Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant documents that can help answer the question.
Query: When was the USS Taylor built?
Taylor's keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on May 5, 1983. She was launched November 5, 1983, and commissioned December 1, 1984 in Bath, Maine. Taylor was sponsored by Barbara A. Taylor, the widow of the ship's namesake, and Diane Taylor-Oeland as matron of honor.
"A. Brook Taylor" was built as a wooden-hulled commercial fishing trawler in 1913. She was the property of the Virginia Fishing Company of Ditchly, Virginia, in June 1917 when the U.S. Navy inspected her for possible naval service during World War I. She was found to be suitable for service as a minesweeper and, according to a Department of the Navy letter dated 16 November 1917, was to be fitted out as such "preparatory to . . . [being called] into service in case of emergency." The anticipated "emergency" undoubtedly referred to extensive mining of American waters. However, even though German submarines did lay some mines off the United States East Coast, the Navy never took over "A. Brook Taylor", and she remained in commercial service.
USS "Pulaski", was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Kazimierz Pułaski. Named "Metacomet" when built for commercial owners in 1854, she served as USS "Pulaski" from 1858 to 1863, when she was sold by the Navy.
She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named USS "Taylor", commemorating Navy admiral Henry Clay Taylor. A second would be commissioned in 1942, a named for William Rogers Taylor. That ship saw extensive service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Red House was built by William Taylor whose descendants owned it until 1920. The Taylor family had lived in Gomersal for more than a century when in 1660, William Taylor built a brick house next to their old one. The family were farmers and clothiers who developed their business into cloth finishing and became merchants.
On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional "Independence"-class littoral combat ships. On 10 February 2012, Naval Secretary Ray Mabus announced that LCS-10, the fifth "Independence"-class ship to be built, would be named USS "Gabrielle Giffords". Secretary Mabus also announced that the ship's sponsor would be Roxanna Green, the mother of Christina-Taylor Green, age 9, who was killed in the Tucson shooting that wounded Giffords in January 2011.
Taylor Anderson is a gunsmith, re-enactor, and history professor. As a gun maker and forensic ballistic archaeologist, he has advised numerous museums as well as the National Parks Service and the United States Army. He's also a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries involving18th, 19th and early 20th century combat. He's even done some acting. He is the author of the "Destroyermen" book series, about the USS "Walker" (DD-163), USS "Mahan" (DD-102), and USS "S-19" (SS-124), and their fight against the Grik.
"Lawrence C. Taylor" continued operations with the 3rd Fleet until the Japanese surrendered, then departed Okinawa on 5 September to join the U.S. 7th Fleet as it landed occupation troops in Korea and China. She remained with the occupation units until 26 December when she departed Okinawa for home.
"St. Sebastian" was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Captain R. D. Hardee at St. Sebastian, Florida. On 25 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. W. Taylor of Marathon, Florida, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS "St. Sebastian" (SP-470) on 9 August 1917.
USS "David W. Taylor" (DD-551), a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral David W. Taylor (1864–1940).
"Taylor" was one of 111 s built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with seven of her sisters, were constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard in San Francisco, California, using detailed designs drawn up by Bath Iron Works.
"Wanderer" was built in 1897 as the "gentleman's private steam yacht" "Kethailes" at Leith, Scotland, by Ramage and Ferguson for William Johnston, a wealthy shipowner. "Kethailes" was sold to Mr. H. A. C. Taylor of New York City in 1903 and renamed "Wanderer".
Higgs-Walker led the school until 1956 when he was succeeded by L.C. (Kim) Taylor. Taylor's headship was something of a 'golden age', when the school became more prominent nationally through Taylor's introduction of a number of innovative teaching methodologies, "Mr. Taylor, the Headmaster,has built so successfully on the work of his predecessor that in the ten years he has been at Sevenoaks it has changed from an old-established minor public school ... into an experimental outpost of the Headmasters' Conference'.
USS "Nathaniel Taylor" was a Union schooner.
USS "PGM-18 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built and originally commissioned as USS "PC-1255, a , and was decommissioned and converted in late 1944. USS PGM-18 struck a mine off the coast of Okinawa in April 1945; 13 men lost their lives when "PGM-18" sank.
"Vision" was built as a private, wooden-hulled, "Express-Cruiser"-type screw motor launch of the same name in 1916 by the Albany Boat Corporation at Watervliet, New York, to a design by Thomas V. Taylor. On 3 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, L. E. Anderson, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS "Vision" (SP-744). She soon was renamed USS "SP-744" to avoid confusion with the patrol vessel , which was commissioned on 27 August 1917.
Author Charles D. Taylor has USS "California" in his novel "Show of Force". The book begins on the bridge of USS "California".
USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-classfrigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925–1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War.
See USS "Taylor" for other ships of the same name.
USS "Taylor" may refer to:
USS "Taylor" (DD-94) was a built in 1918 for the United States Navy, which saw service in World War I and the years following. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry Taylor.
USS "A. Brook Taylor" (SP-326) was the planned designation for a fishing vessel the United States Navy considered for use as a minesweeper during World War I but never acquired.
of USS Taylor (FFG-50) at NavSource Naval History
USS "General Taylor" was a small sidewheel steamer which served in the U.S. Navy from 1842 to 1852. Prior to her Navy service, she operated as a transport and supply vessel during the Second Seminole War.