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Walker. (DD-517) USS Walker (DD-517), a Fletcher -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral John Grimes Walker (1835–1907). Walker was laid down on 31 August 1942 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched on 31 January 1943, sponsored by Miss Sarah C. Walker; and commissioned on 3 April 1943.
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner -class environmental research ship, placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the United States Navy. She gathered intelligence and oceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from North Korea. On 23 January 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by ...
Visitors. approx. 500,000/year (2009) Owner. Government of Vietnam. The War Remnants Museum ( Vietnamese: Bảo tàng chứng tích chiến tranh) is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War .
It represents a subset of the list of museum ships comprising museum ships located worldwide. Deployed to Vietnam 1968-69. Sea Scout Ship with all-female crew 1998-2020. Relocated as 1st maritime training ship on Ohio River Jan 2024. Flooded herself to aim farther during shore bombardment at the Normandy landings.
70–90. USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal -class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War . Commissioned in 1956, she spent most of her career in the ...
Battleship Memorial Park. / 30.68178; -88.01479. Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. Its notable aircraft and museum ships include the South Dakota -class battleship USS Alabama and Gato -class submarine USS Drum. Alabama and Drum are National Historic Landmarks ...
USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk -class supercarrier and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States. One of the fastest ships in the Navy, as proven by her victory during a battlegroup race held in 1985, she was nicknamed "Connie" by her crew and ...
USS Hawkins. USS Henderson (DD-785) USS Henry B. Wilson. USS Henry W. Tucker. USS Herbert J. Thomas. USS Higbee. USS Hoel (DDG-13) USS Holder (DD-819) USS Hollister.