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was towed to safety in another anchorage off White Beach by U.S. Army cargo ship FS-367. With living quarters gutted, her crew made temporary camp on shore. Her engineering officer, damage control officer, and some twenty men remained on board working to save the ship. Despite recurring air attacks
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where she arrived 1 April. During several months of blockade and antisubmarine patrol in waters off the bypassed enemy garrisons in the eastern
Marshalls, she rescued several Marine aviators. Once she closed to within 500 yards of a beach to shell shore batteries while her
538:, in an attempt to extinguish a fire before it reached the aviation gasoline stowed forward. The water was too shallow for torpedoes to be effective, and in spite of one torpedo hit, fire ignited the gasoline, spreading flames across the water to endanger
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20–21 October. From 27 October until 13 December she escorted troop and supply convoys between New Guinea and the
Philippines. On 27 December she joined a large supply convoy at
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in that area 14 May for unconfirmed results; screened convoys on the northern and southern approaches around the
Aleutian chain; and twice participated in the bombardment of
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281:; launched 11 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Robert C. Sofio, wife of a great-grandnephew of Commodore Gansevoort; and commissioned at San Francisco 25 August 1942.
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where emergency repairs were completed by 21 April. Steaming via Pearl Harbor, she returned to San
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and several near misses by bombs, the destroyer escaped further damage and was made seaworthy after a full month of hazardous and exhausting repairs.
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135:Sunk as target, 23 March 1972
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140:General characteristics
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596:was stricken from the
16:Benson-class destroyer
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598:Naval Vessel Register
571:San Diego, California
561:was taken in tow for
455:Theodore S. Wilkinson
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430:Taroa Atoll
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307:Guadalcanal
224:tt., 6 dcp.
127:1 July 1971
1562:1942 ships
1546:Categories
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1243:Cowanesque
1232:Gansevoort
1221:Marcello G
1194:V. A. Fogg
1143:Shipwrecks
1050:Artigliere
912:Gansevoort
623:References
613:Gansevoort
594:Gansevoort
582:Gansevoort
559:Gansevoort
546:Gansevoort
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375:Gansevoort
326:Gansevoort
315:Wellington
291:Gansevoort
271:Gansevoort
233:Gansevoort
201:Complement
164:1,620 tons
86:California
57:Gansevoort
1435:USS
1413:USS
1366:USS
1333:24 July:
1324:USS
1322:13 July:
1312:10 July:
1283:USS
1272:USS
1230:USS
1203:USS
1164:Sian Yung
1055:Woodworth
975:Ordronaux
961:McLanahan
954:MacKenzie
919:Gillespie
828:Farenholt
821:Woodworth
536:torpedoes
532:Porcupine
487:Porcupine
475:Sulu Seas
422:whaleboat
367:Kulka Bay
356:submarine
328:departed
257:Commodore
245:destroyer
155:destroyer
92:Laid down
1494:15 Nov:
1474:21 Aug:
1464:17 May:
1454:24 Feb:
1444:27 Jan:
1437:Seahorse
1433:24 Jan:
1395:31 Dec:
1388:Sea Star
1385:24 Dec:
1378:Tor Hugo
1375:27 Nov:
1364:16 Oct:
1353:19 Sep:
1346:Texanita
1343:21 Aug:
1302:4 July:
1292:15 Jun:
1281:14 May:
1270:12 May:
1260:11 May:
1250:24 Apr:
1239:23 Apr:
1228:19 Mar:
1218:19 Feb:
1205:Hopewell
1201:11 Feb:
1181:18 Jan:
1171:15 Jan:
1161:11 Jan:
1015:Han Yang
940:Kendrick
891:Caldwell
863:Champlin
842:Bancroft
793:Lansdale
578:Navy Day
503:crashed
500:kamikaze
471:Mindanao
353:Japanese
341:cruisers
319:Auckland
235:(DD-608)
209:Armament
124:Stricken
100:Launched
64:Namesake
59:(DD-608)
1484:7 Nov:
1398:St Ives
1368:Stanton
1326:O'Brien
1305:Isabena
1295:Lucette
1191:1 Feb:
1184:Delfini
1151:9 Jan:
1080:Gleaves
1003:Lo Yang
905:Frazier
898:Coghlan
786:Madison
673:15 June
602:Florida
415:in the
251:during
247:in the
185:Draught
74:Builder
33:History
1415:Bashaw
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1008:Benson
991:
968:Nields
884:Parker
877:Murphy
849:Barton
835:Bailey
814:Laffey
772:Benson
760:
745:Benson
690:
646:
608:Awards
567:Ulithi
523:Philip
517:Wilson
299:Nouméa
295:Hawaii
242:-class
240:Benson
237:was a
220:, 5 x
169:Length
152:-class
150:Benson
1357:Natal
1241:USNS
1082:class
1073:class
926:Hobby
870:Meade
856:Boyle
667:(PDF)
534:with
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463:Dulag
459:Leyte
434:Manus
218:20 mm
193:Speed
1533:1973
1520:1971
1507:K-64
1497:K-19
1457:K-19
1071:Sims
1053:(ex-
1018:(ex-
1006:(ex-
947:Laub
933:Kalk
779:Mayo
703:here
675:2020
644:ISBN
520:and
473:and
404:1944
345:Attu
317:and
231:USS
212:4 x
177:Beam
132:Fate
55:USS
52:Name
297:to
204:276
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1208:,
630:^
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