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691:, too, came in for her share of attention and was soon reduced to junk although she stubbornly remained afloat for a short while. Leaving the Japanese in their wakes, the American force swung westward at 01:14 and soon thereafter commenced their scheduled bombardment of Vila. The six American ships pounded the air strip for 16 minutes before breaking off action and leaving a number of fires burning brightly in the darkness.
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s operations on 15 August, while covering the landings at Vella
Lavella. At 08:00, approximately 10 Japanese dive bombers appeared on the destroyer's radar, 38 miles distant. She fired an umbrella barrage at the approaching enemy to keep the attackers at "arm's length" and claimed two "Vals."
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took part in these operations by serving as screening unit for the forces landing on the island. She then conducted fire support and screening missions off Tinian as that island fell to the
American naval steamroller in August. Following these operations, the ship returned to the west coast for a
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Soon red, green, and white flares gave the scene an eerie, ghostly effect, as the
Japanese set off pyrotechnics to illuminate the American force. At 19:31, another flight of "Betties" appeared and pressed their attacks on the heavy cruisers steaming in the right van of the task force. One "Betty"
1267:, as American forces were landing there. While thus engaged, she scored hits on two suicide boats and poured some 3,000 rounds of ammunition at both air and surface targets. While she did not down a single plane, she damaged a countless number at the height of the heavy Japanese suicide raids.
1221:. While she found no trace of the convoy, she nevertheless located and smashed six enemy barges with gunfire. Also during the Ormoc Bay raids, the ship came under Japanese air attack on both Ormoc Bay excursions on one occasion, three bombs fell within a few hundred yards of the destroyer.
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force and was one of the first
American warships to make port at that Chinese city. A fortnight later, the destroyer neutralized a Japanese suicide-boat garrison base when a 21-man landing force from the ship assisted local Chinese authorities in disarming an estimated 2,700 Japanese at
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shot up six landing barges that night and four on the following, wreaking heavy destruction, along with her mates, on the smaller-sized "Tokyo
Express". All told during this period, 46 enemy craft of this type met destruction at the hands of American destroyers, cruisers, and PT boats.
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closed the beach to get a better view but was unable to distinguish any tanks—American or
Japanese. At 17:58, all engines were stopped to give the watch a better look at the shore. Suddenly, three minutes later, enemy shore guns opened up on the two destroyers.
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and her mates did not pursue the fleeing "enemy" but broke off action and returned to their duties covering the departing APDs, apparently satisfied that one had made a hit on the "Japanese destroyer". In the subsequent action report written up on 29 July,
1601:(CVA-61) to conduct similar missions After 109 consecutive days of this duty, the veteran destroyer started for home on 2 March 1969. Although originally slated to become a Naval Reserve training ship on the east coast, after an extensive inspection
1199:. Firing all batteries that would bear, the destroyer steamed directly for the submarine—passing the word to "stand by to ram." Countermanding this order at the last minute because the submarine looked like she was already severely damaged,
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service and two each for Korean and
Vietnam service. USS Waller also participated in the Cuban missile blockade in October 1962. The ship detected a Russian submarine and dropped a hand grenade over board to insist that it surface which it did.
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both leapt ahead at full speed, heading in an easterly direction as their funnels belched forth a large amount of oily, black smoke. Splashes from near misses rose on both sides of the ships as they disappeared into the thick, boiling smoke.
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from the key island. Intelligence reports indicated—wrongly, as it turned out—that the
Japanese were mounting a big "push" to resupply their forces. As events would show, they were instead massing forces to evacuate their troops.
643:, on the southern coast of New Georgia. Assigned to protect the larger ships, the destroyers drew the duty of silencing any hostile shore batteries which might try to interfere with the cruisers as they carried out the main bombardment.
