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This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. [1] [2] [3]
USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral David W. Taylor (1864–1940).. She was launched 4 July 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Imogene Taylor Powell, daughter of namesake Rear Admiral David Taylor; and commissioned 18 September 1943.
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David Watson Taylor (March 4, 1864 – July 28, 1940) was a U.S. naval architect and an engineer of the United States Navy. He served during World War I as Chief Constructor of the Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Taylor is best known as the man who constructed the first experimental towing tank ever built in the United ...
USS Taylor may refer to: USS Taylor (DD-94) was a Wickes-class destroyer from 1918 to 1938; USS Taylor (DD-468) was a Fletcher-class destroyer 1942 to 1969, and later transferred to the Italian Navy as Lanciere (D-560) USS Taylor (FFG-50) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in service from 1984 to 2015.
USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925–1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War.
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.