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USS. Scranton. (SSN-756) USS Scranton departing Souda Bay off of the Greek island of Crete. USS Scranton (SSN-756), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania . The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia ...
NNS. Thunder. (F90) USCGC Chase (WHEC-718) was a Hamilton -class High Endurance Cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She was laid down on October 26, 1966, at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, launched on May 20, 1967, and commissioned on March 11, 1968. Chase is the fourth of twelve Hamilton class, 378-foot (115 m) cutters, and the third ...
USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer, first of the Flight III variants [11] and 75th overall in the class. She is named after then- Marine Corps Private First Class, later United States Army captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, [12] recipient of the Medal of Honor.
USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The destroyer can operate with a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG), or independently. The ship can conduct a variety of missions in support of national military ...
Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo. Mark 50 lightweight torpedo. Mark 54 lightweight torpedo. Aircraft carried. 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the second ship to be named after admiral William Halsey Jr .
2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns. 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers. USS Patriot (MCM-7), is an Avenger -class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and is the third Navy ship of that name. The hulls of the Avenger -class ships are constructed of wood with an external coat of fiberglass . Patriot was laid down on 31 March 1987 by ...
USS Somerset (LPD-25) is a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. [1] It is the fourth United States Navy vessel and the second warship to bear this name, the first two being a wooden-hulled motorboat and a ferry. The first warship, an armed cargo ship from World War II, was named for the Somerset counties of ...
Armament. 16 × ballistic missile tubes. 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison -class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War .