USS Locator (AGR/YAGR-6) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1955. She was obtained from...
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USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931...
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"USS Callister : Into Infinity" is the sixth and final episode in the seventh season of the British science fiction anthology television series Black...
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notably the hedge sparrow. USS Accentor (AMc-36), was a coastal minesweeper and the lead ship of the Accentor class. USS Accentor (LCIL-652), was a large...
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USS L-1 (SS-40) USS L-2 (SS-41) USS L-3 (SS-42) USS L-4 (SS-43) USS L-5 (SS-44) USS L-6 (SS-45) USS L-7 (SS-46) USS L-8 (SS-48) USS L-9 (SS-49) USS L-10...
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delivered on 6 April. To the United States Navy in June 1955 and renamed Locator. Converted for naval use at Charleston Naval Shipyard. Laid up in reserve...
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List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy (section Coastal Minesweepers (Underwater Locator) (AMCU))
USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine...
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original owner in 1946. USS Blue Jay (AMCU-17), the former LCI(L)-654; converted to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), 1954; never commissioned...
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not done. USS Guardian (YAGR-1) USS Lookout (YAGR-2) USS Skywatcher (YAGR-3) USS Searcher (YAGR-4) USS Scanner (YAGR-5) USS Locator (YAGR-6) USS Picket (YAGR-7)...
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An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress...
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...
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USS Accentor (LCI(L)-652/LSIL-652/AMCU-15) was an LCI(L)-351-class landing craft infantry in the service of the United States Navy, named after the accentor...
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Bayesian search theory (section USS Scorpion)
objects. It has been used several times to find lost sea vessels, for example USS Scorpion, and has played a key role in the recovery of the flight recorders...
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USS Arizona "Operation 85" is a civilian lead initiative aimed at identifying 85 or more unknown American servicemen from the battleship USS Arizona which...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the...
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Pacific: The USS St. Lo (CVE-63) and Composite Squadron VC-65 was erected in 1994. The USS Hoel (DD-533), USS Johnston (DD-557) and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)...
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USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In...
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Nimitz-class ships were the largest warships built and in service until USS Gerald R. Ford entered the fleet in 2017. Instead of the gas turbines or...
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USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier. The lead ship of her class, she served during World War II. Converted...
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to...
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USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), in FY 1952 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Renamed USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) on 7 March 1952...
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December 12, 1946, whereupon the USS Henderson and USS Cacapon set up weather monitoring stations. By December 24, the USS Currituck had begun launching...
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Times. p. 29. Retrieved April 8, 2025. "Willamette National Cemetery Grave Locator". Retrieved November 11, 2020. This article incorporates public domain...
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USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", carrying up...
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USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4) is a Cleveland-class light cruiser and one of 27 completed for the United States Navy during or shortly after World...
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DSV Limiting Factor (section USS Johnston)
used to identify the wrecks of the destroyers USS Johnston at a depth of 6,469 m (21,224 ft), and USS Samuel B. Roberts at 6,865 m (22,523 ft), in the...
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an experiment where the U.S. Navy attempted to make a destroyer escort, USS Eldridge, disappear and the bizarre results that followed. The story surfaced...
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