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via Navy Remininscing – Posts http://ift.tt/1s9OOzh USCGC Wachusett (WHEC-44) was an Owasco class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. She was commissioned too late for service in that war and consequently did not see military service until the Vietnam War.Wachusett was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company’s San Pedro shipyard. Named after Wachusett Lake, Massachusetts, she was commissionedContinue reading “USCGC WACHUSETT (WHEC-44)”

via Navy Remininscing – Posts http://ift.tt/1lhPDjE HMS Victorious, ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, was the third _Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. She was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939. However, her commissioning was delayed until 1941 due to the greater need for escort vessels for service in the Battle of the Atlantic.Her serviceContinue reading “HMS Victorious – 1966”