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Wickes-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to the Royal Navy [1] 9 September United States Navy: Abel P. Upshur: Clemson-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Clare [2] 23 September United States Navy: Abbot: Wickes-class destroyer: decommissioned at Halifax and transferred to ...
The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.
California suffered damage when an intense squall broke her moorings and the ship collided with USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092), docked at the same pier on 6 June 1977. California suffered minor stern damage on 6 June 1977 when high winds in Norfolk harbor broke her moorings and the cruiser drifted in into the frigate USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092). [1]
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
The USS Stewart arriving under tow in San Francisco Bay, California in early March 1946. / Credit: Donald M. McPherson / U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Decommissioned: 20 June 2003: Stricken: 6 April 2004: Identification: Callsign: NOLY; Hull number: DD-972; Motto: Ad Proelium Victoriamque Futuram (To the Fight and Victory Ahead) Fate: Sunk as target, 22 August 2005: General characteristics; Class and type: Spruance-class destroyer: Displacement: 8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load: Length ...
Destroyer 1,020 3 June 1941 decommissioned 6 December 1968, used as generator at the Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant, scrapped 1972 Gearing United States Navy: Gearing: Destroyer 2,616 3 May 1945 decommissioned 1973, scrapped 1974 Geniere Regia Marina: Soldati: Destroyer 1,850 14 December 1938 sunk by aircraft 1 March 1943 George E. Badger
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California: Laid down: 30 April 1942: Launched: 18 December 1942, as HMS Essington (BDE-21) Commissioned: 31 May 1943: Decommissioned: 26 October 1945: Renamed: USS Harold C. Thomas, 19 February 1943: Stricken: 28 November 1945: Honors and awards: 2 battle stars (World War II) Fate: Sold for scrapping, 25 ...