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Operation Inland Seas
Operation Inland Seas (or Sea) was a United States Navy operation to celebrate the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Task Force 47 (TF 47), a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to participate in the official opening of the Seaway by Monarchy of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II of Canada, Elizabeth II of Canada and United States, U.S. President of the United States, President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 26, 1959. Thereafter, the ships visited ports throughout the Great Lakes, sometimes escorting Queen Elizabeth aboard HMY Britannia, HMY ''Britannia''. Participating U.S. Navy ships External links * * * * * * * Non-combat military operations involving the United States, Inland Seas 1959 in the United States 1959 in Canada Canada–United States relations Saint Lawrence Seaway {{Navy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 allies or partner nations of the United States as of 2015. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage (4,635,628 tonnes as of 2019) and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, two new carriers under construction, and five other carriers planned. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the United States Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 2,623 operational aircraft . The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish NavySmith, Charles Edgar: ''A short history of naval and marine engineering.'' Babcock & Wilcox, ltd. at the University Press, 1937, page 263 as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Forrest Royal (DD-872)
USS ''Forrest Royal'' (DD-872) was a United States Navy constructed following the end of World War II. The ship saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War before being sold to Turkey in 1971. The ship was renamed TCG ''Adatepe'' and remained in service until being Ship breaking, scrapped in 1993. ''Forrest Royal'', named for Rear Admiral Forrest Beton Royal USN (1893–1945), was Keel laying, laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island, New York (state), New York on 8 June 1945. The ship was Ship naming and launching, launched on 17 January 1946 by Miss Katherine K. Royal, the daughter of Admiral Royal and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 29 June 1946. ''Forrest Royal'' operated with the United States Seventh Fleet, 7th Fleet in support of United Nations Forces during the Korean War then alternated operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean with the United States Second Fleet, 2nd Fleet with deployments to the Mediterranean with the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Warrington (DD-843)
USS ''Warrington'' (DD-843) was a that served the U.S. Navy from the end of World War II to the Vietnam War, when she was damaged by two underwater explosions, causing her to be listed as "beyond repair" and excessed to the Navy of the Republic of China. Built in Bath, Maine The third U.S. Navy ship to be so named, ''Warrington'' (DD-843) was laid down on 14 May 1945 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corporation; launched on 27 September 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Chubb Sheehan; and commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 20 December 1945. Naval service Post-World War II service ''Warrington'' conducted shakedown training and winter exercises in the West Indies during February and early March and then returned to Boston, Massachusetts, for duty in Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 82, Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 8. During the next year, the destroyer cruised almost the length of the eastern seaboard plane-guarding for carriers such as . Late in the spring of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
USS ''Willard Keith'' (DD-775), an , is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. ''Willard Keith'' (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944, at San Pedro, Los Angeles, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith. The ship was commissioned on 27 December 1944. Cancelled ships The US Navy had two previous contracts for destroyer escorts that were to be named USS ''Willard Keith''; both were cancelled before they were completed. The contract for the construction of ''Willard Keith'' (DE-754)—a whose keel had been laid down on 14 September 1943 at San Pedro, California, by the Western Pipe and Steel Company—was cancelled on 2 October 1943. The contract for the construction of ''Willard Keith'' (DE-314) —a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Henley (DD-762)
USS ''Henley'' (DD-762), an , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named ''Henley'', was named after Captain Robert Henley (5 January 1783 – 7 October 1828); an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War. In addition to the three destroyers named USS ''Henley'', there was an additional ship, named which was named after Captain John D. Henley, a brother of Captain Robert Henley. The fourth ''Henley'' (DD-762) was launched on 8 April 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco; sponsored by Mrs. George S. Wheaton; and commissioned on 8 October 1946. History After shakedown in the Pacific, ''Henley'' headed east, reporting to the Sonar School at Key West on 19 February 1947 for a five-month tour of duty. She then reported to Norfolk, Virginia from which she sailed 28 July for her first Mediterranean cruise, which terminated on 1 December at Boston. On her second tour in the Mediterranean Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Putnam (DD-757)
USS ''Putnam'' (DD-757), an , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Putnam. She was built and saw action in the Pacific during World War II. She was Keel laying, laid down on 11 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California and Ship launching and naming, launched on 26 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Doana Putnam Wheeler. The ship was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 12 October 1944. Cdr. Frederick V. H. HillesLater RADM Frederick Vantyne Holbrook Hilles was in command. Service history World War II Following shakedown off the Pacific Coast, ''Putnam'' glided beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on 30 December 1944 to take her place with the Pacific Fleet. Arriving Pearl Harbor 2 January 1945, the destroyer prepared for her first offensive operation, and got under way on 29 January for the Marianas Islands, screening the transports carrying 4th Marine Division (United States), 4th and 5th Marine Division (United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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