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USS Arizona (BB-39) The USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy. The vessel was the third to be named in honor of the 48th state, though the first since its statehood was actually achieved.
USS Arlington (LPD-24) USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the The Pentagon. Like her sister ships, New York and Somerset, she was named to commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks.
USS Armadillo (IX-111) USS Armadillo (IX-111), the lead ship of her class of tanker was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the armadillo, an insect-eating mammal which has an armorlike shell encasing its back and head. Her keel was laid down as Sidney Howard (T.
USS Arneb (AKA-56) USS Arneb (AKA-56/LKA-56) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Arneb, the brightest star in the southern constellation Lepus. She served as a commissioned ship for 27 years and 3 months, the longest time in commission of any AKA.
USS Aroostook (CM-3) USS Aroostook (ID-1256/CM-3/AK-44), was a 3,800-ton minelayer, was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the coastal passenger steamer Bunker Hill. She was acquired by the Navy in November 1917 and renamed within a few days.
USS Artemis (AKA-21) USS Artemis (AKA-21) was an Artemis class attack cargo ship named after the asteroid 105 Artemis, which in turn was named after the Greek goddess Artemis. She served as a commissioned ship for 2 years and 4 months.
USS Artisan (AFDB-1) USS Artisan (ABSD-1), a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the title given to one trained to manual dexterity or skill in a trade. She was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Everett Shipbuilding Company, in Everett, Washington; the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Eureka, California; the Pollack-Stockton Shipbuilding Company, in Stockton, California; and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, in Morgan City, Louisiana.
USS ARD-10 USS ARD-10 was an auxiliary repair dock in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. As was common with other auxiliary repair docks, it was only known by its designation and was not otherwise named.
USS Asheville (PG-21) USS Asheville (PG-21), the lead ship of her class, was a gunboat that served in the United States Navy during both world wars. She was sunk by Japanese forces 3 March 1942, south of the island of Java, in what was then the Netherlands East Indies.
USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS Asheville (SSN-758), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1987.
USS Asphalt (IX-153) USS Asphalt (IX-153), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for asphalt. Her keel was laid down in 1944 at San Francisco, California, by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyards.
USS Aspro (SS-309) USS Aspro (SS/AGSS-309), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper RhĂ´ne River. According to legend, the aspro comes to the surface only in bad weather, when other fishes take refuge near the bottom.
USS Aspro (SSN-648) USS Aspro (SSN-648), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhone River. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down on 23 November 1964.
USS Astoria (CA-34) The second USS Astoria (CA-34) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, but was then sunk in August 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island.
USS Atherton (DE-169) USS Atherton (DE-169), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lt. (jg) John McDougal Atherton, who died when the USS Meredith (DD-434) sank near Guadalcanal during World War II.
USS Atlanta (SSN-712) USS Atlanta (SSN-712), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Atlanta, Georgia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1978.
USS Auburn (AGC-10) USS Auburn (AGC-10) was a Mount McKinley class amphibious force command ship named after Mount Auburn, northwest of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.
USS Augusta (CA-31) USS Augusta (CA-31) (originally CL-31) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S.
USS Augusta (SSN-710) USS Augusta (SSN-710), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Augusta, Maine. (There were 3 other ships named USS Augusta that were named for Augusta, Georgia).
USS Austin (DE-15) USS Austin (DE-15), was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin (1905-1941) who was killed in action on board USS Oklahoma (BB-37) during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by enemy Japanese forces on 7 December 1941 and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
USS Austin (LPD-4) The third USS Austin (LPD-4) was the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock ships in the United States Navy. Austin was named in honor of the city of Austin, Texas which in turn was named in honor of Stephen F.
USS B-1 (SS-10) USS B-1 (SS-10) was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the viper, any of the limbless reptiles of the family Viperidae, including many dangerously venomous snakes inhabiting Europe, Asia, and Africa.
USS B-2 (SS-11) USS B-2 (SS-11) was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Cuttlefish, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cuttlefish, a ten-armed marine mollusk similar to the squid.
USS B-3 (SS-12) USS B-3 (SS-12) was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Tarantula, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tarantula, a name applied to Italy's wolf spider, to some Asiatic spiders, and to various species of large, dark, hairy spiders found in the warmer climes of the Americas.
