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...Yard, the new attack cargo ship got underway for shakedown training in the Chesapeake Bay. She entered the Norfolk Navy Yard for an availability on 27 April, took on ...perated in the area of Norfolk and Little Creek, VA|Little Creek, Va., the Chesapeake Bay, and Onslow Beach and Morehead City, N.C. The ship was involved in LANTFLEX

...spent the next two months conducting amphibious warfare exercises in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] area. In April she put into the yards at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Phi

Following shakedown in [[Chesapeake Bay]], she served as a training vessel at [[Little Creek, VA]] and [[Newport, R

Following [[shakedown]] in [[Chesapeake Bay]] from March 25 to March 28, 1945, the attack cargo ship operated along the

After [[shakedown]] in [[Chesapeake Bay]], the new attack cargo ship departed [[Norfolk, Virginia]], for [[Hawaii (

...r 1944, the attack cargo ship got underway for shakedown training in the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. She arrived at [[Naval Station Norfolk|Norfolk, Va.]], on the 23d to emb

After initial trials in [[Long Island Sound]], shakedown in [[Chesapeake Bay]], post-shakedown availability at the [[Naval Station Norfolk|Norfolk]] Nav

...5 October 1944 and underwent shakedown training in [[Hampton Roads]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]] from [[7 October]] to [[18 October]]. After repairs, she arrived at [[Bay

...the [[Boston Navy Yard]], ''Turandot'' made her shakedown cruise in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] in July 1945. After undergoing availability at [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard|N

''Virgo'' conducted her shakedown training in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] and off the [[Virginia Capes]] in July and August and then departed [[Nav

===Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel incident=== ...lines. On 21 January 1970, ''Yancey'', at anchor near one stretch of the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel]] near Norfolk, dragged her anchors in a snowy gale and, driv

...d on [[19 November]] and, on the 25th, began her shakedown cruise in the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. After a post-shakedown availability period, she sailed for the [[Panama

.... The most famous episode was a series of British raids on the shores of [[Chesapeake Bay]] which included an attack on [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] that resulted ...ish merely landed behind the defenses. In August a British force landed in Chesapeake Bay, routed the Americans at the battle of Bladensburg on August 24, marched in

...eaching Norfolk, ''Alcyone'' began a period of training exercises in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] which lasted until early June. She sailed with Task Force 65 on the 8th f

...Station Norfolk|Norfolk, Va.]], and then conducted shakedown training in [[Chesapeake Bay]]. On [[8 June]], she put to sea with a convoy bound for the [[Mediterranea

...lled. After her return to Norfolk on [[1 November]], the ship trained in [[Chesapeake Bay]].

...ston, Massachusetts]], Mass., ''Renate'' conducted shakedown training in [[Chesapeake Bay]] ([[13 March]]–[[19 March]]), after which time she underwent post-shaked

...previously thought to be a relatively small extraterrestrial impact in the Chesapeake Bay area was in fact quite large (around 137 kilometers in diameter), and struc

...out at [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and sailed on October 31 for the [[Chesapeake Bay]] on her shakedown cruise. After loading cargo, she departed [[Norfolk, Vir

...he new cargo vessel got under way from [[Hampton Roads]] for training in [[Chesapeake Bay]]; then, in October, she conducted landing exercises to prepare for the [[A