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6 days ago · Wind deflectors were installed on the forward splinter shields of the signal platform ("Warship's Data 5, USS Yorktown", page 12, and "The Fighting Lady", page 155). This is the pentagon-shaped platform with the Mk-37 Director on it forward of the tripod mast.
5 days ago · One of many notable losses during World War II was the sinking of the USS Lexington (CV-2). This aircraft carrier, which played a crucial role in the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, took part in numerous ...
2 days ago · Four Japanese and three American aircraft carriers participated in the battle. The Japanese fleet carriers—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū—were sunk, as was the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The United States lost the carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann, while the carriers USS Enterprise and USS Hornet survived the battle fully ...
3 days ago · Significant dates. Added to NRHP. 8 December 1976 [2] Designated NHL. 8 December 1976 [3] USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York -class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. [4] [5] Texas served in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" but saw no ...
6 days ago · John 'Dumbo' Galvin. (Navy) The United States Navy produced scores of fighter aces during World War II in the Pacific, but arguably most unique among them was one airman who, after his flying...
5 days ago · The Swedish Gotland-class submarine, renowned for "sinking" the USS Ronald Reagan during a 2005 war game, highlighted the vulnerability of a $6 billion supercarrier to a $100 million sub.
4 days ago · By. Alison Bath. Stars and Stripes • July 5, 2024. Sailors from the USS Wasp greet their family members aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Mediterranean Sea, June 30 ...
