Three ships of the
United States Navy
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have been named USS ''Juneau'', after the city of
Juneau, Alaska
Juneau ( ; ), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located along the Gastineau Channel and the Southeast Alaska, Alaskan panhandle. Juneau was named the ...
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* was an ''Atlanta''-class
light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to thi ...
commissioned February 1942 and sunk eight months later in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
** This "''Juneau'' incident" is particularly notable for the loss of the five
Sullivan brothers
The Sullivan brothers were five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa who served together on the light cruiser . They were all killed in action on November 13, 1942, when ''Juneau'' served in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Naval battle of Guadalcanal. ...
* was a ''Juneau''-class light cruiser, commissioned 1946, active in the Korean War, and scrapped in 1962
** , a USN light cruiser class, a modification of the ''Atlanta'' class
* was an
amphibious transport dock
An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently oper ...
, commissioned in 1969 and decommissioned in 2008
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United States Navy ship names