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How the USS Maddox Started the Vietnam War
The USS Maddox’ likely incorrect report of an attack on August 4, 1964, paved the way for a dramatic escalation of the ...
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...
The carrier had a hard road to completion ... The USS Constellation continued operating throughout the duration of the ...
used in battles during the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf and survived a collision with a Soviet submarine. But those glory days are in the past. Now the aircraft carrier is in the middle of its ...
Naval Base Kitsap would swap the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier for its newest under ... 1975 just days after the fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War, is slated to move from the naval base ...