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USS Leyte (CV/CVA/CVS-32, AVT-10) 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 third US Navy ship to bear the name.
Naval Air Station Chase Field is a former naval air station located in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, near Beeville. [1] It was named for Lieutenant Commander Nathan Brown Chase, [2] [3] Naval Aviator #37, who died in 1925 while developing carrier landing techniques for the U.S. Navy. [4]
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [1] although it does not include early vessels.
Location Ship Class / type Notes 4 January United States: Bath Iron Works: Bath, Maine: Edson: Forrest Sherman-class destroyer 7 January United Kingdom: Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd: Blyth, Northumberland: Caxton: Cargo ship: For Transatlantic Carriers Ltd. [1] 8 January United Kingdom: Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport: Pinar Del ...
United States Naval Station Orange, later Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet and US Naval Reserve Orange was a major United States Navy shipyard in Orange, Texas on the Sabine River. The shipyard opened on August 24, 1940, to manage the construction of 24 landing craft .
List of military installations in Texas Installation name Location Notes Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Houston: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air ...
Stewart changed berthing areas three times between 1947 and 1969—first to Charleston in 1958, then to Norfolk in 1959, and finally to Orange, Texas in 1969. In 1972, the destroyer escort underwent inspection and survey and was found to be unfit for further naval service. Consequently, her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1972.
USS Galveston (CL-93/CLG-3) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that was later converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser.She was launched by William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia 22 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Clark Wallace Thompson.