North Carolina (USS)

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.

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Midway (USS)

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.

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Buffel (HNLMS)

HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship, the first ship of the [glossary_exclude]Royal[/glossary_exclude] Netherlands Navy without sails.

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Portland, USS (LSD-37)

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

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Manitowoc, USS (LST-1180)

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.”

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Lütjens (D 185)

Lütjens was a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, and built by an American shipyard.

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Calcaterra, USS (DE-390)

Calcaterra was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was named in honor of Motor Machinist’s Mate First Class Herbert A. Calcaterra who received the Silver Star posthumously.

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