Hero Ships

Name: Hero Ships
Released: 2008-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Eric Wertheim, Beau Billingslea, Beau Billingsworth

TV Show · History · War & Military

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

2008 · 1h 0m

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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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USS Constitution

The USS Constitution serves as a training facility for the Navy's CPO.
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USS Laffey

USS Laffey is the only surviving destroyer of war that saw action in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theatre. USS Laffey acted first as an escort for convoys to Great Britain, staying overseas in 1944 to prepare for the invasion of France.
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USS Texas

The USS Texas is the last battleship afloat patterned after HMS Dreadnought that participated in World War I and World War II. Considered the most powerful warship afloat because of her ten 14''/45 guns in five twin turrets.
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USS Yorktown

Ships named USS Yorktown include an aircraft carrier that fought in the Coral Sea and Midway battles and its successor, which helped spearhead the assault against Japanese-held island fortresses during World War II.