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After a month in Task Force 86, the ship was ordered to support the landings at Anzio. During this invasion the ship commanded the beachhead screen, and fought off simultaneous attacks by dive and torpedo bombers, E-boats, and human torpedoes. From 22 to 29 January 1944, the ship repulsed repeated
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on 9 September 1943. She served at first in the screen, but when the situation ashore became desperate, she joined the fire-support destroyers. On 16–17 September she conducted eleven call-fire support missions. American forces advancing after the bombardment sent back reports of the complete
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raced to investigate. Establishing sonar contact, the two destroyers dropped eleven depth charges, forcing the sub to the surface. As she started down again both ships opened fire, while the planes dropped bombs close aboard. When the target had gone under again,
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on the Franco–Italian frontier. During the periods 4 to 17 October and 11 to 25 December 1944, the ship completed numerous fire support missions, operating under the constant threat of explosive boats, human torpedoes, and floating mines. The ship also sank
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The initial landings on 15 August 1944 met little resistance, and for several days the ship controlled the routing and dispatching of all outbound convoys, taking her place in the outer screen at night. On 20 August she joined the inshore screen for
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returned to New York for a brief overhaul, but was back on duty in the Mediterranean in May. The enemy driven from Sicily, North Africa, and Southern Italy intensified his submarine and air attacks on Allied shipping along the African Coast.
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rescued 90 survivors and transferred them to an Army hospital ship that night. During the transfer, she spotted antiaircraft fire from the submarine against a British patrol plane and directed
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attacks by enemy aircraft and received credit for destroying one plane and probably splashing two others. During one attack, two ships of her division, DesDiv 13 were put out of action,
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sortied from Palermo on the night of 17/18 August 1943, and proceeded at high speed to the Italian coast for the first bombardment of the Italian mainland by U.S. Naval Forces.
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The destroyer continued escort duty and, with four other destroyers, was escorting a fast convoy across the Atlantic when, on 31 October 1941, a German U-boat's torpedo struck
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made preliminary reconnaissance. On 10 April 1941, as she was nearing the coast, the ship picked up three boatloads of survivors from a torpedoed merchantman. When a
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group which had just finished off another enemy U-boat. These American ships had begun the work of rooting the sub out, but were soon relieved by
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in February 1945. After serving in various antisubmarine groups and as an escort for one convoy from England in April. She transited the
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and Toulon, she was assigned to Task Force 86 and later to "Flank Force," the Allied Naval forces which provided fire support for the
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blowing her in half — the first United States naval vessel to be lost in World War II. Only 44 survivors were picked up.
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by gunfire after the enemy craft had fired three torpedoes which missed and exploded near the harbor breakwater.
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on the Moroccan Coast. The ship then performed coastal convoy escort duty until departing early in May 1943 for
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searched for the submarine. They had narrowed down the search to a small area when they were relieved by the
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in a search for a German U-boat whose torpedoes had sunk several freighters off Bizerte the day before.
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turned nose down and made her final dive, leaving 20 survivors who were promptly captured.
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After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor pushed America officially into the war 7 December 1941,
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6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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for Commander, Destroyer Squadron 7, (Commander Destroyer 8th Fleet), returning to the
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18 May 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Albert P. Niblack, widow of Vice Admiral Niblack; and
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Harbor following its capture. Shortly after the rout of the Germans across the
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By a directive of June 1946, the ship was decommissioned; and entered the
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rushed in to hit her again with ten more ash cans. Coming up once more,
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The destroyer supported the advance of the Allied ground forces across
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she performed escort duties and screened the minelaying operation near
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under cover of a dense smoke screen. The American ships drove off the
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sailed from Argentia with the occupation force, arriving on 7 July.
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The summer months of 1944 were spent in fighter-director training.
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from Newfoundland to Iceland; war declared while escorting convoy
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bombarded enemy coastal guns far behind the front lines in the
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was detected, the division commander, Denis L. Ryan, ordered a
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ended, the ship escorted the occupation group which landed at
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qualified as the only two fighter director destroyers in the
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was purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts)
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from Iceland to Newfoundland prior to US declaration of war
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from Newfoundland to Iceland prior to US declaration of war
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1 March 1919, and Naval Attache in London 6 August 1920. As
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for service in the European, African–Middle Eastern Areas.
