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Presidential Unit Citation Navy Unit Commendation [ 1 ] USS San Diego (CL-53) 18 Battle Stars [ 2 ][ 3 ] though the Naval Historical center only lists 15 battle stars. [ 4 ] USS San Francisco (CA-38) 17 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation [ 5 ] USS O'Bannon (DD-450) 17 Battle Stars.
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.
The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta -class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...
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]
“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 ...
1968–1969: Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH drone. 1982: Deck for up to 4 helicopters but replaced with 1 RQ-2 Pioneer UAV. USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa -class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J".
USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was a Belmont -class technical research ship (i.e. an electronic spying ship) that was attacked by Israel Defense Forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. She was originally built and served in World War II as a VC2-S-AP3 type Victory cargo ship named SS Simmons Victory. [2][3] Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1945, under a ...
USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.Built under the Washington Treaty system, North Carolina ' s design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of ...