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41USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) — was a Barnegat class small seaplane tender commissioned by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Bering Strait tended to seaplanes, and served in the Pacific War in combat areas that provided her three battle stars by war’s end. Post war,… …
42USS Interceptor (AGR-8) — USS Interceptor (AGR 8/YAGR 8) was a Guardian class radar picket ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1955 from the “mothballed” reserve fleet. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Pacific Ocean… …
43USS Investigator (AGR-9) — USS Investigator (AGR 9/YAGR 9) was a Guardian class radar picket ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1956 from the “mothballed” reserve fleet. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic… …
44Presidential Unit Citation (United States) — Presidential Unit Citation Army and Air Force P.U.C …
45USS Vance (DE-387) — was an Edsall class destroyer escort.DANFS EntryNamesakeJoseph Williams Vance, Jr. (born December 4, 1918 in Memphis, Tennessee) attended Southwestern University (The College of the Mississippi Valley) in Memphis from 1936 to 1938 and later the… …
46Kamikaze — For other uses, see Kamikaze (disambiguation). Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, who flew his aircraft into the USS Bunker Hill during a Kamikaze mission on 11 May 1945. The Kamikaze (神風 …
47Doolittle Raid — Part of World War II, Pacific War A B 25 taking off from Hornet …
48USS Truxtun (CGN-35) — The fifth USS Truxtun (DLGN 35/CGN 35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named for Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822).ConstructionThe Truxtun was… …
49Battle of the Philippine Sea — Part of World War II, Pacific War …
50USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16) — Career (United States) …
