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WWII History: Why Were Aircraft Carriers Stationed In The Great Lakes?
The U.S. Navy kept aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes during WWII to train new pilots for carrier landings without being ...
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The Navy’s Alaska-Class WWII Battlecruiser Failure Was Obvious
The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive “large cruisers” or ...
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The Incredible Story of the USS Washington
A marvel of engineering in its day, the USS Washington blended heavy armor with impressive speed. She was truly a “fast battleship” capable of keeping pace with carrier task forces. Her displacement ...
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How USS Intrepid and Task Force 58 destroyed over 250 Japanese aircraft at their WWII “Gibraltar”
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy The USS Intrepid American carrier planes attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk Lagoon on ...
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How a WWII warship became Apollo 8’s ride home from the Pacific Ocean in 1968
Wikimedia Commons/NASA Apollo 8 Astronauts and the USS Yorktown Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. on December 27, 1968, in the Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. USS Yorktown waited ...