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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Titanic, RMS

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912.

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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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Monitor, USS

First Union ironclad of the American Civil War.  Fought famous battle with the first Confederate ironclad ‘Virginia’ here in Hampton Roads – the first battle between two iron ships.

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