Gearing, USS (DD-710)

USS Gearing was the lead ship of a United States Navy destroyer class. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

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Tortuga, USS (LSD-46)

USS Tortuga is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the US Navy. the second to be named for the Dry Tortugas.

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Philadelphia (Gundalow)

Philadelphia was a gunboat manned by Continental Army soldiers during the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), October 1776.

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Landsdowne, USS (DD-483)

American destroyer that earned battle stars in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Transported the Japanese dignitaries to the surrender signing ceremony aboard USS Missouri.

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