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pilots for incoming vessels and monitored all shipping traffic passing her patrol station in the
Yangtze estuary. The ship departed Chinese waters on 12 December bound for the United States, and after a stop at Pearl Harbor arrived at
461:(CA-28), came under machine-gun fire from the lead "Betty" as it bore in on the attack. The American ships responded with heavy fire toward the first two planes, and one cartwheeled into the sea and exploded in a brilliant fireball.
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at 19:45, holing the cruiser's starboard side forward, and stopping three of the ship's four drive-shafts. A second torpedo soon struck home after the first, flooding number three fireroom and the forward engine room leaving
984:(DD-507). The torpedoes launched by the doomed aircraft failed to hit their mark and sped off past the American ships. Two minutes later, however, another "Betty" drew blood from the American force by torpedoing
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again battled persistent
Japanese planes, picking up on her radar eight torpedo planes heading in at low level. Director-controlled gunfire from the main battery 5 inch spat out fiery steel at the incoming
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Flares and float lights dropped by the Japanese planes lit up the scene with an eerie light. Destroyer gunfire sent tracer streaks across the night sky, and one "Betty" spun into the sea off the port bow of
970:, off the coast of Bougainville, when 10 Japanese torpedo planes swooped in low and fast at 03:00. The ships quickly put up a tremendous barrage of antiaircraft fire to discourage the Japanese attackers.
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late in 1956 and was again modified—this time with extensive alterations in her ASW battery. She rejoined the Fleet soon thereafter and, after a Mediterranean deployment in 1957, joined
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The Americans, meanwhile, kept up the pressure on the Japanese, subjecting their islands to nearly continual harassment from the sea and from the air. On the night of 29–30 June 1943,
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began to bombard Japanese positions on that island. On the evening of 18 June, the warship received orders to give fire support in two areas to assist the marines in repelling an enemy
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targets, hurling some 1,700 rounds of 5 inch shells on enemy positions. During the following summer, the destroyer acted as an escort for 7th Fleet units exercising in waters off
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opened the action at about 01:00, firing a five-tube spread of torpedoes at a range of three and one-half miles. A minute later, her gunners soon commenced fire with the main battery.
1088:. TG 51.18, an expeditionary force reserve whose mission was to support the occupation of the Marianas was slated to land on whatever island the situation might dictate Saipan,
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at Shanghai. Following this period of repairs, the ship supervised minesweeping operations and supplied provisions and water to the ships engaged in the sweeps which netted some 60
1571:. During this deployment, she destroyed numerous Viet Cong structures rest camps and the like as well as interdicted the movement of Viet Cong supply traffic by destroying trails.
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instead continued to pump 40-millimeter and 5 inch shellfire into the enemy submersible which attempted a weak and ineffective return fire with her deck guns. At 01:45, as
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The warship continued supporting operations in the Solomons by escorting troop and supply convoys. While screening TG 31.2—four destroyers and four fast transports (
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fired several salvoes in return; but, as her action report noted, "possibly the terrain favored the Japanese, and no good point of aim was offered the director pointer."
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on 26 March 1949 and was recommissioned at Charleston on 5 July 1950. Following shakedown, she joined Escort Destroyer Squadron 2 as flagship on 28 January 1951.
876:, tracking as best she could opened fire at 20,000 yards, and other ships in company reported that she straddled and hit the "enemy". However, she had not. The
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fouled a Japanese-moored "Shanghai"-type contact mine. Three officers and 22 men were wounded, and the ship sustained enough structural damage to warrant a
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area until 2 December, after making a second sweep into the Camotes Sea on the night of 29–30 November in search of a reported 10-ship Japanese
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980:(DD-477). Another attacker, roaring in low and fast at 03:30, flew into a veritable hail of flak and crashed, trailing flames into the sea astern of
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screened the 5th echelon of transports and supply ships. The total American force consisting of six destroyers, eight APDs, a fleet tug, and eight
585:, which resulted in the loss of one American cruiser and damage to a destroyer succeeded in diverting Japanese intentions from the transports off
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again downed one and helped to destroy another Japanese attacker. One of the planes, a twin-engined "Betty," was attempting a suicide run on
819:. Although the destroyer found no visible evidence that she had scored a kill, the commander of Task Group 36.2 (TG 36.2), Rear Admiral
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before returning to the seaborne blockade lanes in October 1951 for a two-week tour of duty before again returning to the United States.
