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71USS Wyoming (BB-32) — USS Wyoming (BB 32), the lead ship of her class of battleship was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although it was only the second named in honor of the 44th state. Wyoming was laid down on 9 February 1910 at Philadelphia,… …
72USS Vestal (AR-4) — was a collier (or coal ship), later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service. Commissioning The history of USS Vestal (AR 4)… …
73USS Albacore (SS-218) — USS|Albacore|SS 218 was a Gato class submarine which served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, winning four Presidential Unit Citations and nine battle stars for her service. During the war, she was credited with sinking 13 Japanese… …
74USS Beatty (DD-640) — USS Beatty (DD 640), a Gleaves class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty. Beatty was laid down as Mullany on 1 May 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard, in Charleston, South Carolina.… …
75SS Kronprinz Wilhelm — The German passenger liner Kronprinz Wilhelm was built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a former shipping company of the Hapag Lloyd by the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, Germany, in 1901. She took her name from Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of the… …
76USS Tang (SS-306) — was a Second World War era Balao class submarine. She was launched in 1943 and had a brief but successful career before being sunk by one of her own faulty torpedoes in 1944.Tang was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the… …
77USS Hazelwood (DD-531) — was a World War II era Fletcher class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy The ship was the second named for Commodore John Hazelwood; a naval leader in the American Continental Navy. World War II Hazelwood was laid down 11 April… …
78USS Vigilance (AM-324) — was an , USS|Fortune|IX 146, and USS|Boreas|AF 8 to Majuro which they reached on 25 May. Vigilance departed Majuro at 0800 on the 26th to return to Hawaii, intercepted USS|Megrez|AK 126 en route, and relieved PC 548 of escorting that cargo ship… …
79USS Wesson (DE-184) — Career (United States) …
80USS Weight (ARS-35) — was an Weight class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. This narrative provides a detailed account of such a task conducted under battle conditions. Plymouth… …
