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SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds today.
The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged event claimed to have been witnessed by an ex-merchant mariner named Carl M. Allen at the United States Navy's Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, some time around October 28, 1943.
USS LST-325: United States Indiana: Evansville: United States: 1942 LST Mk.3: Landing Ship, Tank [38] USS LST-393: United States Michigan: Muskegon: United States: 1942 LST: Landing Ship, Tank: USS LST 393 Veterans Museum USS LST-1008: China Shandong: Qingdao: United States: 1944 LST: Tank landing ship [39] USS Marlin: United States Nebraska ...
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...
USS Philadelphia, a 1240-ton, 36-gun frigate, was the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Philadelphia. Originally named City of Philadelphia , she was built in 1798–1799 for the United States government by residents of that city.
USS Philadelphia (CL-41) was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . [ 5 ] In 1951, she was sold to Brazil and commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as Almirante Barroso .
The ship was built at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and was launched from there on Dec. 7, 1942, the first anniversary of the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sailors assigned to USS Philadelphia stand topside as the submarine gets underway. Philadelphia performed many patrols and deployments during her career. She was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in 1979, 1982, 1986, 1991 (where she later went on to support Operation Desert Storm), 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009, the last three of which also involved operations in support of CENTCOM.