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An aerial starboard bow view of the frigate USS BADGER (FF 1071) underway. USS Badger (FF-1071) was a Knox-class destroyer escort, originally designated as DE-1071 and reclassified as a frigate in 1975 in the United States Navy. Her primary mission of ASW remained unchanged. This ship was not the first to bear the name. TheContinue reading “USS Badger (FF-1071)”

USS BAINBRIDGE – 1962 USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was the only ship of her class. Initially a guided missile destroyer leader in the United States Navy, she was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. This ship was nuclear-powered.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(CGN-25) View On WordPress from Currin’s Naval, Maritime & Marine News https://ift.tt/2YDH0hP via IFTTT

USS Truxtun (DLGN-35) The fifth USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822).The Truxtun class cruiser was a nuclear-powered class of single ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament wasContinue reading “USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35)”

USS Truxtun (DLGN-35) The fifth USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822).The Truxtun class cruiser was a nuclear-powered class of single ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament wasContinue reading “USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35)”

USS South Carolina (CGN-37) USS SOUTH CAROLINA – 1974 USS South Carolina (CGN-37) was the second ship of the California-class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy.The USS South Carolina and her sister ship the USS California were equipped with two Mk-13 launchers, fore and aft, for the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles, ASROCContinue reading “USS South Carolina (CGN-37)”