USS Gatling (DD-671) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named after Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun. Gatling...
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Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is...
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up Gatling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Gatling gun was one of the first rapid-fire weapons and a modern class of rotary cannon. Gatling may...
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(DD-651) USS Colahan (DD-658) USS Cotten (DD-669) USS Cushing (DD-797) USS De Haven (DD-727) USS Dortch (DD-670) USS Frank Knox (DD-742) USS Gatling (DD-671)...
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and several large fires; Birmingham and the three destroyers Morrison, USS Gatling (DD-671) and Irwin remained with the stricken carrier after she fell...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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(37 mm (1.5 in)) Hotchkiss revolving cannon, and two .45 caliber (11.4 mm) Gatling guns. Four 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes were included in the design but...
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Theodore...
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USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was...
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The first USS Chicago (later CA-14) was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the...
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