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immediately served up a round of return fire at the Japanese guns which silenced one enemy battery. About a fortnight later, during the
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On the night of 27–28 November, the destroyer led the four ships of Destroyer Division 43 (DesDiv 43) in a night sweep into
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airfields. However, inclement weather hampered the spotting of shot, and it was impossible to ascertain the effectiveness of the raid.
843:, New Georgia—a search plane picked up what looked like four enemy ships near Kolombangara Island and radioed a contact report.
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eventually steamed out of the combat area to undergo needed repairs. However, in October, she was back in the thick of the fighting.
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continued her convoy escort and support functions into the fall months. On 17–18 November, as American forces pushed towards
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An Allied patrol plane radioed a message to the division noting that a surfaced Japanese submarine—later determined to be
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847:, as part of the covering force, changed course to intercept and soon sighted three ships lying low off the jungle coastline.
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on 21 January 1943 and, six days later, sortied as part of the destroyer screen with Task Force 18 (TF 18). Rear Admiral
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detected a submarine by her radar and went in to try to seek out the enemy craft. A three-hour search netted a contact, and
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and allowed vital American reinforcements to enter the final phase of the battle to drive the Japanese from Guadalcanal.
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1001:, Bougainville, on the shore of Empress Augusta Bay, with the 7th echelon of support ships. On 23 November, she shelled
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with a transport force sent to resupply and reinforce the land-based forces there in their struggle to dislodge the
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through the end of 1943 and into 1944. As the Japanese sought to resupply their trapped garrisons on islands like
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escorting and screening the vital Allied transports and cargo vessels. When American forces splashed ashore at
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made numerous Mediterranean deployments over the next four years. On 6 September 1968, the destroyer departed
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broke in two from an "extremely violent" explosion, the victim of a combination of torpedoes and gunfire from
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entered waters off Vella Lavella in an attempt to cut off the evacuation of Japanese troops from the island.
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on 15 July 1969. She was authorized to be disposed of, as a target, on 2 February 1970; she was sunk off
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Meanwhile, the Allied war effort continued to gain momentum; and, in June, American forces struck at the
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area on 1 February 1944. At 06:25, enemy shore batteries on Buka opened fire on the American men-of-war.
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s commanding officer wrote: "It has since been learned that these ships were probably our own PT boats."
736:". These ships clashed with American cruisers and destroyers in a series of sharp, bitter night actions.
435:-1s) came in low from the east carefully avoiding silhouetting themselves against the afterglow of dusk.
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doubled back for a second pass, the submarine's bow rose up towards the sky; and she sank, stern first.
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received the most welcome news that the Japanese had accepted the unconditional surrender terms of the
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was off the beaches as flagship of the task group and received additional fire-support assignments at
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waters. Arriving in October, she reported immediately to the "gunline" and took up patrol duties on
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took her crippled sister in tow, and, by early on 30 January, the damaged cruiser was on her way to
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s return to the battle zones by launching a suicide-plane raid by 15 planes. During the fracas,
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on 15 August 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Littleton W. T. Waller, the widow of General Waller; and
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bunkers and storage areas, before she moved south to a station off
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harbor. For 10 days, she fired shore bombardment missions against
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s radar picked up the target just off the northeast coast of
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splashed three of the attackers, but nine remained to attack
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claimed one Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" downed and two damaged.
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received a "well done" from Commander, Task Unit 70.8.9: "
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shot down one intruder and assisted in splashing another.
927:(DD-498) to collide while undertaking evasive action; and
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On the evening of 17 August, a Japanese air attack caused
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collected 1,049 survivors from the cruiser. In the melee,
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On 29 January, 50 miles (80 km) to the north of
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s ability to meet all commitments is indeed noteworthy."