USS Bainbridge (DD-246) The third USS Bainbridge (DD-246) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars.
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) USS Bairoko (CVE-115) was a United States Navy Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carrier. She was named after Bairoko, a small inlet on the north coast of New Georgia, Solomon Islands, occupied by American forces 26 August 1943.
USS Baltimore (C-3) The fourth USS Baltimore (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser, the second protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, the USS Charleston, the design was commissioned from the British company of W.
USS Baltimore (SSN-704) USS Baltimore (SSN-704), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 21 May 1979.
USS Bang (SS-385) USS Bang (SS-385) was a United States Navy Balao-class submarine, named after the bang, a dark blue or black fish of the herring family found in the Atlantic coastal waters of the United States north of North Carolina.
USS Barber (DE-161) USS Barber (DE-161/APD-57), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Malcolm, Randolph, and Leroy Barber, all brothers, who were killed in action aboard the USS Oklahoma on 7 December 1941.
USS Barbour County (LST-1195) USS Barbour County (LST-1195) was named after Barbour County, Alabama & Barbour County, West Virginia. She was laid down on 7 November 1970 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 15 May 1971.
USS Barite (IX-161) USS Barite (IX-161), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for barite, a yellow or white crystalline mineral found in metallic veins, resembling marble. Her keel was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (T.
USS Baron DeKalb (1861) The USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Huittendorf, Bavaria, originally named the Saint Louis, was a Cairo-class ironclad river gunboat and one of seven city-class gunboats built at St. Louis, Missouri, for the U.
USS Barr (DE-576) USS Barr (DE-576/APD-39), originally a Buckley-class destroyer escort, and later a Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport of the United States Navy named for Pvt. Woodrow Wilson Barr of Keyser, West Virginia.
USS Barracuda (SS-163) USS Barracuda (SF-4/SS-163), lead ship of her class and first of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish (after USS F-2).
USS Barracuda (SSK-1) USS Barracuda (SSK-1), the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut.
USS Barry (DD-933) USS Barry (DD-933) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third to be named for Commodore John Barry. Barry was laid down on 15 March 1954 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corporation; launched on 1 October 1955; sponsored by Mrs.
USS Basilone (DD-824) USS Basilone (DD/DDE-824) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916–1945), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for “extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action....” in the defense of Henderson Field during the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign.
USS Bass (SS-164) USS Bass (SF-5/SS-164), a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass, an edible, spiny-finned fish. Her keel was laid at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
USS Bataan (CVL-29) USS Bataan (CVL-29), originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II.
USS Bates (DE-68) USS Bates (DE-68/APD-47), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Edward M. Bates (19 September 1919-7 December 1941), who was killed on board the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
USS Batfish Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Batfish, named in honor of the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray.
USS Batfish (SS-310) USS Batfish (SS/AGSS-310), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray.
USS Batfish (SSN-681) USS Batfish (SSN-681), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, any of several fishes: a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California stingray.
USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 18 November 1972.
USS Bauer (DE-1025) USS Bauer (DE-1025) was a Dealey class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Colonel Harold William Bauer, naval aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Commander of Marine Fighting Squadron 212 in the South Pacific between 10 May and 14 November 1942.
USS Bauxite (IX-154) USS Bauxite (IX-154), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for bauxite, a mineral compound of several hydrous aluminum oxides. Her keel was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (T.
USS Beagle (IX-112) USS Beagle (IX-112), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the beagle, a breed of small, short-coated hunting hound. Her keel was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract.
USS Beale (DD-40) USS Beale (DD-40), a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-9. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale.
USS Bearss (DD-654) USS Bearss (DD-654) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Brigadier General Hiram I. Bearss (1875–1938), USMC, who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War.
USS Bedford (DLG-113) USS Bedford (DLG-113) was a fictitious guided missile destroyer presumably named for one or more of the cities named Bedford in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Virginia, and Vermont. It was the setting of the 1965 movie The Bedford Incident, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier.
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) New Haven (CL-76), reclassified CV-24 and renamed Belleau Wood on 16 February 1942 and reclassified CVL-24 on 15 July 1943, was a United States Navy Independence class aircraft carrier active during World War II. Belleau Wood was launched 6 December 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp.
USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), the American journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat, and inventor. Four other ships in the United States Navy that have been named for Benjamin Franklin.
USS Bennington Monument The USS Bennington Monument is a sixty-foot granite obelisk in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego, California, USA. It serves as a monument to the memory of the crew of the USS Bennington (PG-4), a gunboat of the United States Navy whose two boilers exploded on the morning of July 21, 1905.
USS Bennion (DD-662) USS Bennion (DD-662) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, while in command of West Virginia (BB-48).
USS Bergall (SS-320) USS Bergall (SS-320), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut.
USS Bergall (SSN-667) USS Bergall (SSN-667), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 16 April 1966.
USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11) USS Betelgeuse (AK-28/AKA-11) was an Arcturus-class cargo ship, the first United States Navy ship named for Betelgeuse, a star in the constellation Orion. She served as a commissioned ship for 4 years and 9 months.
USS Bigelow (DD-942) USS Bigelow (DD-942) was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Watertender First Class Elmer Charles Bigelow (1920-1945), who was killed in action extinguishing a magazine fire while serving on board Fletcher during action against enemy Japanese forces off Corregidor in the Philippines on February 14, 1945.
USS Billfish (SS-286) USS Billfish (SS-286), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy bear the generic name for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard.
USS Birgit (AKA-24) USS Birgit (AKA-24) was an Artemis class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 960 Birgit, which in turn was named after a daughter of Swedish astronomer Bror Ansgar Asplind. USS Birgit served as a commissioned ship for 16 months.
USS Birmingham (CL-2) USS Birmingham (CL-2), named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a Chester-class light cruiser laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy in Massachusetts on 14 August 1905, launched on 29 May 1907 by Mrs L. Underwood and commissioned on 11 April 1908, Commander B.
USS Birmingham (CL-62) USS Birmingham (CL-62), a light cruiser named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the "Steel City", was a Cleveland class light cruiser laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News in Virginia on 17 February 1941 and launched on 20 March 1942 by Mrs. C.
USS Birmingham (SSN-695) USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1975.
USS Black (DD-666) USS Black (DD-666) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black (1903–1942), who was killed in action during the sinking of his ship, Jacob Jones (DD-130) in February 1942.
USS Black Hawk There have been four naval vessels named USS Black Hawk, named after the Saux-Fox War Chief (Makataimeshekiakiak) who lead a small party of his tribe from Iowa to his native Illinois. This action ensued the Black Hawk War (1832), which helped make names of Zachary Taylor, Jefferson Davis and included a captain in the Illinois militia, Abraham Lincoln.
USS Black Hawk (1848) The USS Black Hawk was a dual stack side-wheel river steamer built in 1848 at New Albany, Indiana and purchased by the United States Navy at Cairo, Illinois. On November 24, 1862 it was named as the USS New Uncle Sam and commissioned on December 6, 1862.
USS Blakely Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Blakely. The first Blakely, as well as the destroyer Blakeley, were named for Captain Johnston Blakeley, while the frigate honors both that officer and his great grandnephew Vice Admiral Charles Adams Blakely.
USS Blessman (DE-69) USS Blessman (DE-69/ADP-48), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman (1907 - 1942), who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942.
USS Block Island Three United States Navy escort aircraft carriers, two commissioned and one Lend-Lease, have been named USS Block Island, after Block Island Sound, which is off the south coast of the state of Rhode Island, between it and Block Island.
USS Block Island (CVE-21) The second USS Block Island (CVE-21) (previously AVG-21 then later ACV-21) was launched 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2) USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2), an Appalachian-class amphibious force flagship, was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, under a Maritime Commission contract. The ship was launched on March 7, 1943 under the sponsorship of Mrs.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the Blue Ridge-class of command ships of the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship named after the Blue Ridge Mountains, a series of ranges in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern US.
USS Blueback (SS-326) USS Blueback (SS-326), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut.
USS Blueback (SS-581) USS Blueback (SS-581) was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for a form of the rainbow or steelhead trout found only in Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.
USS Bluefish (SSN-675) USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down on 13 March 1968.
USS Bluegill (SS-242) USS Bluegill (SS-242), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluegill, a freshwater sunfish of the Mississippi River basin and Great Lakes. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut on 17 December 1942.
