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The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944

  USS LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH-1947 The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles (CA-135) returns to the Korean theater for its second tour of combat duty with UN Naval Forces, 13 October 1952. Note that the ship’s Jack and National Ensign are flying at half-mast.  She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22Continue reading “The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944”

Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis underway, September 27th 1939. This ship, mentioned in the movie Jaws, delivered major components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to Tinian air base and was torpedoed during her return trip.

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USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) in the Red Sea 2013

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sailing Just Outside Persian Gulf, Ford Strike Group Nearing 200 Days Deployed – By: Sam LaGrone • Updated: November 16, 2023 9:05 PM

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transits the Suez Canal, Nov. 4, 2023. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is approaching the Persian Gulf as of Thursday, USNI News has learned. Ike and its escorts were spotted just outside the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman, according to ship spotters. A defense officialContinue reading “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sailing Just Outside Persian Gulf, Ford Strike Group Nearing 200 Days Deployed – By: Sam LaGrone • Updated: November 16, 2023 9:05 PM”

USS Vestal (AR-4) was a repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1946. (Includes mentions of repairs to HMNZS Achilles and HMNZS Leander)

  The U.S. Navy repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) photographed circa the early 1920s. The U.S. Navy repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) anchored off New York City (USA), circa 17-20 December 1918, while still painted in World War I disruptive camouflage. Ship in the distance, beyond Vestal´s stern, is the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4). The U.S. Navy repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) beached onContinue reading “USS Vestal (AR-4) was a repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1946. (Includes mentions of repairs to HMNZS Achilles and HMNZS Leander)”