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    USS Defender (MCM-2) was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the service of the United States Navy. She entered service in September 1989 and...
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  • Look up defend, defender, or defenders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to: Defense (military) Defense (sports)...
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    (2012–2018) USS Denver (LPD-9) (2008–2014) USS Guardian (MCM-5) (?? – 2013) USS Germantown (LSD-42) (2011 – 2021) USS Avenger (MCM-1) (2009–2014) USS Defender (MCM-2)...
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  • The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, for United States Ship. Non-commissioned, primarily civilian-crewed vessels...
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    countermeasures ship, United States Navy USS Defender (MCM-2), launched in 1987 USS Champion (MCM-4), launched in 1989 USS Patriot (MCM-7), launched in 1990...
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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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    The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the...
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    USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th President...
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    The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (a spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft...
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    DDG-73) USS Decker (DE-47) USS Decoy (1822) USS Deede (DE-263) USS Deer Island (YAG-62) USS Defender (MCM-2) USS Defense (AM-317/MSF-317) USS Defiance...
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  • "USS Callister" is the first episode of the fourth series of the anthology series Black Mirror. Written by series creator Charlie Brooker and William...
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  • Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd, the guided-missile frigate USS Ford, the mine counter-measures ship USS Defender, and the salvage ship USNS Safeguard...
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    countermeasures ships. After the grounding of USS Guardian (MCM-5) and decommissioning of USS Avenger (MCM-1), and USS Defender (MCM-2), only 11 US Minesweepers remain...
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    his initial sea tours as operations officer aboard USS Defender (MCM-2) and navigator aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20). Ashore, he served as major program...
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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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    Phalanx CIWS by 2013. DDGs 91–96 (USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams, and USS Bainbridge) were built with superstructure...
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    The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by Al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while...
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    USS Ross (DDG-71) USS Mahan (DDG-72) USS Decatur (DDG-73) USS McFaul (DDG-74) USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) USS Higgins (DDG-76) USS O'Kane (DDG-77) USS Porter...
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    classes USS AMS-59 USS AMS-61 USS AMS-62 USS AMS-63 USS AMS-64 USS AMS-65 USS AMS-66 USS AMS-67 USS AMS-68 USS AMS-71 USS AMS-73 USS AMS-74 USS AMS-75 USS AMS-76...
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    USS Arizona was a standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and...
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    USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
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    USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) is an Ohio-class, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, in commission with the United States Navy since 1984. She...
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    USS Defender (modified VentureStar) (single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane) September 16, 2017 – March 15, 2018 Expansion of 2001 novella (q.v.). Defender...
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  • USS SC-94, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 94 or USS S.C. 94, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy...
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    or M60 machine guns. The Defender A class or Response Boat–Homeland Security (RB-HS) was the first version of the Defender class and entered service...
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    lead ship would be named USS Brooke (FFG-80). Later the U.S. Navy clarified via Twitter that reports about reusing the USS Brooke name for a new warship...
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    former officer in the United States Navy, most notable as the captain of USS Vincennes, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruiser. While under his command, the...
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    USS SC-227, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 227 or USS S.C. 227, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy...
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  • December 20, 2018 USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the crew of the USS Indianapolis, in...
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    USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, she...
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