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USS Estes (AGC-12) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship. It is officially named after “A mountain peak and national park in Colorado.”

She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations. Construction and career[edit] Estes was launched on 1 November 1943 at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, North Carolina, as Morning Star. The ship was acquired by the Navy onContinue reading “USS Estes (AGC-12) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship. It is officially named after “A mountain peak and national park in Colorado.””

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. She and her sister, Nevada, were the first U.S. warships to use oil fuel instead of coal.

The Oklahoma, commissioned in 1916, served in World War I as a member of BatDiv 6,[4] protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugeesContinue reading “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. She and her sister, Nevada, were the first U.S. warships to use oil fuel instead of coal.”

USS Gendreau (DE-639) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 17 March 1944 and decommissioned on 13 March 1948. She served throughout the Pacific during World War II.

  Namesake Elphege Alfred Mailliot Gendreau was born on 29 June 1888 in Canada. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Medical Reserve Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) on 20 August 1915. He served on USS Glacier in Mexican waters during political unrest in that country and on USS Charleston during World War I.Continue reading “USS Gendreau (DE-639) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 17 March 1944 and decommissioned on 13 March 1948. She served throughout the Pacific during World War II.”

USS Ford Carrier Group Scheduled To Go Home

  The world?s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams alongside USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) during a fueling-at-sea in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as a scheduled deployment in the U.S Naval Forces Europe area of operations, deployed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S, allied, and partners interests, in this photo taken on October, 11,Continue reading “USS Ford Carrier Group Scheduled To Go Home”

USS Georgia (BB-15)

USS Georgia just after launch – 1904 Georgia underway, 1909 USS Georgia (Battleship # 15) (Battleship # 15) View looking down from the foremast during coaling, at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa 1919. Note: Georgia’s port 8/45 gun turret and coal barges alongside the battleship with crewmen bagging coal to be hoisted on board. USS Georgia (Battleship # 15) MakingContinue reading “USS Georgia (BB-15)”