Three ships of the
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 ...
have been named USS ''Juneau'', after the city of
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
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* was an ''Atlanta''-class
light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to thi ...
commissioned February 1942 and sunk eight months later in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
** This "''Juneau'' incident" is particularly notable for the loss of the five
Sullivan brothers
The five Sullivan brothers were World War II sailor brothers of Irish American descent who, serving together on the light cruiser , were all killed in action during and shortly after its sinking around November 13, 1942.
The five brothers, t ...
* was a ''Juneau''-class light cruiser, commissioned 1946, active in the Korean War, and scrapped in 1962
** , a USN light cruiser class, a modification of the ''Atlanta'' class
* was an
amphibious transport dock
An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently operat ...
, commissioned in 1969 and decommissioned in 2008
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United States Navy ship names