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The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. It was established in 1801 as part of the recent establishment of the new U.S. Department of the Navy in 1798. After 175 years of military service, it was decommissioned as a naval installation on 1 July 1974.
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy. The shipyard has built and sometimes designed battleships, frigates, cruisers, and destroyers, including the Arleigh Burke class which are currently among the world's most advanced surface warships.
A guided-missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether. The U.S. Navy has adopted the classification DDG in the American hull classification system.
Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Gridley in honor of Charles Vernon Gridley.
The first USS Abbot (DD-184) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy until traded to Britain at the beginning of World War II. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Charlestown (I21), a Town-class destroyer.
The first USS Radford (DD–120) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later reclassified AG-22. She was named for William Radford.
The name Mahan was assigned to the following four United States Navy ships, in honor of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, naval historian and theorist on sea power.
The second USS Renshaw (DD–176) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for William B. Renshaw.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hazelwood, named in honor of Commodore John Hazelwood, an officer in the Continental Navy.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Manley for John Manley.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Anthony, in honor of Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony.
Four ships of United States Navy have been named Bailey for Theodorus Bailey:
USS Edwards has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
USS Luce may refer to various United States Navy ships:
USS Corry (DD-334) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer launched and commissioned in 1921.
The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was a United States shipyard, active from 1917 to 1948. It was founded during World War I to build ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II, it built ships as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding program. Operated by a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, the shipyard was located at Kearny Point where the mouth of the Hackensack River meets Newark Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The shipyard site is now part of River Terminal, a massive distribution facility that is partially a foreign trade zone.
USS Williams has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
There have been three United States Navy ships that have borne the name Talbot
