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and 3rd Fleets off the Ryūkyūs as escort, plane guard, and ASW screen. Concerned primarily with screening supply ships between Ulithi and
Okinawa, she destroyed numerous Japanese mines during patrols. While steaming for Okinawa 5 June with logistic support group TG 30.8, she passed through a raging
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s 20 mm gunfire downed the attacker, the bomb exploded the air flasks of her torpedoes, destroying several 20 mm guns, showering her crew with shrapnel, and damaging her superstructure amidships. Though suffering 70 casualties, her crew rallied to save the destroyer. Firefighters
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7 February. She operated in the New Guinea area, primarily on patrol and convoy escort duty, until 12 June. During the protracted struggle for New Guinea, she also covered amphibious invasions, bombarding
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which had foundered in an Arctic storm. She transported them to Adak, then continued intermittent patrols until she sailed 26 February for home, arriving San
Francisco 4 March.
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17 November, she proceeded on the 17th for the East Coast, arriving Boston 11 December. After overhaul, she departed Boston 18 January 1946 and arrived
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extinguished each blaze; and, while other hands tended the wounded, volunteers detached the warheads from torpedoes scattered about the deck.
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operated out of Ulithi on anti-submarine warfare patrols screening sea logistics forces during offensive operations from
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rendezvoused with TG 50.8 on 18 February for refueling and replenishment operations of TF 58 during the campaign on
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for further convoy-escort duty. From 27 June to 6 December she escorted three convoys between the United States and
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for the United States. Reaching San
Francisco 31 July, she received complete repairs and underwent alteration at
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Then the destroyer departed 26 October for Pearl Harbor, arriving 1 November. On 12 November she headed via
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shipping and aircraft in preparation for the invasion of
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continued screening patrols. When the war ended 15 August, she was steaming from
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operations on western Luzon. She continued this duty until returning to Ulithi 27 January 1945.
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with destructive winds of more than 90 knots. Suffering only minor damage,
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departed San
Francisco 28 December for patrol and escort duty in the
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steamed from San
Francisco 7 April and proceeded via the
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in June 1968. She was sunk as a target in March 1969.
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searched for downed fighter planes before sailing for
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decommissioned at
Charleston 3 May 1946, entered the
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1071:List of destroyers of the United States Navy
658:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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317:9 January and patrolled from Adak to
177:348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
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268:. She was the second ship named for
185:36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
680:Naval History and Heritage Command
678:from websites or documents of the
281:was laid down 30 June 1941 by the
193:11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
83:Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
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388:. After overhaul at New York and
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674: This article incorporates
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583:and Okinawa to Japan, arriving
297:Following shakedown along the
140:Sunk as a target in March 1969
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661:. The entry can be found
1097:Ships built in San Francisco
575:Departing Ulithi 20 August,
283:Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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636:for World War II service.
599:Charleston, South Carolina
500:Mare Island Naval Shipyard
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287:San Francisco, California
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539:As a unit of DesDiv 38,
1092:Benson-class destroyers
516:For more than 8 months
427:31 January to join the
223:5 in (130 mm)
145:General characteristics
970:Republic of China Navy
676:public domain material
617:was stricken from the
607:Atlantic Reserve Fleet
587:1 September escorting
273:Stanton Frederick Kalk
73:Stanton Frederick Kalk
16:Benson-class destroyer
619:Naval Vessel Register
739:United States Navy
559:operated with the
262:United States Navy
237:tt, 6 dcp., 2 dct.
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113:Commissioned
108:18 July 1942
100:30 June 1941
61:
579:sailed via
490:retired to
461:Biak Island
411:. Reaching
374:NS Argentia
205:(69.5 km/h)
1102:1942 ships
1086:Categories
1026:Artigliere
888:Gansevoort
640:References
551:waters of
446:Los Negros
425:New Guinea
402:New Jersey
358:Casablanca
299:California
270:Lieutenant
210:Complement
169:1,620 tons
124:3 May 1946
91:California
1031:Woodworth
951:Ordronaux
937:McLanahan
930:MacKenzie
895:Gillespie
804:Farenholt
797:Woodworth
595:San Diego
585:Tokyo Bay
530:3rd Fleet
492:Hollandia
433:Milne Bay
429:7th Fleet
366:Casco Bay
258:destroyer
160:destroyer
132:June 1968
97:Laid down
991:Han Yang
916:Kendrick
867:Caldwell
839:Champlin
818:Bancroft
769:Lansdale
553:Japanese
545:Iwo Jima
507:Eniwetok
463:27 May,
413:Funafuti
346:New York
248:(DD-611)
218:Armament
129:Stricken
105:Launched
69:Namesake
64:(DD-611)
21:USS Kalk
1056:Gleaves
979:Lo Yang
881:Frazier
874:Coghlan
762:Madison
590:Detroit
566:typhoon
526:Okinawa
442:Pityilu
382:Norfolk
301:coast,
264:during
260:in the
233:., 5 x
229:., 7 x
190:Draught
79:Builder
38:History
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984:Benson
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944:Nields
860:Parker
853:Murphy
825:Barton
811:Bailey
790:Laffey
748:Benson
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721:Benson
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625:Awards
581:Saipan
549:Ryūkyū
511:Ulithi
448:, and
397:Balboa
390:Boston
372:, and
354:U-boat
330:Worden
255:-class
253:Benson
250:was a
174:Length
157:-class
155:Benson
1058:class
1049:class
902:Hobby
846:Meade
832:Boyle
522:Luzon
480:'
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438:Manus
380:, to
370:Maine
231:20 mm
227:40 mm
203:knots
201:37.5
198:Speed
1047:Sims
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994:(ex-
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923:Laub
909:Kalk
755:Mayo
663:here
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615:Kalk
603:Kalk
577:Kalk
570:Kalk
557:Kalk
541:Kalk
518:Kalk
488:Kalk
477:Kalk
465:Kalk
421:Kalk
408:Iowa
405:and
338:Kalk
327:and
315:Adak
303:Kalk
279:Kalk
246:Kalk
244:USS
221:4 x
182:Beam
137:Fate
62:Kalk
60:USS
57:Name
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