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USS McLanahan (DD-615)

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and Sicilian coasts, protected the invasion forces and their supply lines from enemy aircraft and submarines. At the end of the month, she returned to Oran and continued on, a few days later, to New York, arriving there 14 September.
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offensive. For the next month and a half she followed the advancing Allied lines up the Italian coast, providing gunfire support and ensuring the even flow of supplies. By the end of July, she had begun preparations for
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During the next 9 months, her convoys suffered only three losses. In August 1943, Lieutenant Commander N. C. Johnson took command, and on 6 November, while en route to
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escaped damage, but two merchantmen and one escort were lost. On 19 December 1943, a first birthday celebration was held for
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s convoy was attacked by enemy aircraft which launched rocket bombs and torpedoes at the Allied ships.
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P. Jaugard, French Navy, presented her captain, medical officer, and 12 other crewmembers with the
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There she joined the Inactive Fleet and decommissioned 2 February 1946 and was berthed at
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departed for Oran. She returned to Toulon 21 March for an awards ceremony at which
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s First Birthday celebration in Brooklyn, NY, with list of officers and crew.
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returned to the Mediterranean 21 December and on 19 January 1945 joined "
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and off north Africa and on 30 June sailed for Boston, arriving 8 July.
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19 February 1943 for assignment with Destroyer Squadron 16 (DesRon 16),
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in the Grand Ballroom of the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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On 13 May 1944, she departed Oran for Naples to aid in the
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for the Pacific war zone, but, with receipt of news of
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This article includes information collected from the
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She was struck from the 485:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 478:Charleston, South Carolina 18: 957: 931: 142: 39: 30: 983:Benson-class destroyers 323:21 June to prepare for 221:5 in (130 mm) 143:General characteristics 861:Republic of China Navy 470:New Orleans, Louisiana 274:Bethlehem Shipbuilding 85:Bethlehem Shipbuilding 16:Benson-class destroyer 546:Naval Vessel Register 489:Naval Vessel Register 458:Boston, Massachusetts 445:, she cruised in the 293:San Diego, California 278:San Pedro, California 89:San Pedro, California 566: — Page on the 630:United States Navy 476:before mooring at 327:, the invasion of 256:United States Navy 970: 969: 674:Charles F. Hughes 614:-class destroyers 337:Mediterranean Sea 301:Norfolk, Virginia 299:. She arrived at 235: 234: 1005: 904: 902: 901: 859: 857: 856: 628: 626: 625: 604: 597: 590: 581: 576:at navsource.org 540: 539: 518: 517: 421:On 20 February, 356: 264:Tenant McLanahan 229:21 inch (533 mm) 203:(69.5 km/h) 138:Scrapped in 1974 114:19 December 1942 106:2 September 1942 75:Tenant McLanahan 54: 51: 50: 49: 35: 28: 1013: 1012: 1008: 1007: 1006: 1004: 1003: 1002: 973: 972: 971: 966: 953: 927: 907:Marina Militare 899: 897: 892: 887:Hilary P. Jones 854: 852: 847: 667:Hilary P. 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Index

USS McLanahan
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Tenant McLanahan
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
San Pedro, California
Benson-class
destroyer
knots
5 in (130 mm)
20 mm
21 inch (533 mm)
Benson-class
destroyer
United States Navy
World War II
Tenant McLanahan
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
San Pedro, California
San Diego, California
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk, Virginia
Casco Bay
Maine
Algeria
North Africa
Oran
Operation Husky
Sicily
Gela
Mediterranean Sea

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