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USS Fury
USS ''Fury'' may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: *, the former ''Umpqua'', only held the name for a few months in 1869 *, Flower-class corvette The Flower-class corvetteGardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 62. (also referred to as the ''Gladiolus'' class after the lead ship) was a British class of 294 corvettes used during World War II by the Allied navies particularly as anti-submarine ..., was commissioned 17 March 1942 and decommissioned 22 August 1945 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fury, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...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] |
American Flower-class Corvettes
The American Flower-class corvettes were those ships of the Royal Navy's built for, or operated by, the United States Navy during World War II. These were ten ships of the original Flower class, known as the ''Temptress'' class in US service, and fifteen Modified Flowers, as the ''Action'' class. In US service they were classified as Patrol Gunboats (PG). Construction history In December 1941, after the US entry into World War II, the USN had a large building programme for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships, but none nearing completion. To overcome this shortfall, the Royal Navy agreed to transfer a number of ASW ships to the USN, including ten s. These ships had already been in commission and had seen action during the Battle of the Atlantic. These ships were classified as Patrol Gunboats, and numbered PG 62 to 71, and were referred to as the ''Temptress'' class, after the first ship to be recommissioned. The USN also placed orders for 15 more Flowers from Canadian shipyards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
