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    Visit USS Nautilus (SSN-571), Groton, Connecticut

    Visit USS Nautilus (SSN-571), Groton, Connecticut

    USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel was the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958. Sharing names with Captain Nemo's fictional submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and named after another USS Nautilus (SS-168) that served with distinctio...
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    See USS Nevada (BB-36) Mooring Quay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    See USS Nevada (BB-36) Mooring Quay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the twoNevada-class battleships. Launched in 1914,Nevadawas a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets,[c] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbin...
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    Visit USS New Jersey (BB-62), Camden, New Jersey

    Visit USS New Jersey (BB-62), Camden, New Jersey

    USS New Jersey ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and is the only U.S. battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War. D...
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    See USS Niagara, Erie, Pennsylvania

    See USS Niagara, Erie, Pennsylvania

    USS Niagara, commonly called the or the , is a wooden-hulled snow-brig[b] that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. As the ship is certified for sail training by the United States Coast Guard, she is also designated . Niagara is usually docked behind the Erie Maritime Museum in downtown Erie in the U....
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    Visit USS North Carolina (BB-55), Wilmington, North Carolina

    Visit USS North Carolina (BB-55), Wilmington, North Carolina

    USS North Carolina (BB-55) was the lead ship of North Carolina-class battleships and the fourth warship in the U.S. Navy to be named for the State of North Carolina. She was the first newly constructed American battleship to enter service during World War II, and took part in every major naval offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations; her 15 battle stars made he...
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    Visit USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    Visit USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    USS Oklahoma (BB-37), the only ship of the United States Navy to ever be named for the 46th state, was a World War I-era battleship and the second of two ships in her class; her sister ship was Nevada. She, along with her sister, were the first two U.S. warships to use oil fuel instead of coal. Commissioned in 1916, Oklahoma served in World War I as a member of BatDiv...
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    Visit USS Olympia (C-6), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Visit USS Olympia (C-6), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    USS Olympia (C-6) is a protected cruiser that saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after returning to the U.S. in 1899, but was returned to active service in 190...
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    Wreck Dive USS Oriskany (CV-34), Pensacola, Florida

    Wreck Dive USS Oriskany (CV-34), Pensacola, Florida

    USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O, The O-boat, and Toasted O was deliberately sunk off the Florida coast near Pensacola in 2004, and now functions as the world’s largest artificial reef. She was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The Times of London named the Oriska...
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    Visit U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Marshall Space Flight Center), Huntsville, Alabama

    Visit U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Marshall Space Flight Center), Huntsville, Alabama

    The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from t...
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    See USS Parche (SSN-683) Sail, Bremerton, Washington

    See USS Parche (SSN-683) Sail, Bremerton, Washington

    USS Parche (SSN-683), aSturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche /ˌpɑːrˈtʃeɪ/, a small, coral reef butterfly fish.Parchewas launched on 13 January 1973, sponsored by Natalie Beshany, the wife of vice admiral Philip A. Beshany, and commissioned on 17 August 1974 with Commander Richard N. Charles in command. Attri...
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    See USS Pueblo (AGER-2), North Korea

    See USS Pueblo (AGER-2), North Korea

    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a environmental research ship, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known today as the "Pueblo incident" or alternatively, as the "Pueblo crisis". The seizure of the U.S. Navy ship and its 83 crew members, one of whom was killed in the attack, came les...
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    See USS Recruit (TDE-1), Liberty Station, San Diego, California

    See USS Recruit (TDE-1), Liberty Station, San Diego, California

    USS Recruit (TDE-1, later TFFG-1) was a landlocked "dummy" training ship of the United States Navy, located at the Naval Training Center in the Point Loma area of San Diego. She was built to scale, two-thirds the size of aDealey-class destroyer escort, and was commissioned on July 27, 1949.Recruitwas commissioned for 18 years, for much of that period the only landlock...
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    See USS Sachem Ruins, Boone County, Kentucky

    See USS Sachem Ruins, Boone County, Kentucky

    USSPhenakite(PYc-25) was built 1902 as the yachtCeltby Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware, for J. Rogers Maxwell, a railroad executive. It was launched on April 12, 1902. Shortly after the United States' entry into the First World War, it was acquired by the US Navy on July 3, 1917. The ship was placed in service as USSSachem(SP 192) on August 19 and used as a Coas...
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    See USS Salem (CA-139), Quincy, Massachusetts

    See USS Salem (CA-139), Quincy, Massachusetts

    The third USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. She was the world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, and is open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts. In October 1994, Salem was returned to her birthplace in Quincy, Massachusetts where she is now a museum ship as part ...
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    Visit USS San Diego Memorial, San Diego, California

    Visit USS San Diego Memorial, San Diego, California

    The USS San Diego was the second most decorated military ship of World War II. The USS San Diego was a light cruiser that received 18 battle stars during World War II, more than any other ship except the famous aircraft carrier Enterprise. The ship engaged with the enemy on 34 different occasions, in battles throughout the Pacific, and never lost a single sailor durin...
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