Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
USS Wright (CVL-49/AVT-7) was a Saipan-class light aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, later converted to the command ship CC-2.It is the second ship named "Wright". The first Wright (AV-1) was named for Orville Wright; the second honored both Wright brothers: Orville and Wilbur.
Sixth Fleet, though additional NATO headquarters personnel would eventually be assigned, while maintaining American control over its nuclear weapons on board U.S. aircraft carriers as mandated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. [9] U.S. ships in Sicily, 1965. Sixth Fleet supported American land forces during Operation Blue Bat in Lebanon in 1958.
List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Ref. CV-1 Langley: Langley : 20 March 1922 27 February 1942 19 years, 344 days Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 [13] [14] [15] CV-2 Lexington: Lexington (lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days
On 8 August, however, she was ordered to be retained in the active fleet, and, redesignated CVS-32 on the same day, work was begun converting her to an ASW carrier. Conversion completed on 4 January 1954, Leyte departed Boston for Quonset Point, Rhode Island, as flagship of Carrier Division 18 (CarDiv 18). She remained there for the next five ...
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher on the bridge of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) during maneuvers off the Virginia Capes, 24 April 1946. On 21 July 1946, Roosevelt became the first American carrier to operate an all-jet aircraft under controlled ...
Returning to a conventional gray paint scheme, La Salle assumed responsibilities as the flagship for Commander, Sixth Fleet on 8 November 1994. Homeported in Gaeta, Italy, La Salle was fully engaged in operations throughout the Mediterranean and Black Seas in its role of supporting Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and Strike Force and Logistics South.
Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. 1st Fleet (HQ Hashira-jima, Yamaguchi) 2nd Fleet; 3rd Fleet (HQ Babeldaob, Palau) 4th Fleet (HQ Truk, Micronesia) 5th Fleet; 6th Fleet (HQ Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) Southern Expeditionary Fleet; 10th Area Fleet; Central Pacific Area Fleet
In April 1981 the ship was deployed to Mediterranean to meet US commitment to have two carriers there. She operated for ten consecutive weeks as an aircraft carrier, reinforcing Sixth Fleet carrier USS Saratoga. Marine Attack Squadrons 231 and 542 formed Marine Air Group 32, equipped with AV-8A planes.