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Name Class Commissioned (or otherwise placed into service) Decommissioned (or otherwise removed from service) Fate Enterprise: 70-ton sloop-of-war: 10 May 1775 7 July 1777 Burned to prevent capture, 7 July 1777. This ship was not a ship of the U.S. Navy.
SSN-771, CL-56, AG-9, & C-12 were named after American cities also named Columbia Guam: PG-43, CB-2, LPH-9, T-HST-1 Northern Mariana Islands: USS Saipan (CVL-48) and , both named for the Battle of Saipan, which took place on the island of Saipan, the largest and most populous island and the capital of CNMI Puerto Rico: T-EPF-11: HST-2
Enterprise (slave ship), a merchant vessel in the coastwise slave trade in the early 19th century; Enterprise (yacht), a J-class yacht that won the 1930 America's Cup; SS Flying Enterprise, an American cargo ship (1944–1952) USTS Enterprise (2003–2008), former name of TS Kennedy, a training ship at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
ships named Enterprise; there is a continuing exception for this name, first used in 1775, eight ships have carried the name, including three aircraft carriers (CV-6, CVN-65 and CVN-80). USS Nimitz (CVN-68) , lead ship of her class , named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , commander of all U.S. and Allied naval forces in the Pacific theatre ...
"Big Ben" – USS Franklin; [8] the ship is named after Benjamin Franklin "Big D" – USS Dallas; given to the boat to denote being named in honor of the city of Dallas. "The Big E" – USS Enterprise (CV-6) [9] and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [10] "The Big J" – USS New Jersey [11] "Big John" – USS John F. Kennedy [12] "Big Lizzie" – HMS ...
But when the conflict known as "the war to end all wars" concluded in 1918, many of those newly built wooden ships had no use and were simply abandoned in places like the Neches River, the museum ...
Pages in category "Ships of the Texas Navy" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Texan brig Archer;
Three Mile Island, located near Harrisburg, is best known for being the most serious accident at a commercial nuclear power plant in US history when it experienced the partial meltdown of one of ...