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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. USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) - Wikipedia

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   USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) was the former USS Gilbert Islands (ex- Sunset Bay) and a Commencement Bay -class escort carrier of the United States Navy . Reclassified as AGMR-1 on 1 June 1963, renamed USS Annapolis on 22 June 1963, and then commissioned on 7 March 1964 with Captain John J. Rowan becoming its first commanding officer.

4. Engine order telegraph - Wikipedia

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   Engine order telegraph. An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, [1] is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed.

5. USS Lapon (SS-260) - Wikipedia

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   10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 6 forward, 4 aft. 24 torpedoes [5] 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun [5] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Lapon (SS-260), a Gato -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of the United States.

6. Fletcher-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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   Fletcher. -class destroyer. The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War.

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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.