USS George
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USS George has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy
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, was assigned to the UK under the Lend-Lease program in June 1943; commissioned as HMS Goodson , 9 October 1943
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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, was assigned to the UK under the Lend-Lease program in June 1943; commissioned as HMS Goodson , 9 October 1943
- USS George (DE-697)USS George (DE-697)USS George was a . She was the second ship of the United States Navy named after Seaman Second Class Eugene F. George , who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism on at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal....
, a Buckley-class destroyer escort launched 14 August 1943; served until 1958