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  2. USS Bataan (LHD-5) - Wikipedia

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    USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. The ship is named after the Battle of Bataan , fought in the Philippines during World War II . The ship enables the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps team to seamlessly transition from the sea to a land battle, as the lead ship and centerpiece of an Amphibious ...

  3. List of aircraft carrier operations during World War II

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    USS Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50; USN Invasion of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: USS Franklin (CV-13) From 29 July; USS Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2; USS Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1 Until 29 July; USS Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 Until 12 July

  4. United States naval bases in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy held a number of bases in the Philippines Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Most were built by the US Navy Seabees, Naval Construction Battalions, during World War II. The US Naval Bases in Philippines were lost to the Empire of Japan in December 1941 during the Philippines campaign of 1941–1942.

  5. Now eyeing a longer haul, the US reshuffles its warships in ...

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    “The deployment of the USS Bataan to the eastern Med is meant to do two things,” said Gregory Aftandilian, a senior lecturer at the School of International Service, at the American University ...

  6. Sailors and Marines deploy with USS Bataan group, which ... - AOL

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    Approximately 4,000 sailors and Marines deployed Monday from Hampton Roads with the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group following nine months of training. The amphibious group includes assault ship ...

  7. USS Bataan - Wikipedia

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    Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bataan, after the Bataan Peninsula, the scene of the Battle of Bataan in 1942 in the Philippines. USS Bataan (CVL-29), was a light aircraft carrier that served in both World War II and the Korean War. USS Bataan (LHD-5), is an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1997 and currently on ...

  8. Naval Base Manila - Wikipedia

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    Bataan Airfield: Located on the east side of Bataan Peninsula, constructed in 1941 and used by US Army and Navy. Surrendered on April 10, 1942, with POWs becoming part of the Bataan Death March. Nichols Field: Established in 1919 for US Army and Navy aircraft maintenance. Lost during the war, it was reutilized from 1945 to 1947 by the Army and ...

  9. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...