She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attackContinue reading “USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II.”
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HMAS Rushcutter (ML 1321), a former Harbour Defence Motor Launch used as a training vessel.
HMAS HDML 1321, also known as Rushcutter was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by Purdon & Featherstone, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania and commissioned into the RAN on 11 November 1943, being the first Australian-built HDML to be commissioned and the last HDML in RAN service.[1] She wasContinue reading “HMAS Rushcutter (ML 1321), a former Harbour Defence Motor Launch used as a training vessel.”
USS Oregon 1896
USS Oregon (BB-3) was a pre-dreadnought Indiana-class battleship of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized on 30 June 1890, and the contract to build her was awarded to Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California on 19 November 1890. Her keel was laid exactly one year later. She was launched on 26 OctoberContinue reading “USS Oregon 1896”
HMS New Zealand
HMS New Zealand – A Turrethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_New_Zealand_(1911)
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