The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
USS Vixen (PG-53)-- Part 2: A German-Built Yacht, Flagship of U.S. Atlantic Fleet
From Wikipedia.
Was a gunboat in World War II. Served as flagship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Stats:
Launched: 1929
Purchase by Navy: 13 November 1940
Commissioned: 25 February 1941
Decommissioned: 24 May 1946
Sold into commercial service 21 January 1947
Broken up: 2005
--GreGen
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