Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS South Dakota in honor of the 40th state. USS Independence, was a brigantine built at Kingston, Massachucetts in mid 1874, was an experimental steam torpedo ram commissioned 31 July 1874 and sold 9 May 1892 monitor and one of the last monitors built for the U.S. Navy, was laid down 14 November 1899 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Five uss intrepid ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Essex, after Essex County, Massachusetts. Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Wisconsin in honor of the 30th state. Eight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hornet, after the stinging insect. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Lake Champlain, after the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Kearsarge. Seven ships of the United States Navy have been named USS California in honor of the 31st state. 1798, was an armed ketch captured as a prize by the US Navy on 23 December 1803 and later exploded in the harbor of Tripoli 4 September 1804 She survived numerous kamikaze and bomb hits. The carrier fought in the. Seven ships of the United States Navy have been named USS California in honor of the 31st state. Five United States Navy ships have been named USS Franklin, the first four after Benjamin Franklin, and the fifth, the aircraft carrier CV USS Intrepid was a captured ketch in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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