USS Bogue (CVE-9) USS Bogue (CVE-9) was the lead ship in the Bogue-class of escort aircraft carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally classified AVG-9, but was changed to ACV-9, 20 August 1942; CVE-9, 15 July 1943; and CVHP-9, 12 June 1955.
USS Boise (SSN-764) USS Boise (SSN-764), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boise, Idaho. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 25 August 1988.
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) is an Amphibious Assault Ship, and the third United States Navy ship of that name, was named in honor of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, which he had named the French language equivalent of "Goodman Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the U.S.
USS Bonita Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bonita, for the bonito, any of several types of fish including the tunny (Orcynus pelamys), the skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea), the medregal (Seriola fasciata), or the cobia (Elacate canada).
USS Bonita (SS-165) USS Bonita (SF-6/SS-165), a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito, any of several types of fish including the tunny (Orcynus pelamys), the skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea), the medregal (Seriola fasciata), or the cobia (Elacate canada).
USS Bonita (SSK-3) USS Bonita (SSK-3/SS-552), a Barracuda-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito, any of several types of fish including the tunny (Orcynus pelamys), the skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea), the medregal (Seriola fasciata), or the cobia (Elacate canada).
USS Bordelon (DD-881) USS Bordelon (DD/DDR-881) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Marine Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon (1920–1943), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Tarawa.
USS Bowers (DE-637) USS Bowers (DE-637/APD-40), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert K. Bowers (1915-1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
USS Bozeman (Star Trek) The USS Bozeman (NCC-1941) is a Soyuz class starship in the fictional Star Trek universe that appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Cause and Effect". In real life, it was named after writer Brannon Braga's hometown, Bozeman, Montana, and its hull number of NCC-1941 is taken from the film 1941, as modelmaker Greg Jein had worked on both productions.
USS Braxton (APA-138) USS Braxton (APA-138) is Haskell class attack transports designed to transport 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and land them on hostile shores with the ships' integral landing craft. Named for Braxton County, West Virginia.
USS Breeman (DE-104) USS Breeman (DE-104) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. The ship was named for George Breeman, a Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during a turret explosion on USS Kearsarge (BB-5).
USS Bremerton (CA-130) USS Bremerton (CA-130), named for the city of Bremerton in Washington state, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 February 1943, launched on 2 July 1944 by Miss Elizabeth K. McGowan and commissioned on 29 April 1945, Captain J.
USS Bremerton (SSN-698) USS Bremerton (SSN-698), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 8 May 1976.
USS Breton (CVE-23) The USS Breton (CVE-23) (previously AVG-23 then ACV-23) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 27 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
USS Briarcliff (IX-3) USS Briarcliff (IX-3), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy of that name. A wooden-hulled freighter, she was constructed in 1919 at Portland, Maine, by the Russell Shipbuilding Company for the United States Shipping Board (USSB).
USS Bridget (DE-1024) USS Bridget (DE-1024) was a Dealey class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Francis Joseph Bridget, a naval aviator who served on the Commander's Staff of Patrol Wing 10 during the Japanese attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941.
USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Harry Brinkley Bass USN (1916–1944), who was killed in action when his plane crashed in combat during the invasion of southern France on 20 August 1944.
USS Briscoe (DD-977) USS Briscoe (DD-977), named for Rear Admiral Robert Pearce Briscoe USN, was a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi. She was laid down 21 July 1975, launched 28 December 1976 and commissioned 3 June 1978
USS Bristol (DD-453) USS Bristol (DD 453) was a Gleaves class destroyer, named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol, serving in the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched 25 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs.
USS Bristol (DD-857) USS Bristol (DD-857), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol, who served as Commander-in-Chief North Atlantic Fleet from 1901 to 1903.
USS Broadbill (AM-58) Broadbill (AM-58), was an Auk class minesweeper, named after the Broadbill, a family of small passerine bird species found in tropical southeast Asia and Africa. Broadbill was launched on 21 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, sponsored by Mrs.
USS Buckley (DE-51) USS Buckley (DE/DER-51), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman John D. Buckley (1920 - 1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands.
USS Buffalo (CL-110) Buffalo (CL-110) was laid down as a Fargo-class light cruiser, 3 April 1944, by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, but with the end of World War II imminent, construction was cancelled, 12 August 1945.

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