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Warships of the Vietnam War
From the small to the large, the US Navy was well-represented in Southeast Asia by a plethora of watercraft vessels.

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HMAS Brisbane (D 41)
The HMAS Brisbane was a Perth-class guided missile destroyer built by the United States as a modified Charles F. Adams-class destroyer. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) had purchased the County-class destroyers from Britain, ...
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1967

2

PACV / ACV (Pac-Vee / Monster)
The PACV ("Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle") was a patrol hovercraft made notable by its involvement in the Vietnam War under the flag of the United States Navy and, later, Army. The system was trialed with good results but limite...
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1966

3

PBR (Patrol Boat, Riverine)
One of the most intriguing of the United States Navy's crafts during the Vietnam war arguably was the PBR (or "Patrol Boat, Riverine" though also sometimes known as "Pibber"). The low-draft, high-speed river-borne craft was u...
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1966

4

USS America (CV-66)
The USS America (CV-66 though initially designated as CVA-66) was a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy through the Cold War and beyond, officially being decommissioned in 1996. She was ...
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1965

5

USS Canberra (CA-70)
The USS Canberra was a United States naval warship that was put into action in the middle years of World War 2 and survived long enough to take part in some of the most critical years of the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict....
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1943

6

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
This modernized version of the World War 2-era aircraft carrier became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world when it was commission in 1961 with its eight A2W reactors. Born to lead a class of six like-carri...
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1961

7

USS Intrepid (CV-11)
The USS Intrepid served the United States Navy throughout World War 2 and beyond. The vessel was designed from the new Essex-class of aircraft carriers and was officially added to the navy inventory in 1943. The Intrepid woul...
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1943

8

USS Iowa (BB-61)
The USS Iowa was the first in the line of Iowa-class battleships that was joined by sisters USS New Jersey, USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin. The battleship was born out of a need to deter the Imperial Japanese Navy from contin...
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1943

9

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
The USS Kittyhawk was first ordered in October of 1955 and laid down in December of 1956 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched in May of 1960 and officially commissioned in April of the following year. The Ki...
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1961

10

USS Missouri (BB-63)
The USS Missouri and her three sister ships were designed, laid down and launched during World War 2 and represented some of the most powerful vessels of their type in the conflict. The power brought to bear from her massive ...
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1944

11

USS New Jersey (BB-62)
Designed and operated in the early 1940's, the USS New Jersey saw extensive combat actions in the Pacific Theater of War assisting in task force duties, amphibious marine assaults and flagship protection (herself becoming a f...
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1942

12

USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
The historical beginning of the LPH ship, Landing Platform Helicopter, was in WW II in the Pacific theater when smaller escort carriers were produced to augment the first line carriers to complete their mission. The escorts w...
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1962

13

USS Saratoga (CV-60)
The crew called her Sara and she was ordered as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" the fifth ship in the United states Navy to have that battle name. USS Saratoga (CV-60) being the second of the four Forrestal-class carriers was re...
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1956

14

USS Wichita (AOR-1)
The USS Wichita was a replenishment oiler and operated in support of fleet operations during her time. She was the second ship to be named after the US city and the first of her Wichita-class fleet support ships to see servic...
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1969

15

USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Though numbered before the USS Missouri (BB 63), the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) actually completed construction before her sister and is part of the Iowa-class of battleships that includes the USS Iowa and USS New Jersey. These ma...
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1944

16

USS Yorktown (CV-10)
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1943

 
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