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USS South Carolina (BB-26), the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the eighth state.She was also the first American dreadnought; though she did not incorporate turbine propulsion like HMS Dreadnought, South Carolina ' s design included revolutionary aspects as well, primarily the superfiring arrangement of ...
USS South Carolina (CGN-37) was the second ship of the California class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy. USS South Carolina and her sister ship, USS California , were equipped with two Mk-13 launchers, fore and aft, for the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles, ASROC missiles, and Harpoon missiles.
On 19 February 1862, South Carolina and USS Brooklyn chased steamer Magnolia in the Gulf of Mexico after the steamer had slipped away from the Confederate coast carrying a large cargo of cotton. Magnolia's crew exploded one of her boilers , set her afire, and attempted to escape; but South Carolina captured the Southerner's boats, boarded the ...
USS South Carolina (1799) was a coastal patrol vessel built in 1799 and sold in 1802; USS South Carolina (1860) was a screw steamer built in 1860; served in the American Civil War and sold in 1866; USS South Carolina (BB-26) was a South Carolina-class battleship launched in 1908 and sold for scrap in 1924
Two South Carolina-class battleships, also known as the Michigan class, [B] were built for the United States Navy in the early twentieth century. Named South Carolina and Michigan , they were the first American dreadnoughts —powerful warships whose capabilities far outstripped those of the world's older battleships .
William Wirt Gilmer (May 21, 1863 – January 8, 1955) was a United States Navy Captain who served as both the 22nd and 24th Naval Governor of Guam.A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he commanded the USS South Carolina during World War I, for which he received the Navy Cross.
In the spring of 1967 came the Navy's third nuclear-powered cruiser, (though initially labeled a frigate), USS Truxtun (DLGN-35), a heavily modified design based on the Belknap-class cruiser. Truxtun would be followed by the two-ship California class , beginning with USS California (CGN-36) in February 1974 and USS South Carolina (CGN-37) in ...
USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.Built under the Washington Treaty system, North Carolina ' s design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of ...