395:(CA-45). The mission of TF 18 was to rendezvous off
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for a rest period, departed Pearl Harbor and passed the
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s radar detected two ships—later determined to be
469:, before another enemy aircraft scored a torpedo hit on
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participated in this campaign by escorting convoys to
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Philippines campaign, November 1944 – April 1945
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She and her sister ships bombarded enemy positions on
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Solomons campaign, October 1943 – February 1944
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were purchased by the Peruvian Navy for spare parts)
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were purchased by the Hellenic Navy for spare parts)
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566:(DD-448) was damaged and left the area, towed by
639:(DD-508) in a raid on the Japanese airfields at
1514:(DesRon 28), as a unit of ASW Task Force Alfa.
1362:projected invasion of the Japanese home islands
1080:on 5 June 1944. She escorted TG 51.18 via
1356:area, below Brunei Bay. She then rejoined the
1316:Indonesia and China, May – December 1945
897:No such case of mistaken identity occurred in
854:, these three "enemy" ships were, in reality,
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788:During efforts to save the surviving crew of
502:(AT-64), 12 "Betties" were reported south of
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4162:List of destroyers of the United States Navy
1024:invasion, the ship set out, in company with
4741:Vietnam War destroyers of the United States
1655:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1360:early in August to be in readiness for the
1060:Marianas campaign, June – August 1944
4736:Korean War destroyers of the United States
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1403:While returning to Shanghai on 9 October,
781:(CL-50) which fell victim to the dreaded "
189:60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
4203:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1970
389:, commanding the force, flew his flag in
4731:Cold War destroyers of the United States
1649:This article incorporates text from the
326:on 1 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander
75:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
1605:was decommissioned and struck from the
1263:shifted the scene of her operations to
1521:, 30 June 1962. Subsequently, joining
1099:Saipan was designated its target, and
310:was laid down on 12 February 1942, at
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1379:Returned to the 7th Fleet once more,
1155:on 27 November for operations in the
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1270:February and March 1945 again found
570:. While retiring to Espiritu Santo,
489:at four knots. At 14:45, well after
316:Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
165:376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
3043:DD-523 (Unnamed) – DD-525 (Unnamed)
1413:Jiangnan Dock and Engineering Works
1232:as a unit of the covering force of
994:picked up eight Japanese aviators.
939:On the night of 1–2 October,
650:shortly after midnight on 5 March,
1107:attack. At 17:55, in company with
666:—at the eastern entrance to
578:contact but could not develop it.
173:39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
14:
4746:Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey
3752:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
181:17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
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4048:
3967:
3909:
3864:
3798:
3744:
3676:
3546:
3444:
3411:
3333:
3279:
3165:
3075:
1642:
1228:participated in the invasion of
716:continued her operations in the
465:splashed into the sea astern of
255:21 in (533 mm) torpedo
37:
22:
1517:Her classification reverted to
914:"Kates" but knocked none down.
233:5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
1585:Proceeding to Yankee Station,
1432:Korean War – Vietnam War
997:The warship soon was back off
213:(12,000 km) at 15 kt
1:
1658:. The entry can be found
795:served in the force covering
706:evoked the praise of Admiral
597:In early March 1943, Captain
1419:. In addition, she provided
1364:. But while en route toward
506:heading for Rennell Island.
128:Sunk as target, 17 June 1970
593:Blackett Strait, March 1943
439:, on the starboard beam of
431:-carrying "Betty" bombers (
408:Rennel Island, January 1943
342:conducted shakedown out of
201:(65 km/h; 40 mph)
4782:
4766:Maritime incidents in 1970
1040:, to bombard the Japanese
493:had passed the tow to the
4691:
4157:
4131:
3062:
1533:with DesDiv 362 for
1452:. Selected as one of the
1448:, until the onset of the
1324:-American effort against
893:Vela Lavella, August 1943
704:Battle of Blackett Strait
132:
30:
21:
1564:where she supported the
1490:From 1951 to late 1956,
1473:Land of the Morning Calm
1467:On 14 May of that year,
695:was ordered to dispatch
583:Battle of Rennell Island
296:named for Major General
248:20 mm (0.8 in)
239:40 mm (1.6 in)
16:Fletcher-class destroyer
4647:August (unknown date):
3419:Colombian National Navy
3137:Almirante Domecq GarcĂa
1444:remained in reserve at
1332:busy from May to July.
