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U.S.S. Yorktown The U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10), the second of the Essex-class aircraft carriers to be built by the United States Navy, was constructed between 1941 and 1943 to Bureau of Ships specifications by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. The Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970, and in 1975 was moored in the Charleston Harbor, where it is part of the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. The ship served with distinction in the Second World War as a primary element in the United States’ military campaign against Japan in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The Yorktown is important, not only as a surviving World War II aircraft carrier, but as one of the most important of these ships. The ship was named for an earlier aircraft carrier Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942. The new Yorktown initiated many technical improvements for the other two dozen Essex carriers, becoming a model for new carrier design. The Yorktown underwent numerous modifications and alterations during its years of military service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, but it is still expressive of the technology, design, and distinguishing characteristics of the World War II-era aircraft carrier. Listed in the National Register November 10, 1982; Designated a National Historic Landmark January 14, 1986.
USS Miami (CL-89) Date: Unknown (1946-47?) Location: San Francisco Bay Source: Nobe Smith - Atlantic Fleet Sales
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Firing up the four Colt Pielstick Turbines on the LPD-24 USS Arlington
PCU Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is to be the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon. Like her sister ships, USS New York (LPD-22 ) and Somerset ( LPD-25 ), she is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Steel taken from the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks will be displayed aboard
USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam War, for which she earned two battle stars. Another notable aspect of her service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship at the Washington DC, Navy Yard.
USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam War, for which she earned two battle stars. Another notable aspect of her service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Decommissioned in 1982, she is now a museum ship at the Washington DC, Navy Yard.
USS Miami (CL-89)

Date: Unknown (1946-47?)
Location: San Francisco Bay
Source: Nobe Smith - Atlantic Fleet Sales
USS Miami (CL-89) Date: Unknown (1946-47?) Location: San Francisco Bay Source: Nobe Smith - Atlantic Fleet Sales
USS Miami (CL-89)

Date: Unknown (1946-47?)
Location: San Francisco Bay
Source: Nobe Smith - Atlantic Fleet Sales
See photo in original gallery.
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