usswestvirginiaacr5

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1915

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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(ACR-5) "Assigned to Cruiser and Transport Force, Atlantic Fleet, Huntington next sailed for France to bring home veterans of the European fighting. She departed New York on 17 December, arrived Brest 29 December, and brought over 1,700 passengers to New York on 14 January 1919. The ship made five more voyages to France and return, bringing home nearly 12,000 troops, and terminated her last voyage at Boston on 5 July. "
Kilted Cowboy said:
originally armored cruiser West Virginia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(ACR-5)
B-59 said:
The Huntington arrived on April 26, 1919 in South Brooklyn, s. the New-York tribune., April 27, 1919, Page 12, col. 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-04-27/ed-... Colonel George K. Leach, commander of the 151st Field Artillery was on board, s. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/32432665471/
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Phil Osborne said:
The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5/CA-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. The ship was launched on 18 April 1903 by Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned on 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command.[3]

Stig Jarlevik said:
The US Navy only bought two, A-66 (AH-65) and A-67 (AH-62) Stig