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  2. Most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II - Wikipedia

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    18 Battle Stars [2] [3] though the Naval Historical center only lists 15 battle stars. [4] USS San Francisco (CA-38) 17 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation [5] USS O'Bannon (DD-450) 17 Battle Stars. Presidential Unit Citation [6] USS New Orleans (CA-32) 17 Battle Stars, [7] though the Naval Historical center lists 16 battle stars. [8]

  3. Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Entertainment Center. Website. Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is located at 62 Battleship Place, Camden, New Jersey. This museum ship preserves and displays USS New Jersey, the most decorated battleship to have served in the U.S. Navy and one of the largest ever built.

  4. USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia

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    USS. New Jersey. (BB-62) USS New Jersey ( BB-62) is an Iowa -class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J". New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa -class battleships, and was the ...

  5. Battleship New Jersey by the numbers. Here are some ... - AOL

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    The Battleship has two 17 feet tall propellers and two 18 feet tall propellers each weighing about 18 tons each and two rudders. The ship's evaporators can produce up to 60,000 gallons of fresh ...

  6. USS Enterprise (CV-6) - Wikipedia

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    1 × hangar deck hydraulic catapults. 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. Colloquially called " The Big E ", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was the only Yorktown -class and ...

  7. USS O'Bannon (DD-450) - Wikipedia

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    10 x 21-inch torpedo tubes for Mark 15 torpedoes. USS O'Bannon (DD/DDE-450), a Fletcher -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1784–1850), the Marine Corps's "hero of Derna ". O'Bannon was the US Navy's most decorated destroyer during World War II, earning 17 battle stars ...

  8. USS Parche (SSN-683) - Wikipedia

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    USS Parche (SSN-683), a Sturgeon -class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche / ˌpɑːrˈtʃeɪ /, a small, coral reef butterfly fish. Parche was launched on 13 January 1973, sponsored by Natalie Beshany, the wife of Vice Admiral Philip A. Beshany, and commissioned on 17 August 1974.

  9. USS San Diego (CL-53) - Wikipedia

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    The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta -class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...