Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri:
The Montana-class battleships were planned as successors of the Iowa class for the United States Navy, to be slower but larger, better armored, and with superior firepower. Five were approved for construction during World War II, but changes in wartime building priorities resulted in their cancellation in favor of continuing production of Essex-class aircraft carriers and Iowa-class battleships before any Montana-class keels were laid.
Crane or cranes may refer to:
Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Maine, named for the 23rd state:
USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship and was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the United States and is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II.
At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Louisiana in honor of the 18th state.
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Indiana in honor of the 19th state.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Oregon and one is planned, in honor of the Oregon Territory or the 33rd state.
USS Iowa may refer to several vessels:
Eight ships of the United States Navy and United States Revenue Cutter Service have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
USS New Jersey may refer to one of the following ships of the United States Navy named after the U.S. state of New Jersey:
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named for the 15th state:
USS Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the second ship of the Montana class. However, the urgent need for more warships at the outbreak of World War II and the U.S. Navy's experiences in the Pacific theater led it to conclude that rather than battleships larger and more heavily armed than the Iowa class, it quickly needed more fast battleships of that class to escort the new Essex-class aircraft carriers being built. As a result, hulls BB-65 and BB-66 were reordered and laid down as Iowa-class battleships in 1942.
USS Mississippi, named either for the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River, may refer to:
USS Washington may refer to:
Maine is a state of the United States.
William McCombe Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served as the first captain of the battleship USS Missouri and the inaugural commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Through the course of almost 40 years, he served his country in three wars. His naval career began on a destroyer in the final months of World War I. Following command of the destroyer USS Reuben James and logistical work prior to World War II, he took command of Missouri in 1944.
USS Gosselin (APD-126) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, in service from 1944 to 1949. She was sold for scrap in 1965.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.