1259:Early in January 1945,
1178:in search of shipping.
1072:, having sailed to the
599:Arleigh "31-knot" Burke
338:Into the fall of 1942,
133:General characteristics
4497:LeBaron Russell Briggs
3806:Republic of Korea Navy
3341:Republic of China Navy
1569:173rd Airborne Brigade
1508:Norfolk Naval Shipyard
1368:, escorting a convoy,
1312:
821:Aaron S. "Tip" Merrill
702:The Vila raid and the
609:. On the 5th, she led
420:
267:2 Ă— depth charge racks
4761:Ships sunk as targets
1512:Destroyer Squadron 28
1496:Antisubmarine warfare
1494:participated in many
1300:
757:W. L. "Pug" Ainsworth
415:
4377:May (unknown date):
1187:—was south of
751:Kula Gulf, July 1943
524:Grumman F4F Wildcats
292:, was a ship of the
4678:Dec (unknown date)
4466:Seatrain Washington
4070:Clarence K. Bronson
3996:Almirante FerrandĂz
2733:Clarence K. Bronson
1674:navsource.org: USS
1374:Potsdam Declaration
968:Empress Augusta Bay
775:, were sunk as was
761:Battle of Kula Gulf
478:dead in the water.
304:(1856–1926).
3775:Heywood L. Edwards
2698:Heywood L. Edwards
1682:hazegray.org: USS
1506:. She entered the
1438:6th Naval District
1313:
1157:Philippine Islands
905:Later in the day,
421:
360:New York Navy Yard
294:United States Navy
79:Kearny, New Jersey
4713:
4712:
4170:
4169:
4127:
4126:
3816:
3762:
3696:
3462:
3351:
3321:Charles J. Badger
3183:
3093:
2656:Charles J. Badger
2420:William D. Porter
1733:-class destroyers
1500:Mediterranean Sea
1460:was redesignated
1224:In mid-December,
831:Mistaken identity
827:s action report.
745:Shortland Islands
708:Chester W. Nimitz
508:Combat air patrol
352:New London, Conn.
328:Laurence H. Frost
273:
272:
4773:
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4684:
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4620:Nathanael Greene
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4008:Almirante Valdés
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3787:Richard P. Leary
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3149:Almirante Storni
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3055:DD-549 (Unnamed)
3052:DD-548 (Unnamed)
3049:DD-543 (Unnamed)
3046:DD-542 (Unnamed)
2705:Richard P. Leary
2357:Charles Ausburne
1723:
1716:
1709:
1700:
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1613:, 17 June 1970.
1446:Charleston, S.C.
1294:, during April.
1292:Sulu Archipelago
1213:remained in the
1074:Hawaiian Islands
419:in October 1942.
387:Robert C. Giffen
366:, bound for the
354:Late that fall,
298:Littleton Waller
88:12 February 1942
65:Littleton Waller
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4507:David E. Hughes
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3101:Almirante Brown
3085:
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2649:Van Valkenburgh
2600:Albert W. Grant
2224:David W. Taylor
1735:
1727:
1670:
1643:
1639:
1619:
1525:on 1 July 1964
1502:and two to the
1434:
1428:18 days later.
1318:
1238:escort carriers
1151:She joined the
1149:
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1046:Cape St. George
937:
895:
850:Unbeknownst to
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685:and her mates.
