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USS Pittsburgh (CA-72), originally named USS Albany (CA-72), was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the US Navy and the third ship to bear the name. She was laid down on 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 22 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Cornelius D. Scully, wife of the Mayor of Pittsburgh and commissioned in ...
USS Melucta (AK-131) Melucta: 2470 standard 21 January 1944: 20 March 1944: To U.S. Navy as AK-131, scrapped 1970 SS Melvil Dewey: Melvil Dewey: 1849 standard 26 November 1943: 18 December 1943: Sold private 1947, burnt and scrapped 1967 SS Melville E. Stone: Melville E. Stone: 1715 standard 2 July 1943: 24 July 1943: Torpedoed and lost off ...
POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel manufacturer headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of 42,000,000 metric tons (41,000,000 long tons; 46,000,000 short tons) of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's sixth-largest steelmaker by this measure . [ 2 ]
On 25 February 2019, Pittsburgh returned to her homeport at Naval Submarine Base New London after completion of her final deployment. [5] The submarine then arrived at Bremerton, Washington on 28 May 2019, for a months-long inactivation and decommissioning process. [6] USS Pittsburgh demonstrates an emergency main ballast tank blow in 1991.
USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), originally named USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), was an armored cruiser serving during World War I. USS Pittsburgh (CA-70), the original name of USS Canberra (CA-70), that was changed just before launch to honor the loss of HMAS Canberra (D33), which was lost during the Battle of Savo Island in the Pacific War.
The first International Eucharistic Congress owed its inspiration to Bishop Gaston de Ségur, and was held at Lille, France, on June 21, 1881.The initial inspiration behind the idea came from the laywoman Marie-Marthe-Baptistine Tamisier who lobbied clergy following the French Revolution in an effort to restore religiosity and Eucharistic devotion to France. [3]
USS Pittsburgh (LPD-31), a Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock for the United States Navy, will be the fifth United States Navy vessel named after Pittsburgh. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite officially announced multiple ship names, including Pittsburgh , during his visit to the oldest U.S. Navy commissioned ship ...
USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was a Baltimore-class cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy (USN). Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh , the ship was renamed before launch to honor the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island .