where was uss little rock built?
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Newly commissioned USS Little Rock departs Buffalo for homeport The new USS Little Rock, a littoral combat ship built by Lockheed Martin, arrives Dec. 4 at the Buffalo, N.Y., harbor.
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Civil Rights Cities: Little Rock, Arkansas Witness to one of the defining moments in the U.S. civil rights movement, Little Rock, Ark., made history in 1957 when nine African American students tested federal anti-segregation laws in public schools for the first time.resident Dwight D. Eisenhower called in federal troops to restore peace and escort African American children into the classrooms. It was the first use of federal troops in Arkansas to support African American rights since the Civil War Reconstruction period.
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USS Omaha (CL-4) USS Omaha (CL-4) USS Omaha (CL-4) was the lead ship of Omaha class of light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha was laid down on 6 December 1918 by the Todd SB & DD Co. of Tacoma, Washington. The ship was launched on 14 December 1920 and was sponsored by Louise Bushnell White.
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Battle of Fort Sumter Several forts had been constructed in Charleston's harbor, including Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, which were not among the sites seized initially. Fort Moultrie on Sullivan Island was the oldest—it was the site of fortifications since 1776—and was the headquarters of the U.S. Army garrison.
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- Building and Shakedown. On March 16, 1914 the New York Navy Yard laid down the keel to begin construction of battleship number 39, which would later be named Arizona (Original speculation was that the ship would be named the North Carolina, the home state of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels).
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- Water for Little Rock was originally drawn from sources such as the Arkansas River, wells, and a lake in Saline County. In 1958, construction of Lake Maumelle on Arkansas Highway 10 was completed, and the city had a source of clean water.
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Billgrimage: President Clinton Sites in Arkansas Clinton Library. Billgrimage: President Clinton Sites in Arkansas. Clinton Presidential Library and Park. The Clinton Presidential Library and Park -- America's 12th Presidential Library is located on the banks of the Arkansas River in the River Market District of downtown Little Rock.
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War Memorial Stadium Welcome to the official website of War Memorial Stadium the place where miracles happen. War Memorial Stadium, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, has played host to major college football, concerts and events for over 60 years. The stadium has gone through several renovations since opening in 1948, ensuring it remains vital and strong for years to come.
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Fort Armstrong, Illinois Fort Armstrong, Illinois. 1  1839 painting of Fort Armstrong, six years after the removal of the Sauk and Fox tribes, on the U.S. Army's, present-day Rock Island Arsenal Island, looking toward Iowa, in the background, from the Illinois side, of the Mississippi River, attributed to Octave Blair.
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USS George Washington  (CVN-73) USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship named after George Washington, the first president of the United States. She was built by Newport News Shipbuilding and was commissioned on 4 July 1992. 1 Description 1.1 Propulsion.
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War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas) War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas) War Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The stadium is primarily used for American football and is the home stadium for the Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes, Catholic High School Rockets, Little Rock Rangers and the secondary home stadium for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.
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- From $89 $139. USS Bowfin | USS Arizona | USS Missouri. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. John SmithTraveller.
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Frequently Asked Questions Designed by Honolulu architect Alfred Preis, the USS Arizona Memorial was built in 1962 on top of (but not touching) the sunken Battleship USS Arizona. The USS Arizona was bombed on December 7, 1941, about 15 minutes into the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, killing 1,177 sailors and Marines on board. Today she rests where she fell, just off the coast of Ford Island.
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Little Rock Little Rock is Arkansas's largest city, as well as the state capital and major economic center (although northwestern Arkansas, with Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and major trucking firms, is rapidly gaining). Little Rock is home to the state's only medical school, as well as the University of Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law. History . Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called La Petite Roche (the little rock). The little rock was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.
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Little Rock Air Force Base Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas consists of more than 6,000 acres and one runway.It is located next to the city of Jacksonville in central Arkansas. Jacksonville has a population of approximately 30,000 people. It is 15 miles north of Little Rock. Little Rock Air Force Base is the home of the 19th Airlift Wing. Two tenant units, the 314th Airlift Wing and the 189th Airlift Wing (Arkansas Air National Guard) report to Air Education and Training Command.
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Robert E. Lee  (steamboat) A stern wheel steamer named Robert E. Lee was built in 1969 based on an old Corps of engineers hull. Moored as a floating restaurant in St. Louis, this boat was destroyed by fire in 2010. It was not a replica of the original Robert E. Lee which was a larger side wheel steamer.
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- Mabus originally selected Mrs. Janée L. Bonner, who is the wife of Josiah Jo Bonner, a former U.S. representative from Alabama, to be the USS Little Rock's sponsor. The USS Little Rock is the tenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet, and the fifth of the Freedom-variant, according to the Navy. The Freedom-class littoral combat ship, built by Lockheed Martin, has a top speed of over 40 miles per hour and carries a variety of light weapon systems, short-ranged missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes.
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- An agreement reached with the Air Force held that funds would be raised by local groups to purchase the land for the Air Base, and a site near Jacksonville that included a portion of the World War II–era Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP) was selected for the new medium jet bomber base.
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- On March 16, 1914 the New York Navy Yard laid down the keel to begin construction of battleship number 39, which would later be named Arizona (Original speculation was that the ship would be named the North Carolina, the home state of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels).
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Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County. It was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the geographic center of the state.
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- Later in the month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the “Little Rock Nine” into the school, and they started their first full day of classes on September 25.
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Database Enterprise, U.S.S. Launched in 2245, the original and illustrious starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 was built in the San Francisco Yards orbiting Earth. The Constitution-class starship was previously captained by Robert April and Christopher Pike, before coming under the command of Captain James T. Kirk.
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- In 1999, the battleship USS Missouri was moved to Pearl Harbor from the United States west coast and docked near, and perpendicular to, the USS Arizona Memorial (parallel to the Arizona).
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History of Little Rock, Arkansas During the latter part of the 1800s, the fate of would-be politicians would be made just blocks away at the city's flrst class hotel the Capital Hotel. Little Rock is also home to one of the oldest Black congregations in Arkansas, located in the historic First Missionary Baptist Church.
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- Page Content. History. Homeported in Gaeta, Italy, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) was constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and is named for the 14,505-foot peak in the Sierra-Nevada range in California, the highest point in the lower continental United States. It is the first ship in the U.S. Navy to bear this name.
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New York Today: Remembering Pearl Harbor The U.S.S. Arizona, a battleship bombed at Pearl Harbor, was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Credit The New York Times.