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Takanis Bay

CVE-89 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A small bay on the southwest coast of Yakobi Island in the Alexander Archipelago off the coast of Alaska."

Tarawa

CV-40 - Essex-class fleet carrier

LHA-1 - Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship

"An atoll in the north central Gilbert Islands located some 90 miles north of the equator and two-thirds of the way along a diagonal drawn from Hawaii to Australia. It was the scene of a bitter and bloody battle from 20 to 24 November 1943. The marines' assault upon the atoll was one phase of Operation 'Galvanic,' the first jump in the Navy's leap-frog sweep to victory through the Central Pacific."

Thane

D48 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-48 Sunset

"An Anglo-Saxon nobleman in medieval England who held land of the king in exchange for military support."

Theodore Roosevelt

CVN-71 - Nimitz-class nuclear supercarrier

President of the United States, 1901-1909. Biography at WhiteHouse.gov

Thetis Bay

CVE-90/LPH-6 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"An inlet at the south end of Tebenkof Bay on the west coast of Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Alaska."

Ticonderoga

Schooner-rigged Steamer

Screw Sloop

Id. No. 1958 - transport

CV-14 - Essex-class fleet carrier

CG-47 - Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser

"A village in Essex County, N.Y., on La Chute River, 100 miles north of Albany. The name is an Iroquois Indian term which means 'between two lakes' and refers to Lake George and Lake Champlain. Here, the French built a fort called Carillon in 1755, but it was captured four years later by British troops under General Amherst. Early in the American Revolution, on 10 May 1775, Ethan Allen and his 'Green Mountain Boys' captured the fort from the British. General Sir John Burgoyne recaptured the fort in May 1777, holding it until his surrender at Saratoga, N.Y., on 17 October 1777."

Tinian

CVE-123 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"A 20-square mile island of the southern Marianas assigned by the League of Nations to Japan as a mandate after World War I. It was captured by United States Marines after fierce fighting from 24 July to 1 August 1944."

Tracker

D24 - Attacker-class escort carrier
BAVG-6

One who follows a trail.

Tripoli

CVE-64 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

LPH-10 - Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship

"A joint land-sea operation against Derna during the war between the United States and the Barbary state of Tripoli which resulted in the capture of that fortress city on 27 April 1805. After a long and grueling march across the desert from Alexandria, William H. Eaton - the American naval agent in the Barbary states - led a polyglot force of Arabs, Greek mercenaries, and a small detachment of Marines in storming the Tripolitan defensive positions. Gunfire from United States warships Hornet, Nautilus, and Argus, and the valor of the Marines - commanded by Lt. Presley Neville O'Bannon, USMC - were instrumental in achieving the American victory which has been immortalized by the phrase from the Marine Corps hymn, '. . . to the shores of Tripoli. . . .'"

Trouncer

D85 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-47 Perdido

A victor in combat

Trumpeter

D9 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-37 Bastian

George Nelson Trumpeter (1919-1942), American pilot lost in combat while flying from CVE-29 USS Santee near Safi during "Operation Torch," the allied landing in North Africa. D09 HMS Trumpeter is one of the few ships transferred to Britain under Lend-Lease to carry an American-derived name.

Tulagi

CVE-72 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"An island of the south central Solomons in the southwestern Pacific. Located south of Florida Island and north of Guadalcanal, Tulagi was the scene of the beginning of the struggle for the Solomons when Japanese forces occupied the island on 3 May 1942. It was captured by United States Marines later that year when they landed there on 7 August and wrested control of the island from the Japanese."

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