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381:She arrived at
336:
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3199:
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3173:Brazilian Navy
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1539:Yankee Station
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1244:attack in the
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1111:, she entered
1078:180th Meridian
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2908:Cassin Young
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1626:battle stars
1624:received 12
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376:Pearl Harbor
372:Panama Canal
355:
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334:World War II
330:in command.
324:commissioned
312:Kearny, N.J.
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280:(DD/DDE-466)
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275:
274:
262:depth charge
154:Displacement
142:
120:15 July 1969
112:15 July 1969
101:Commissioned
53:
3951:La Vallette
3616:Zerstörer 3
3580:Zerstörer 2
3530:Zerstörer 6
3518:Zerstörer 5
3506:Zerstörer 4
3494:Zerstörer 3
3482:Zerstörer 2
3470:Zerstörer 1
3458:Zerstörer 1
3452:German Navy
3371:Chiang Yang
2831:Porterfield
1769:La Vallette
1234:battleships
1176:Camotes Sea
1044:station at
1012:and in the
1010:Buka Island
587:Lunga Point
563:La Vallette
504:New Georgia
427:, Japanese
397:Guadalcanal
260:6 Ă— single
246:7 Ă— single
231:5 Ă— single
4751:1942 ships
4720:Categories
4210:Shipwrecks
4101:Ä°skenderun
4032:Jorge Juan
3893:Cuitláhuac
3881:Cuauhtémoc
3227:Pernambuco
2845:Wedderburn
2063:Abner Read
1637:References
1562:Phan Thiet
1535:Vietnamese
1450:Korean War
1409:drydocking
1346:Balikpapan
1342:Brunei Bay
1322:Australian
1215:Leyte Gulf
1030:(DD-465),
783:Long Lance
618:Montpelier
615:(DD-507),
601:broke his
574:located a
550:(APD-13),
528:Enterprise
514:Enterprise
491:Louisville
483:Louisville
458:Louisville
370:, via the
218:Complement
186:Propulsion
4671:Ark Royal
4669:HMS
4650:Manhattan
4618:USS
4586:USS
4574:23 Nov:
4565:USS
4548:USS
4537:USS
4526:USS
4485:USS
4476:Christena
4434:USS
4423:USS
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4401:USS
4390:USS
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4296:USS
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3709:Pritchett
3652:Charrette
3599:Navarinon
3499:Wadsworth
3428:Antioquia
3359:Kwei Yang
3347:Heng Yang
3017:Stevenson
2995:Cancelled
2901:Callaghan
2642:John Hood
2621:Ingersoll
2586:Sigourney
2530:Mansfield
2434:Charrette
2103:Hazelwood
2042:Isherwood
2014:Wadsworth
1937:Schroeder
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1558:Viet Cong
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1504:Caribbean
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1284:Tawi Tawi
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1054:Namatanai
798:Woodworth
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648:Kula Gulf
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4627:14 Mar:
4616:29 Jan:
4588:Bluegill
4557:19 Nov:
4550:Ericsson
4546:17 Nov:
4524:18 Sep:
4504:20 Aug:
4494:18 Aug:
4432:26 Jun:
4421:19 Jun:
4410:18 Jun:
4399:17 Jun:
4388:11 Jun:
4370:El Qaher
4367:16 May:
4357:20 Apr:
4350:Kalymnos
4347:12 Apr:
4316:27 Mar:
4305:20 Mar:
4287:Eurydice
