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.
USS Midway is a former aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, she was the largest ship in the world until 1955. She operated for 47 years.
Lightship 101 was built in 1915 and served for 48 years off the coasts of Virginia, Delaware and Massachusetts. Although she was never stationed there, she has taken on the city’s name after being donated to the city of Portsmouth, Virginia in 1964.
About the Vessel Portland was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship built in 1970. Portland was decommissioned in 2003 sunk as a target during an exercise off the Virginia coast in 2004. Model Images Links Wikipedia
Manitowoc was a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the United States Navy. Named for a city in Wisconsin, the word is Anishinaabe for “Home of the Great Spirit.”