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  • 31HMAS Melbourne (R21) — The Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) was the lead ship of the Royal Navy s Majestic class of light aircraft carriers. Operating from 1955 until 1982, she was the third and final conventional aircraft carrierref|def| [I] to serve… …

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  • 32HMS Defender (1911) — HMS Defender was an Acheron class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was built at William Denny Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland for £83,000 [ D K Brown The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906 1922 . Caxton Editions 2004. ISBN 1 84067… …

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  • 33USS Victoria (AO-46) — The second USS Victoria was originally built in 1917 as the steel hulled, single screw tanker George G. Henry . Constructed at San Francisco, California, by Union Iron Works, the ship was chartered by the United States Navy from her original… …

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  • 34USS Laffey (DD-724) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Laffey. USS Laffey (DD 724) in 1964 Career (U.S.) …

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  • 35USS Venetia (SP-431) — was a large 589 gross ton steam yacht leased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was heavily armed with for 3 inch guns and depth charges, and was assigned duties of a patrol craft, escorting ships in convoy on the North Atlantic Ocean, and… …

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  • 36USS Philip (DD-498) — USS Philip (DD/DDE 498), a sclass|Fletcher|destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral John W. Philip (1840 ndash;1900). Philip was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New… …

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  • 37USS Wayne (APA-54) — was a sclass|Sumter|attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Wayne was originally laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 476) on 20 April 1942 as Afoundria at Chickasaw, Alabama, by the Gulf Shipbuilding …

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  • 38North Carolina-class battleship — North Carolina steaming on 3 June 1946. By this time, many of the light anti aircraft weapons (Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm) mounted during the war had been removed, while more modern radars had been mounted on her forefunnel and mainmast …

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  • 39USS Atlanta (CL-51) — The USS Atlanta (CL 51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of Atlanta class cruiser of light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti aircraft protection for US naval task… …

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  • 40USS St. Louis (CL-49) — USS St. Louis (CL 49), the lead ship of her class of light cruiser, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Construction and commissioning St. Louis was laid down on 10 December 1936 by the… …

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