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Later in the Salerno campaign the ship screened cruiser
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during the radio-controlled bomb attacks which damaged
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troops captured the city. During this operation German
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worked together in the hunt, which began 18 May 1944.
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6 × K-gun depth charge throwers (3 circled in photo),
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occupation of Iceland prior to US declaration of war
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However, before the actual landings, 1161:from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1145:from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1129:from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 930:. She was subsequently transferred to 714:by a 550-pound (250 kg) bomb and 29: 492:Service in the Mediterranean, 1943–44 185:348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) 46: 7: 768:British planes picked up the sub by 193:36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) 640:struck first however, and blew up 201:13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) 25: 2054:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 2091: 2046: 2011: 1966: 1902: 1332: 895:on 3 July 1945 and proceeded to 504:. She escorted troop ships into 382:Service in the Atlantic, 1940–43 354:1 August 1940. On 10 April 1941 211:50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 48: 33: 1002:prior to US declaration of war 1289:. Andrew Hague Convoy Database 1268:. Andrew Hague Convoy Database 1238:. Andrew Hague Convoy Database 1209:Morison, Samuel Eliot (1975). 772:at 02:40 the next morning and 661:to the scene, where they sank 398:made her first convoy trip to 322:Director of Naval Intelligence 1: 1348:. The entry can be found 1092:from Iceland to Newfoundland 1077:from Newfoundland to Iceland 1062:from Iceland to Newfoundland 872:Service in the Pacific, 1945 808:invasion of Southern France 422:attack which drove off the 2245: 2219:Ships built in Bath, Maine 928:Charleston, South Carolina 644:with an acoustic torpedo. 580:The ship took part in the 312:, is the only ship of the 2188: 2162: 1889: 1419: 847:Following the capture of 243:16 officers, 260 enlisted 145: 41: 32: 700:, who subsequently sank 668:Four days later, when a 272:21 in (533 mm) 860:, destroyed one German 853:1st Airborne Task Force 255:5 in (127 mm) 227:35 knots (65 km/h) 146:General characteristics 139:and broken up for scrap 27:Gleaves-class destroyer 1910:Republic of China Navy 1199:Friedman, pp. 411, 412 924:Atlantic Reserve Fleet 1110:from Newfoundland to 623:On 11 December 1943, 508:harbor the day after 338:8 August 1938 by the 320:. Niblack became the 318:Albert Parker Niblack 75:Albert Parker Niblack 832:during the siege of 390:and training in the 172:1,839 tons standard, 18:USS Niblack (DD-424) 1974:Royal Hellenic Navy 1363:navsource.org: USS 991:30 Sept-9 Oct 1941 582:landings at Salerno 175:2395 tons full load 136:Sold 16 August 1973 1371:hazegray.org: USS 1014:24 Oct-1 Nov 1941 498:invasion of Sicily 314:United States Navy 2201: 2200: 2158: 2157: 1413:-class destroyers 1185: 1184: 1142:12–20 April 1942 1126:18–26 March 1942 879:next returned to 589:’s target areas. 541:Strait of Messina 293: 292: 265:.50 cal (12.7 mm) 16:(Redirected from 2236: 2097: 2095: 2094: 2052: 2050: 2049: 2017: 2015: 2014: 1972: 1970: 1969: 1908: 1906: 1905: 1891: 1403: 1396: 1389: 1380: 1336: 1335: 1328: 1311:Friedman, Norman 1298: 1297: 1295: 1294: 1283: 1277: 1276: 1274: 1273: 1262: 1247: 1246: 1244: 1243: 1232: 1215: 1214: 1206: 1200: 1197: 1174:troopships from 1112:Northern Ireland 952: 948:Convoys escorted 889:Boston Navy Yard 606:. 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Index

USS Niblack (DD-424)
USS Niblack
Albert Parker Niblack
Bath Iron Works
Gleaves-class
destroyer
5 in (127 mm)
DP
.50 cal (12.7 mm)
21 in (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charge
Gleaves-class
destroyer
United States Navy
Albert Parker Niblack
Director of Naval Intelligence
vice admiral
laid down
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
launched
commissioned
depth charges
German
U-boat
World War II
shakedown
Caribbean
NS Argentia

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