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"The Black Dragon" – USS New Jersey "The Blue Ghost" – USS Lexington (CV-16); nickname supposedly bestowed by Japanese radio propagandist Tokyo Rose because of the color of her camouflage painting and because she repeatedly disproved reports that she had been sunk. Some crew used her predecessors nickname of "Lady Lex" [17]
United States: United States (lead ship) — — — Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949 [51] CV-59 Forrestal: Forrestal (lead ship) 1 October 1955 11 September 1993 37 years, 345 days Scrapped in 2015 [52] [53] [54] CV-60 Saratoga: Forrestal: 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2019 [55] CV-61 Ranger ...
Great White Fleet – nickname for the United States Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 Great Green Fleet – nickname for the United States ships or current carrier strike group sent around the world to promote a new bio-energy sustainable fuel
A licensed carrier that holds itself out to hire under either a public tariff for the general public (for-hire common carrier) or under a contract filed with a specific shipper (contract carrier). For-hire carriers must apply for operating authority with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. [5] Irregular route See over-the-road.
Image:Map of USA.png – United States with outlines for individual states. Image:Map of USA-bw.png – Black and white outlines for states, for the purposes of easy coloring of states. Image:BlankMap-USA-states.PNG – US states, grey and white style similar to Vardion's world maps. Image:Map of USA with county outlines.png – Grey and white ...
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Map of the USA showing borders of states and counties. Adapted by Wapcaplet from a public-domain map courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau website. Date: 25 September 2006: Source: en:File:Map of USA with county outlines.png: Author
The United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard use a mixture of tactical call signs and international call signs, with ships beginning with the letter N. For example, the carrier USS John F. Kennedy had the call sign NJFK for unclassified and navigation communications with other vessels, but uses tactical call ...