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USS Antietam (CV/CVA/CVS-36) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the American Civil War Battle of Antietam (Maryland). Antietam was commissioned in January 1945, too late to serve actively in ...
USS Antietam (CG-54) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was named for the site of the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and Union forces under Major General George McClellan, during the American Civil War.
USS Antietam (1864), was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship. USS Antietam (CV-36) , was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in the Korean War, and decommissioned in 1963.
The U.S. Navy is decommissioning two nuclear aircraft carriers in a row: The USS Nimitz and USS Eisenhower will soon be history.
The Navy decommissioned USS Vicksburg at the end of June after 32 years in the fleet. It was the first ship to undergo modernization in 2016. It was the first ship to undergo modernization in 2016.
In March 2019, the Navy proposed decommissioning the six oldest ships, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay, Antietam, Leyte Gulf, San Jacinto, and Lake Champlain, in 2021 and 2022, instead of dry-docking them for life-extension maintenance updates as a cost-saving measure. This would not technically be an "early retirement", as the ships would be at their ...
The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1] It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. [2]
It was decommissioned on 30 August 1991. [7] VAQ-136 Gauntlets: EA-6B Prowler VAW-115 Liberty Bells: E-2C Hawkeye HS-12 Wyverns: SH-3H Sea King: USS Bunker Hill CG-52 Squadron Aircraft Notes HSL-47 Saberhawks. Det. A/B. SH-60B Seahawk: Detachment A from January till 10 February Detachment B for the remainder of the war. [8]