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USS O'Bannon (DD-987)

Index USS O'Bannon (DD-987)

USS O'Bannon (DD-987), a ''Spruance''-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1776–1850), an early hero of the US Marine Corps. [1]

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Ceremonial ship launching

Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

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Destroyer Squadron 14

Destroyer Squadron 14, now Naval Surface Squadron Fourteen (CNSS 14, or SURFRON 14) is the administrative Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) for ships that are homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, FL.

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Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

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List of destroyers of the United States Navy

This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.

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Mark 82 bomb

The Mark 82 (Mk 82) is an unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series.

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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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Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.

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Presley O'Bannon

Presley O'Bannon (1776 – September 12, 1850) was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, famous for his exploits in the First Barbary War (1801-1805).

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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, and U.S. navies.

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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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Spruance-class destroyer

The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of World War II–built and s and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s.

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Turkish Naval Forces

The Turkish Naval Forces (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Navy (Türk Donanması) is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.

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United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with 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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USS O'Bannon

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS O’Bannon, after the early Marine Corps hero Presley O'Bannon (1784–1850), hero of the Battle of Derna.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O'Bannon_(DD-987)

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