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USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
The SC-1 class was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy.They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 442 vessels built from 1917 to 1919.
In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name. In an attempt to show the full timeline of the actual existence of each ship, the final dates on each bar may variously be the date struck, sold, scrapped, scuttled, sunk as a reef, etc., as appropriate to show last time it existed as a floating object.
While the chart does include light carriers, it does not include amphibious assault ships nor escort carriers with the exception of the Langley which is included for historical context. In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name.
USS SC-316: Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx: 11 January 1917: To France as C-20. [1] [2] USS SC-317: Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx: 11 January 1917: To France as C-21. [1] [2] USS SC-318: Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut: 22 December 1917: To France as C-28. [1] [2] USS SC-319: Luders Marine Construction Company ...
The Battle of Cherbourg was an intense naval battle that ended in the sinking of CSS Alabama, one of the most powerful ships in the Confederate fleet, by USS Kearsarge. Alabama fired the first shot, but Kearsarge was slightly faster, had more firepower, and carried a larger crew complement than Alabama , giving the Union the advantage.
She was commissioned into the US Navy as USS SC-718 on 25 May 1943. [ 2 ] In August 1943 US Admiral Harold R. Stark , commander of US Naval Forces Europe , ordered SC-718 and two other SC-class subchasers - SC-683 and SC-1061 - to be transferred to Britain.
A SC-497 class submarine chaser that was sunk by U-365. Originally the USS SC-1477 for the United States Navy before being lend-leased to the Soviet Navy on 19 July 1944. [4] [5: SS Daniel Morgan United States: 5 July 1942 A Liberty ship that was torpedoed by U-88. [6