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Gambier Bay

CVE-73 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

Bay on Admiralty Island, Alaska

"A bay in the coast of Alaska."

George H. W. Bush

CVN-77 - Nimitz II-class nuclear supercarrier

President of the United States, 1989-1993.

Biography at WhiteHouse.gov

George Washington

Converted merchantman

AP (troopship)

SSB(N)-598 - George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine

CVN-73 - Nimitz-class nuclear supercarrier

President of the United States, 1789-1797.

Biography at WhiteHouse.gov

Gerald R. Ford

CVN-78 - Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear supercarrier

President of the United States, 1974-1977.

Biography at WhiteHouse.gov

Gilbert Islands

CVE-107 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"An island group containing 16 atolls in the western Pacific Ocean on the equator, southeast of the Marshalls and northeast of the Solomons. On 20 November 1943 Marines made an amphibious assault on Makin and Tarawa Islands, seizing the former without difficulty, but winning Tarawa only after a 100-hour battle in which over 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded."

Glacier

AF-4 - Refrigerated stores ship

CVE-33 - Bogue-class escort carrier
D51 HMS Atheling - Ameer-class escort carrier

AK-183 - Alamosa-class cargo ship

AGB-4 - Glacier-class icebreaker

The first Glacier was likely named for the word's connotation of cold.
A large, slowly moving mass of ice; probably chosen for its connotation of inexorable force.

"A field or body of ice formed in a region where snowfall exceeds melting; it moves slowly down a mountainside or valley. The second and fourth Glacier were named for Glacier Bay, Alaska; the third Glacier for Glacier County, Montana." (CVE-33 is the "second Glacier")

Guadalcanal

CVE-60 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

LPH-7 - Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship

"A volcanic island 90 miles long and 25 miles wide in the Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands group. Guadalcanal was captured by the Japanese in 1942. Before they could develop it as a bastion Admiral Keily Turner's amphibious force struck in August. The next 4 months saw some of the bitterest fighting of World War II. Six major naval battles and uncounted smaller engagements were fought in the waters adjacent to the island. The victory on Guadalcanal was the next great step to victory following Midway."

Guam

PG-43 - Yangtzee river gunboat

CB-2 - Alaska-class battlecruiser

LPH-9 - Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship

Isolated island in Pacific, lost to Japanese invasion 7 December 1941, recaptured 21 July 1944.

"The largest island In the Marianas group."

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