 3 June 1945 71 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships: UGF: Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean 24 October 1942 8 April 1945 22 faster ships - (UGF-1) was the invasion force for Operation Torch: UGS: Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean 13 November 1942 28 May 1945 95 slower ships UT United States to British Isles 1943 ...

  7. Alsos Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Alsos Mission was an organized effort by a team of British and United States military, scientific, and intelligence personnel to discover enemy scientific developments during World War II. Its chief focus to investigate the progress that Nazi Germany was making in the area of nuclear technology, and to seize any German nuclear resources ...

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