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This list catalogs the most honored US Naval vessels of the Second World War. It is placed in descending order of earned Battle Stars; descending accorded unit recognitions; descending ship size by type; and ascending hull number. It contains only vessels that earned fifteen or more Battle Stars for World War II service.
Museum ship: Notes: Most decorated battleship in the history of the US Navy: Badge: General characteristics; Class and type: Iowa-class battleship: Displacement: 49,657 long tons (50,454 t) standard (1943) 58,132 long tons (59,065 t) full load (1943) [4] 60,000 long tons (61,000 t) full load (1968) [5] Length: 887 ft 7 in (270.54 m) Beam
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.
“With 19 battle stars – making the New Jersey the most decorated Battleship in the 248-year history of the United States Navy – and over 200,000 miles traveled in just World War II alone, we ...
©national_museum_of_the_us_navy / Public Domain / Flickr. WWII battle stars: 16 (tied) Type: Destroyer. ... played a vital role in World War II as one of the most decorated ships in the war. It ...
The ship is the most decorated battleship in Navy history, earning distinction in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and conflicts in the Middle East, according to its ...
USS O'Bannon (DD/DDE-450), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1784–1850), the Marine Corps's "hero of Derna". O'Bannon was the US Navy's most decorated destroyer during World War II, earning 17 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation.
Enterprise earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II. She was also the first American ship to sink a full-sized enemy warship after the Pacific War had been declared when her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941. [4]