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Hero Ships

Hero Ships

Exploring the world's most impressive ships, including aircraft carriers, icebreakers and livestock vessels.
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    USS Laffey
    USS Constitution
    USS Samuel B. Roberts
    USS Yorktown
    USS Texas
    USS Jeremiah O'Brien

  • A national cemetery with 900 crew members entombed within; a symbol that epitomizes American naval sacrifice and courage.

  • The USS New Jersey, a notable battleship, assisted in both World War II and the Korean War.

  • The USS Hornet sets various wartime records during World War II.
  • USS Laffey

    The USS Laffey was actually two World War II ships with the same name: DD-459, which fought to the death at Guadalcanal in 1942; and DD-724, which earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" during a Japanese kamikaze attack.
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  • USS Constitution

    The USS Constitution serves as a training facility for the Navy's CPO.
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  • USS Samuel B. Roberts

    The first USS Samuel B. Roberts fought doggedly against a superior Japanese fleet until being sunk during World War II; the name Samuel B. Roberts has appeared two more times, including a ship launched in 1984 that participated in Desert Storm.
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Hero Ships

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Exploring the world's most impressive ships, including aircraft carriers, icebreakers and livestock vessels.

Starring

Beau Billingslea, Beau Billingsworth, Eric Wertheim

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