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2. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   After the 1930s "builders holiday," the USN commissioned ten more battleships of an entirely new style, the so-called fast battleship. These ships began with BB-55 North Carolina and the last ship laid down was BB-66 Kentucky (the last completed ship was BB-64 Wisconsin). These ships were a nearly clean break from previous American design ...

3. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

4. USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) - Wikipedia

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   On 1 October 2019, the ship's crew was activated for the first time as Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy at a ceremony aboard the vessel at Newport News Shipbuilding. [23] On 29 October 2019, Newport News Shipbuilding began flooding the dry dock where John F. Kennedy has been under construction. The process of filling the dry dock ...

5. List of museum ships of the United States military - Wikipedia

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   Helped to sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the largest and most powerful battleship ever made [28] USS Iowa: United States California: San Pedro: United States: 1942 Iowa class: Battleship: as of 7 July 2012 USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. United States Massachusetts: Fall River: United States: 1945 Gearing class: Destroyer: Joseph P. Kennedy ...

6. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - Wikipedia

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   USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger ...

7. USS Olympia (C-6) - Wikipedia

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   Olympia is the oldest steel American warship still afloat. [5] Repairs, estimated at $10 to 20 million, were desperately needed to keep Olympia afloat, and in 2010 the Independence Seaport Museum considered finding a new steward for the ship. By 2014, the museum reversed its plan to find a new steward and soon obtained funding from private ...

8. Watch: Fishermen, dog survive Texas EF-3 tornado in boat - AOL

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   WINNIE, Texas – A weekend fishing trip quickly turned into a quick reversal of circumstances after two anglers hoping for a good catch ended up caught in a strong tornado.. That tornado was part ...

9. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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   USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship.Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States.