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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 Bache (DD-470) - Wikipedia

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   USS Bache at Rhodes after she was blown aground in a gale on 6 February 1968. USS Bache (DD/DDE-470), a Fletcher -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name. The destroyer was named for Commander George M. Bache . Bache was launched on 7 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co. at Staten Island, New York and sponsored ...

7. USS California (CGN-36) - Wikipedia

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   USS California (CGN-36), the lead ship of the California -class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, was the sixth warship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of California. She was the last active nuclear-powered cruiser for the United States ( USS South Carolina was deactivated nearly a month before USS California, with ...

8. 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 ...

9. USS Camp - Wikipedia

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   In 1965, Camp was sent to Vietnamese waters for coastal patrol and interdiction by the U.S. Navy (Operation Market Time). On 7 August 1967, Camp was notified that the Viet Cong were overrunning the Republic of Vietnam Navy Naval Junk Base 16 on the Trà Khúc River. At flank speed, Camp sped to the aid of the Vietnamese and an American Adviser.