USS Alert (AS-4) — The third USS Alert was an iron hulled, screw steamer in the United States Navy. She was later designated as AS 4. Alert was laid down in 1873 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by John Roach Son; launched on 18 September 1874; and commissioned on 27 May… … Wikipedia
USS Alert (1861) — was a 90 ton steamship named A. C. Powell purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. A. C. Powell later renamed Alert , and still later renamed Watch served primarily as a tugboat, but at times she performed duty … Wikipedia
USS Vigilance (AM-324) — was an , USS|Fortune|IX 146, and USS|Boreas|AF 8 to Majuro which they reached on 25 May. Vigilance departed Majuro at 0800 on the 26th to return to Hawaii, intercepted USS|Megrez|AK 126 en route, and relieved PC 548 of escorting that cargo ship… … Wikipedia
USS Anacostia (1856) — was a steamer, constructed as a tugboat, that was first chartered by the U.S. Navy for service during the Paraguay crisis of the 1850s and then commissioned as a U.S. Navy ship. She later served prominently in the Union Navy during the American… … Wikipedia
USS William T. Powell (DE-213) — USS William T. Powell (DE/DER 213), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner s Mate William T. Powell (1918 1942), who was killed in action, aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco off of… … Wikipedia
USS Laws (DD-558) — USS Laws (DD 558), a Fletcher class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Alexander Laws, who served in the Navy during the Quasi War and First Barbary War in the early 19th century. Laws was laid down on 19 May 1942 by… … Wikipedia
USS Valencia (AKA-81) — was a sclass|Tolland|attack cargo ship named after Valencia County, New Mexico. She was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations … Wikipedia
USS Flying Fish (SS-229) — USS Flying Fish (SS/AGSS 229), a Gato class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, a family of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it… … Wikipedia
USS Heermann (DD-532) — Career (United States) … Wikipedia
USS West Virginia (BB-48) — USS West Virginia (BB 48), a Sclass|Colorado|battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state.Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News,… … Wikipedia