4273:10 Feb:
4249:27 Jan:
4238:21 Jan:
4228:10 Jan:
4094:Cogswell
4065:Ä°stanbul
4013:Converse
3886:Harrison
3824:Chung Mu
3716:Lanciere
3640:Bradford
3623:Sfendoni
3611:Nearchos
3487:Ringgold
3395:Kun Yang
3388:Kimberly
3308:Cochrane
3301:Wadleigh
3263:MaranhĂŁo
3106:Heermann
3024:Stockton
3003:Percival
2880:Wadleigh
2838:Stockham
2824:Hopewell
2796:McDermut
2789:Marshall
2726:Chauncey
2670:Dashiell
2614:Cogswell
2607:Caperton
2455:Halligan
2406:Sproston
2378:Harrison
2329:Stoddard
2301:Robinson
2294:Prichett
2287:Morrison
2280:Longshaw
2266:Johnston
2196:Bradford
2154:Sullivan
2110:Heermann
2049:Kimberly
2028:Brownson
2000:Thatcher
1965:Converse
1930:Ringgold
1874:Hutchins
1825:De Haven
1783:O'Bannon
1776:Nicholas
1748:Fletcher
1731:Fletcher
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1592:Intrepid
1547:Qui Nhon
1454:Fletcher
1385:Shanghai
1383:entered
1358:3d Fleet
1320:A joint
1246:Sulu Sea
1242:kamikaze
1066:Marianas
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999:Torokina
878:PT boats
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718:Solomons
697:Minegumo
689:Minegumo
679:Murasame
663:Minegumo
657:Murasame
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60:Namesake
4667:9 Nov:
4637:1 Jul:
4584:3 Dec:
4560:Marites
4539:Atlanta
4535:1 Oct:
4514:9 Sep:
4487:Segundo
4483:8 Aug:
4473:1 Aug:
4463:21 Jul
4453:20 Jul
4443:14 Jul
4337:6 Apr:
4327:1 Apr:
4294:6 Mar:
4284:4 Mar:
4263:4 Feb:
4251:Kolasin
4218:5 Jan:
4138:Gleaves
4118:Preston
4037:McGowan
3984:Lepanto
3812:Chungmu
3704:Geniere
3660:Claxton
3635:Thyella
3511:Claxton
3475:Anthony
3400:Yarnall
3383:An Yang
3376:Mullany
3364:Twining
3268:Shields
3220:Cushing
3208:Bennett
3203:ParaĂba
3130:Stembel
3125:Rosales
2971:Gregory
2964:Colhoun
2943:Monssen
2936:Cushing
2922:Preston
2866:Uhlmann
2852:Picking
2803:McGowan
2754:Gatling
2691:Bennion
2677:Bullard
2663:Colahan
2593:Stembel
2544:Shields
2537:Metcalf
2511:Howorth
2469:Newcomb
2462:Haraden
2364:Claxton
2322:Smalley
2252:Haggard
2182:Yarnall
2175:Twining
2096:Trathen
2077:Mullany
2007:Anthony
1944:Sigsbee
1923:Renshaw
1902:Halford
1895:Stevens
1881:Pringle
1853:Bennett
1797:Saufley
1762:Jenkins
1755:Radford
1694:website
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1531:Norfolk
1485:Okinawa
1462:DDE-466
1421:Yangtze
1398:Tinghai
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1230:Mindoro
1193:Waller'
1189:Pacijan
1161:Waller'
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1109:Pringle
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825:Waller'
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766:Niizuki
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652:Waller'
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471:Chicago
452:Chicago
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392:Wichita
368:Pacific
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31:History
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4640:Ancona
4598:YTL-17
4456:Fulvia
4436:Conway
4403:Waller
4381:Tweedy
4277:Foudre
4053:
4025:Jarvis
3972:
3931:Benham
3926:Villar
3914:
3869:
3853:Hickox
3803:
3782:YĹ«gure
3770:Ariake
3758:Ariake
3749:
3733:Walker
3721:Taylor
3681:
3628:Aulick
3587:Lonchi
3568:Conner
3551:
3449:
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3338:
3284:
3232:Hailey
3215:Paraná
3170:
3154:Cowell
