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Code of the United States Fighting Force. The Code of the U.S. Fighting Force is a code of conduct that is an ethics guide and a United States Department of Defense directive consisting of six articles to members of the United States Armed Forces, addressing how they should act in combat when they must evade capture, resist while a prisoner or ...
Yard and district craft. v. t. e. List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [1] although it does not include early vessels.
During World War I, in 1916, the U.S. Navy began a registry of privately owned pleasure craft and yachts that were available for patrol service in the event the United States was drawn into the conflict. "Section Patrol" ("SP") numbers were assigned in a series beginning with SP-1 and ultimately extending to well over 4,000. As the registration ...
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126 (VAW-126) ( NS Norfolk, VA) Electronic Attack Squadron 137 (VAQ-137) ( NAS Whidbey Island, WA) Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, Detachment 2 (VRC-40, Det. 2) ( NS Norfolk, VA) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 11 (HSC-11) ( NS Norfolk, VA) Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 (HSM-72) ( NAS ...
Naval Vessel Register. The Naval Vessel Register ( NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. It contains information on ships and service craft that make up the official inventory of the Navy from the time a vessel is authorized through its life cycle and disposal.
This is a list of active French Navy ships. [1] [2] [3] The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force) [4] and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force).
The 1975 ship reclassification of cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts brought U.S. Navy classifications into line with other nations' classifications, and eliminated the perceived "cruiser gap" with the Soviet Navy. If a ship's hull classification symbol has "T-" preceding it, that symbolizes that it is a ship of the Military Sealift Command ...
The hull number visible on both sides of the bow of USS Arleigh Burke, DDG-51. A hull number is a serial identification number given to a boat or ship. For the military, a lower number implies an older vessel. For civilian use, the HIN is used to trace the boat's history. The precise usage varies by country and type.