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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. USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - Wikipedia

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   USS Mississippi (CGN-40), a Virginia -class nuclear -powered guided-missile cruiser, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state admitted to the Union. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia, on 22 February 1975. She was launched on 31 July 1976.

5. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Wikipedia

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   landing pad available for one helicopter. USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California . She was the sole member of the Long Beach -class, and ...

6. USS Abbot (DD-629) - Wikipedia

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   USS Abbot (DD-629) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.She was the second Navy ship named after Commodore Joel Abbot (1793–1855).. Abbot was laid down on 21 September 1942 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 17 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Grace Abbot Fletcher, the granddaughter of Commodore Abbot, and commissioned at the Boston Navy ...

7. USS Talbot County - Wikipedia

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   2 × single 20 mm guns. (The 20 & 40 mm guns were removed prior to 1958) USS Talbot County (LST-1153) was a tank landing ship (LST) built for the United States Navy just after World War II. The lead ship of her class of only two vessels, she was named after counties in Maryland and Georgia, and was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

8. USS Uhlmann - Wikipedia

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   The oldest commissioned destroyer in the Navy, she was found unfit for service on 24 November 1971; and, on 15 July 1972, Uhlmann, the U.S. Navy's last Fletcher-class destroyer, was decommissioned at the Naval Reserve Center Pier, Tacoma. Her name was struck from the Navy List the same day, and she was transferred to the custody of the Inactive ...

9. USS Brownson (DD-518) - Wikipedia

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   7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns. 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 6 × single depth charge throwers. 2 × depth charge racks. USS Brownson (DD-518) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy commissioned on 3 February 1943. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.