3142:Braine
3118:Dortch
3113:Espora
3080:
3038:Turner
3010:Watson
2978:Little
2957:Porter
2950:Jarvis
2929:Benham
2817:Melvin
2810:McNair
2768:Hickox
2747:Dortch
2740:Cotten
2712:Bryant
2635:Bearss
2565:Braine
2518:Killen
2504:Twiggs
2441:Conner
2413:Wickes
2399:Murray
2350:Aulick
2259:Hailey
2245:Franks
2210:Cowell
2168:Tingey
2150:Putnam
2131:Miller
2124:McCord
2082:Beatty
2021:Walker
1986:Spence
1951:Conway
1916:Philip
1909:Leutze
1888:Stanly
1867:Hudson
1860:Fullam
1818:Taylor
1811:Strong
1804:Waller
1692:Waller
1684:Waller
1676:Waller
1647:
1622:Waller
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1603:Waller
1598:Ranger
1587:Waller
1576:Waller
1545:, off
1527:Waller
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1492:Waller
1477:Wonsan
1469:Waller
1458:Waller
1442:Waller
1405:Waller
1381:Waller
1370:Waller
1366:Honshū
1354:Lulong
1344:, and
1334:Waller
1330:Waller
1326:Borneo
1308:Philip
1302:Waller
1280:Waller
1272:Waller
1261:Waller
1254:Waller
1250:Waller
1226:Waller
1219:convoy
1211:Waller
1205:Waller
1201:Waller
1165:Waller
1140:Waller
1133:Waller
1124:Waller
1117:Waller
1101:Waller
1094:Tinian
1086:Saipan
1070:Waller
1050:Borpop
1038:Philip
1018:Waller
992:Waller
987:McKean
982:Conway
960:Waller
952:Waller
945:Waller
941:Waller
929:Waller
924:Philip
919:Waller
907:Waller
882:Waller
874:Waller
869:PT-160
866:, and
863:PT-159
857:PT-157
852:Waller
845:Waller
813:Waller
809:Waller
793:Waller
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741:Waller
728:, and
714:Waller
693:Waller
683:Waller
672:Waller
630:Denver
612:Conway
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572:Waller
568:Navajo
558:Waller
542:Navajo
532:Waller
499:Navajo
467:Waller
437:Waller
417:Waller
356:Waller
340:Waller
308:Waller
287:-class
278:Waller
162:Length
145:-class
54:Waller
4577:Julep
4528:Soley
4425:Tunny
4414:Moray
4392:Gyatt
4320:Eaton
4298:Young
4266:Arrow
4240:RNLB
4149:class
4140:class
4089:Ä°zmit
4077:Ä°zmir
3989:Capps
3955:Terry
3848:Pusan
3836:Seoul
3829:Erben
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3760:class
3728:Fante
3694:class
3692:Fante
3664:Dyson
3647:Velos
3604:Brown
3575:Kimon
3563:Aspis
3523:Dyson
3460:class
3349:class
3313:Rooks
3256:Irwin
3239:PiauĂ
3196:Guest
3181:class
3091:class
3089:Brown
3031:Thorn
2985:Rooks
2915:Irwin
2894:Mertz
2873:Remey
2761:Healy
2719:Black
2628:Knapp
2572:Erben
2558:Abbot
2551:Wiley
2490:Izard
2483:Burns
2427:Young
2392:McKee
2371:Dyson
2336:Watts
2231:Evans
2217:Capps
2203:Brown
2070:Ammen
1993:Terry
1979:Foote
1972:Eaton
1846:Guest
1839:Beale
1832:Bache
1417:mines
1389:China
1328:kept
1092:, or
1042:radar
547:Sands
526:from
383:Efate
348:Maine
257:tubes
209:6500
206:Range
199:knots
194:Speed
178:Draft
4707:1971
4694:1969
4309:Cony
4275:TCD
4253:/ex-
4231:Elda
4116:(ex-
4113:İçel
4106:Boyd
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2684:Kidd
2579:Hale
2528:(ex-
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2476:Bell
2448:Hall
2343:Wren
2315:Rowe
2308:Ross
2273:Laws
2189:Boyd
2148:(ex-
2138:Owen
2117:Hoel
2089:Bush
2080:(ex-
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2035:Daly
1958:Cony
1690:USS
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1126:and
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1052:and
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