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Encyclopedia > USS Salt Lake City

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Salt Lake City, in honor of the city in Utah which has served successively as the capital of the Provisional State of Deseret, the Territory of Utah, and the 45th state. See Salt Lake City, Utah. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... // History Early history Native Americans have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most archeological evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. ... The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret (orange) as proposed in 1849. ... ...


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USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2913 words)
Salt Lake City protected Wasp as she shuttled planes for Saratoga (CV-3) and Enterprise, and provided CAP and scouting patrols during the landings.
Salt Lake City conducted rigorous gunnery training until 8 November when she sailed to join carriers Essex (CV-9), Bunker Hill (CV-17), and Independence (CVL-22) which had carried out preliminary strikes on Wake, as a diversion on 5 October and 6 October, and at Rabaul on 11 November.
Salt Lake City was used in evaluating the effects on surface vessels during the initial test with an aerial burst on 1 July, and during the second test with a subsurface burst on the 25th.
USS Salt Lake City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words)
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Salt Lake City, in honor of the city in Utah which has served successively as the capital of the Provisional State of Deseret, the Territory of Utah, and the 45th state.
The first Salt Lake City (CA-25) was commissioned in 1929, and saw much action in World War II before being used in atomic bomb tests in 1946.
The second USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) was a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, decommissioned in 2005.
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