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  2. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship.Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States.

  3. List of warships by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Babe Lincoln" – USS Abraham Lincoln; reference to her 1995 deployment, the first Pacific based carrier deployment where there were female crew members. "Battle Cat" – USS Kitty Hawk [7] "Battle Schmoozer", "Belcrash" – USS Belknap; reference her collision with the USS Kennedy in 1975 "Battle Barge" – USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

  4. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    [Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union, Interred in the National Cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee Vol XXII] American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics Congressional Research Service; Louisiana State University's statistical summary of major American wars; Washington Post database of all U.S ...

  5. USS Missouri - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (1841), a sidewheel frigate launched in 1841 and destroyed by fire in August 1843; USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944 to 1992; site of the official Japanese surrender of World War II; now a floating war memorial ...

  6. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World ...

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    USS Mayo (DD-422) was assisting Allied troops landing at Anzio on 24 January 1944 when at 20:01 the ship struck a mine on her starboard side. 7 men were killed and 25 were wounded by the explosion which almost broke the ship in two. Fortunately, the ship held together and survived a tow back to Naples for temporary patching and eventually back ...

  7. List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in ...

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    Pilot of C-2A #152793 that crashed shortly after launch from USS Ranger [148] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] December 15: Owen, Clyde C: Aviation Machinist 3rd Class: US Navy: VRC-50: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Flight engineer on C-2A #152793 that crashed shortly after launch from USS Ranger [149] Killed in action, body not ...

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    AMHC Gilbert Chavarria attached to US Navy VF-154 the Black Knights, while on board USS Coral Sea died after being blown into a parked F-4 Phantom II, by another F-4 Phantom during flight deck operations in the Sea of Japan. 22 February Blue Angels pilot Lcdr. Stu Powrie, 1970 Naval Academy graduate killed in A-4 Skyhawk crash during airshow ...

  9. Mons Monssen - Wikipedia

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    Mons Monssen was born January 20, 1867, and enlisted in the United States Navy on June 3, 1889.. Monssen was a chief gunners mate serving on USS Missouri (BB-11) on April 13, 1904, when a charge ignited while a 12-inch gun was being loaded for target practice.