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USS Chesapeake (1799)
USS Chesapeake, also known as the Frigate Chesapeake, was a 38-gun US Navy frigate launched in 1799 and captured by HMS Shannon off Boston in 1813.
USS Chicago (CA-29)
USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1931, that fought in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.
USS Cole (DDG-67)
USS Cole (DDG-67), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in service since 1996, named for Medal of Honor Marine Darrell S. Cole; bombed by an al-Qaida suicide boat at Aden, Yemen, on 12 October 2000, killing 17 sailors, then repaired and returned to service.
USS Cole bombing
USS Cole bombing: al-Qaeda suicide boat attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole (DDG-67) at Aden, Yemen, October 12, 2000, killing 17 sailors; followed failed USS The Sullivans attempt; led to FBI probe, Crouch-Gehman review, and al-Nashiri's Guantanamo death-penalty case.
USS Connecticut (SSN-22)
USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is a Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine of the United States Navy, built by General Dynamics Electric Boat and commissioned in 1998.
USS Constellation (1854)
USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy, a 22-gun sloop-of-war at Gosport, Norfolk, now a Baltimore museum ship; freed 700+ from slavers and was long misidentified as the 1797 frigate until the 1991 Wegner report.
USS Constellation (CV-64)
USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1961, that flew combat operations from Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom.
USS Constitution
USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy launched in Boston in 1797, today the oldest commissioned warship afloat.
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere, also called the Guerriere action, was a War of 1812 frigate duel fought August 19, 1812 near Halifax, in which Hull's Constitution destroyed Dacres' Guerriere in about 35 minutes, earning the nickname Old Ironsides.
USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was a US Navy Midway-class aircraft carrier, in service from 1947 to 1990 and spending more days on the line off Vietnam than any other carrier.
USS Defiant
USS Defiant (NX-74205), also known via its replacement USS Sao Paulo NCC-75633, is the Defiant-class prototype warship from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, built to fight the Borg, destroyed at Chin'toka in 2375, and succeeded by a renamed sister ship.
USS Donald Cook
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1998 and named for Medal of Honor recipient Donald G. Cook.
USS Drum (SS-228)
USS Drum (SS-228) was a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine. It sank 15 ships in 13 World War II patrols and is the oldest preserved WWII sub in Alabama.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), known as "Ike", is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1977 and named for the 34th President.
USS Eldridge
USS Eldridge was a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy built in Newark, New Jersey, in 1943, best known for the debunked "Philadelphia Experiment" invisibility legend.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6), nicknamed the Big E, was a Yorktown-class United States Navy aircraft carrier that fought from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa, the most decorated U.S. warship of World War II with 20 battle stars.
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), nicknamed the Big E, was the United States Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, serving 50 years and 25 deployments from 1961 to 2012.
USS Enterprise (CVN-80)
USS Enterprise (CVN-80) is the third Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the Galaxy-class flagship of Star Trek: The Next Generation under Captain Jean-Luc Picard; designed by Andrew Probert, capable of saucer separation, destroyed in Generations and restored in Picard season 3.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is the fictional Constitution-class Star Trek starship designed by Matt Jefferies in 1964, launched in-universe in 2245, commanded by Kirk, destroyed in 2285; its 11-foot filming model rests at the Smithsonian.
USS Essex (CV-9)
USS Essex (CV-9) was the lead ship of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, serving from 1942 through World War II, Korea, and the Cold War until 1969.
USS Essex (LHD-2)
USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class multipurpose amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1992 in San Diego, the second ship of her class.
USS Farragut (DDG-99)
USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2006, homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, and named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut.
USS Fitzgerald
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), Arleigh Burke-class Flight I destroyer commissioned 1995, motto "Protect Your People"; collided with ACX Crystal off Japan in June 2017, killing seven sailors, prompting Navy-wide readiness reforms.
USS Florida (SSGN-728)
USS Florida (SSGN-728) is an Ohio-class guided-missile submarine of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1983 and converted from a ballistic-missile boat in 2006, homeported at Kings Bay, Georgia.
USS Franklin (CV-13)
USS Franklin (CV-13), nicknamed Big Ben, was a US Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier in the Pacific that survived a March 1945 attack killing roughly 800 men, was never repaired for service, and was scrapped in 1966.
USS Freedom (LCS-1)
USS Freedom (LCS-1), lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships, a 379-foot steel monohull built by Lockheed Martin at Marinette Marine. Commissioned November 2008 at Milwaukee, deployed to Singapore in 2013, decommissioned September 2021 at San Diego.
USS George W. Bush
USS George W. Bush is the name given in 2025 to CVN-83, a planned Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier of the United States Navy named for President George H. W. Bush.
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1992 and in 2008 the first nuclear-powered carrier forward-deployed to Japan.
USS Gerald R. Ford
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the largest warship in the world and the lead ship of the Ford class, commissioned in 2017.