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USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1923, sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and present at Japan's 1945 surrender.
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita (CA-45) was a one-ship class of heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, serving from 1939 to 1947 and earning 13 battle stars in World War II.
USS William J. Clinton
USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) is a planned US Navy aircraft carrier, the fifth Gerald R. Ford-class ship, named for President Bill Clinton in 2025.
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship that served in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf War, now a museum ship in Norfolk, Virginia.
USS Worcester (CL-144)
USS Worcester (CL-144) was a light cruiser of the United States Navy, lead ship of the two-ship Worcester class, built around rapid-fire 6-inch dual-purpose guns.
USS Yorktown (CG-48)
USS Yorktown (CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2004, the fifth Navy ship of the name.
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an American Essex-class aircraft carrier in service from 1943 to 1970 that earned 16 battle stars in World War II and Vietnam.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class, commissioned in 1937 and lost at the Battle of Midway after fighting at Coral Sea.
USS Zumwalt
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), lead ship of the three-ship Zumwalt class of stealth US Navy destroyers with tumblehome hull and electric propulsion; commissioned 2016, now converted to carry Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missiles.
Ussana
Ussana is a comune in South Sardinia with Neolithic and Nuragic remains, a 4th-century Roman bath complex at San Lorenzo reused as a church foundation, Giudicato and feudal history, and autonomy since 1839.
Usseewa
Usseewa (うっせぇわ), roughly "Shut up!", is the 2020 debut single by Japanese singer Ado, written by Vocaloid producer syudou; it topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and passed 500 million streams.
Ussher chronology
Ussher chronology: James Ussher's 1650 Annales Veteris Testamenti dating Creation to 4004 BC (22 October evening), from the Masoretic text plus secular records; printed in Bible margins until 1910.
USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship (Чемпионат СССР по шахматам), the Soviet Union's national chess title, held 1920–1991. First won by Alekhine in Moscow 1920; regarded as the world's strongest national championship, with winners including Botvinnik, Tal, Karpov, and Kasparov.
USSSA Space Coast Complex
USSSA Space Coast Complex, in Viera/Melbourne, Florida, is USSSA's 15-field all-turf baseball and softball tournament venue with an 8,100-seat stadium, converted from the former spring training home of the Nationals, Expos, and Marlins.
Ussuri brown bear
Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also called Amur brown bear or black grizzly, a brown bear subspecies of the Russian Far East, Amur region, and Hokkaido; among Eurasia's largest brown bears, males averaging about 267 kg in Sikhote-Alin.
Ussuri dhole
The Ussuri dhole, also called the Chinese dhole, is the nominate subspecies of the endangered dhole, a wild canid of Asia with a bright red coat.
Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, its second city after Vladivostok. Founded as the village of Nikolskoye in 1866, it is a junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Ust-Balyk-Kurgan-Ufa-Almetyevsk Oil Pipeline
The Ust-Balyk-Kurgan-Ufa-Almetyevsk oil pipeline is a Russian crude-oil trunk pipeline operated by Transneft, running from the Ust-Balyk field in Western Siberia through Kurgan and Ufa to Almetyevsk in Tatarstan.
Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant
The Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant (Усть-Илимская ГЭС) is a 3,840 MW hydroelectric station on the Angara River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, the third stage of the Angara cascade.
Ust-Kamenogorsk
Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakh: Oskemen/Öskemen) is a city of about 333,000 in eastern Kazakhstan, administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region, founded as a Russian fortress in 1720 at the Ulba-Irtysh confluence and dominated by Kazzinc nonferrous metallurgy.
Ust-Tegusskoye oil field
Ust-Tegusskoye (Усть-Тегусское) is an onshore oil field in Uvat district, Tyumen Oblast, Russia, discovered in 1991, producing since 2009, and Rosneft's largest Uvat project field.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, formerly USTA National Tennis Center, is the Flushing Meadows, Queens public tennis facility and US Open home since 1978, with Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and Grandstand show courts.
Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Ustad Ahmad Lahori (استاد احمد لاهوری), also known as Ahmad Lahauri, was a Mughal court architect of Shah Jahan, credited as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal.
Ustad Bukhari
Ustad Bukhari (استاد بخاري), born Syed Ahmed Shah Bukhari, was a progressive Sindhi-language poet of Sindh, Pakistan, whose poetry voiced the lives of farmers, laborers, and the poor.
Ustad Daman
Ustad Daman (استاد دامن), born Chiragh Din, was a Punjabi poet and tailor of Lahore, Pakistan, known for extemporaneous verse against colonial rule and Pakistani governments.
Ustad Faiyaaz Wasifuddin Dagar
Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar, born in Delhi in 1968, is an Indian dhrupad singer of the Dagar family tradition, the 20th generation of his lineage, and a Padma Shri recipient.
Ustad Hotel (ഉസ്താദ് ഹോട്ടൽ)
Ustad Hotel (ഉസ്താദ് ഹോട്ടൽ), also spelled Usthad Hotel, is a 2012 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Anjali Menon, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Thilakan; it won three National Film Awards and was the top Malayalam grosser of 2012.
Ustad Isa (Mercurian crater)
Ustad Isa is an IAU-approved impact crater on Mercury, Gazetteer feature ID 6249, 136 km in diameter, centered at 32.10 degrees south, 165.30 degrees west, imaged by MESSENGER's Narrow Angle Camera.
Ustad Mansur
Ustad Mansur was a Mughal court painter under Akbar and Jahangir, active from about 1589 to 1626, known for his natural history studies of India's birds and flowers.
Ustadh Mau
Ustadh Mau is the pen name of Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir (born 1952), a Swahili poet and imam from Lamu, Kenya, writing didactic poetry in the Kiamu dialect.