USS Nicholas
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- USS Nicholas (DD-311)USS Nicholas (DD-311)USS Nicholas was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for Samuel Nicholas , the first Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.-History:...
was a Clemson-classClemson class destroyerThe Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II.The Clemson-class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, New York Shipbuilding...
destroyer, launched in 1919 and one of seven destroyers lost in the Honda Point DisasterHonda Point DisasterThe Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots , ran aground at Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa...
on 8 September 1923
- USS Nicholas (DD-449)USS Nicholas (DD-449)USS Nicholas was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, which served through most of World War II, and for 27 years and two more wars after. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas....
was a Fletcher-classFletcher class destroyerThe Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
destroyer, launched in 1942 and struck in 1970
- USS Nicholas (FFG-47)USS Nicholas (FFG-47)USS Nicholas , an , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas, the first commanding officer of the United States Marines. A third-generation guided missile frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, she was laid down as Bath Iron Works hull number 388 on 27...
is an Oliver Hazard Perry-classOliver Hazard Perry class frigateThe Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie...
frigate, launched in 1983 and currently active