USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham...
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Alfred Austell Cunningham (March 8, 1882 – May 27, 1939) was an American aviator and a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Marine Corps...
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character. The destroyer USS Alfred A. Cunningham was the naval ship featured in this film. Another ship used in filming was the cruiser USS Galveston, which...
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Blockade of Wonsan (section USS Walke incident)
bombardment on July 17, 1951. For four and a half hours the destroyers USS O'Brien, USS Blue and USS Alfred A. Cunningham engaged the batteries at Wonsan, firing...
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only USS Laffey (DD-724) located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina remains as a museum ship. The Argentine Navy acquired four Sumners as a more...
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MS Explorer or MV Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic...
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national). Only 27 bodies were recovered. A further fatality occurred during the salvage operation with the loss of a Dutch diver. Bantry Bay During the 1960s...
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Oranje, later known as Angelina Lauro, was a Dutch passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship. The ship underwent 25 years' service...
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carriers. USS Suwannee is an example of a T3 tanker, hull AO-33, that was rebuilt to be an escort carrier. The T3 tanker's size and speed made it a useful...
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55°28′W / 13.083°N 55.467°W / 13.083; -55.467 SS Atlantic Empress was a Greek oil tanker that in 1979 collided with the oil tanker Aegean Captain...
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MV Kairali was a bulk carrier, owned by Kerala Shipping Corporation (KSC). She disappeared with her crew of 49 and 20,000 tonnes of iron ore on 3 July...
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Wildrake diving accident (redirect from Richard A. Walker)
Scotland in August 1979 that killed two American commercial divers. During a routine dive in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, the diving bell...
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the U-boat that it is hunting. USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) has a cameo in the final burial scene. On 17 April 2005 a memorial to the Captain class...
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Administration (NOAA) fleet since 1980. Prior to her NOAA career, she was a commercial shrimp boat that came into the possession of the United States...
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USS Alexander J. Luke (DE-577/DER-577) USS Alexandria (1862, PG-126/PF-18, SSN-757) USS Alfred (1774) USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) USS Alfred A....
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the American-Canadian trade. In 1979, she became stuck in ice and suffered a cataphoric structural failure, resulting in her bow sheering off and the spilling...
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Caroline of Leigh was a Moody 36 yacht which sank three miles (4.8 km) off Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England on 14 December 1979 with the loss of four lives...
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exploded and sank four years earlier with the loss of all but two of her crew, a ship which could transport both oil and iron ore. "BERGE VANGA". Marine Traffic...
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taken by the United States Navy destroyers USS Barton, USS Laffey, and USS O'Brien and hydrographic survey ship USS John Blish during Operation Crossroads...
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This is a List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during the Korean War: USS Magpie (AMS-25) blew up after striking a mine, 21 killed/missing...
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USS Ozark (LSV–2/CM-7/AP-107/MCS-2) was a Catskill-class vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the native...
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USS Tiru (SS-416), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the tiru, a member of the lizardfish family. Tiru—laid down...
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MT Independența ("Independence") was a large Romanian crude oil carrier. She collided in 1979 with a Greek freighter at the southern entrance of Bosphorus...
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USCGC Cuyahoga (redirect from USS Cuyahoga (AG-26))
commissioned in the U.S. Navy on 1 April 1935 as AG-26, a tender for the Presidential Yacht USS Potomac. She returned to Coast Guard jurisdiction on 17...
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of a cargo ship built by Hall, Russell & Company and launched on 21 November 1957. Its construction was sponsored by the wife of Mr. J. F. P. Tate, a director...
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USS Anthony (DD-515), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony...
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HMS Walmer Castle was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred...
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Saint Germain was a 3,492 GRT train ferry which was built in 1951 by Helsingør Skibs og Maskinbyggeri for SNCF. She served until 1988 when she was withdrawn...
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Ulysses was a 332 GRT coastal trading vessel that was built in 1941 as Empire Creek by J Pollock & Sons, Faversham, United Kingdom. She was built for...
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a further 34. In 1976 Air Sprite was laid up at HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney for a major refit, which was scheduled for mid-1977, prior to being used as a...
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