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40 relations: American 21 inch torpedo, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-submarine warfare, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, Bikini Atoll, Bofors 40 mm gun, Bombardment of Cherbourg, Ceremonial ship launching, Colonel, Commander, Depth charge, Destroyer squadron, Invasion of Normandy, John Kennedy Barton, Korea, Leyte, Naval mine, Naval Vessel Register, Nazi Germany, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Operation Crossroads, Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, Plymouth, Radar, Rear admiral (United States), Service star, Ship commissioning, Steam turbine, Task Force 77 (United States Navy), Torpedo tube, United States Fifth Fleet, United States Navy, United States Seventh Fleet, United States Sixth Fleet, United States Third Fleet, Virginia Capes, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 5"/38 caliber gun.
American 21 inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21 inch torpedoes in service with the United States.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).
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Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.
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Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine.
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Bath, Maine
Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States.
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Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll (pronounced or; Marshallese: 'Pikinni',, meaning "coconut place") is an atoll in the Marshall Islands which consists of 23 islands totalling surrounding a central lagoon.
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Bofors 40 mm gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Bombardment of Cherbourg
The bombardment of Cherbourg took place on June 25, 1944, during World War II, when ships from the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy attacked German fortifications in and near the city, firing in support of U.S. Army units that were engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Colonel
Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.
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Commander
Commander is a common naval and air force officer rank.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.
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Destroyer squadron
A destroyer squadron is a naval squadron or flotilla usually consisting of destroyers rather than other types of vessel.
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Invasion of Normandy
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944.
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John Kennedy Barton
John Kennedy Barton (April 7, 1853 – December 23, 1921) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy in the late 19th century.
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Korea
Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.
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Leyte
Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of the Philippines.
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Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.
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Naval Vessel Register
The Naval Vessel Register (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
and --> The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German 20 mm Becker design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II, and many versions still in use today.
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Operation Crossroads
Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946.
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Panama Canal
The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
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Plymouth
Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.
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Radar
Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.
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Rear admiral (United States)
Rear admiral in the United States refers to two different ranks of commissioned officers — one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers.
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Service star
A service star is a miniature bronze or silver five-pointed star inch (4.8 mm) in diameter that is authorized to be worn by members of the seven uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons to denote an additional award or service period.
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Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Task Force 77 (United States Navy)
For decades, Task Force 77 was the aircraft carrier battle/strike force of the United States Seventh Fleet in the United States Navy (USN) since the U.S. Seventh Fleet was formed.
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Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.
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United States Fifth Fleet
The Fifth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet (a military formation) of the United States Navy.
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United States Sixth Fleet
The Sixth Fleet is the United States Navy's operational fleet and staff of United States Naval Forces Europe.
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United States Third Fleet
The Third Fleet is one of the numbered fleets in the United States Navy.
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Virginia Capes
The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America.
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Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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5"/38 caliber gun
The Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun was a United States naval gun.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Barton_(DD-722)
