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    Howard Walter Gilmore (September 29, 1902 – February 7, 1943) was a submarine commander in the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal...
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    scrapped in 2006. USS Howard W. Gilmore was originally named Neptune but renamed Howard W. Gilmore in honor of Commander Howard W. Gilmore, a Medal of Honor...
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  • on the bridge of a submarine was similar to the death of Commander Howard W. Gilmore on USS Growler (SS-215) during the war. Submarine Command was presented...
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    Academy in 1926, the same class as Max Leslie, Carlton Hutchins, Howard W. Gilmore, and Lofton R. Henderson; and became a Naval Aviator three years later...
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    Captain Krecker's body was never found. February 7, 1943: Commander Howard W. Gilmore, captain of the American submarine USS Growler, gave the order for...
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  • psychologist Harold LeBruce Gilmore (1912–1996), American politician Helen Gilmore (1900–1947), American actress Howard W. Gilmore (1902–1943), US Navy submarine...
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    1972 with the arrival of the USS Fulton (AS-11) followed by the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) in 1973 until 1980, followed by the USS Orion (AS-18) which...
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  • incidents involving Commander Howard W. Gilmore, captain of USS Growler (SS-215). Mortally wounded on the bridge, Gilmore gave the order "Take her down...
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    Truman visited the base. While at Key West, the squadron included USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), and USS Petrel (ASR-14). Submarines assigned to the squadron...
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    graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1926 along with Howard W. Gilmore, Carlton Hutchins, Max Leslie, and C. Wade McClusky. Henderson departed...
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    Growler was commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore in command. Growler’s first war patrol began 29 June 1942 as she cleared...
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    Cmdr. C.W. Wilkins) Task Group 7.3 (North of Oahu Patrol) 2 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): Growler (Lt. Cmdr. Howard W. Gilmore) Finback (Lt...
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    Majuro Submarine Base was supported by the submarine tenders: USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), USS Bushnell (AS-15), USS Argonne (AS-10), and USS Sperry...
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    listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2014. Howard W. Gilmore (1919) U.S. Navy Medal of Honor in 1943 Tom Stuart (1955), mayor of...
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  • event is based on the death of Commander Howard W. Gilmore of the USS Growler (SS-215) on February 7, 1943. Gilmore was awarded the Medal of Honor). Byron...
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    Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC). Growler's skipper, Howard W. Gilmore, earned the submarine force's first combat Medal of Honor for sacrificing...
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    April 1943 30 April 1948 DANFS, NVR 1 February 1953 30 June 1970 Howard W. Gilmore AS-16 21 December 1942 16 September 1943 24 May 1944 30 September...
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    Fluckey Parche • Lawson P. Ramage Tang • Richard O'Kane Growler • Howard W. Gilmore Tirante • George L. Street Allied actions in the Pacific are believed...
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    when she set course for Subic Bay. The submarine pulled alongside Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) for refit on 10 August and was there when the Japanese capitulation...
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    Charles Davis – member of the Azerbaijan national basketball team Howard W. Gilmore – World War II submarine commander who posthumously received the Medal...
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    Samar Elmer E. Fryar (1914–1944), for action at Leyte, Philippines Howard W. Gilmore (1902–1943), for action in the Southwest Pacific Robert M. Hanson...
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  • started his first band. While in the Navy, he served aboard the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), a submarine tender which supplied submarines and other ships...
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    a sound test in Subic Bay, moored alongside the submarine tender Howard W. Gilmore to commence a refit. She returned from patrol "clean and shipshape...
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    Afterwards, he served aboard the USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) and the USS Hornet (CV-12) and at Naval Air Station Dallas...
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    USS Tullibee – (sank 3 ships 4 World War II Pacific patrols 1943 USS Howard W. Gilmore – submarine tender – (World War II) 10 of 120 Balao-class submarines...
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    shipyard) in early 1970. She was replaced in Key West by her sister ship Howard W. Gilmore. Bushnell was placed out of commission on 20 June 1970 and was towed...
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  • Santo Stefano for a month of upkeep alongside submarine tender USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16). In October 1976, she returned to sea for antisubmarine warfare...
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    Harbor, Midway Atoll, Brisbane, New Guinea, Saipan and Subic Bay. USS Howard W. Gilmore was stationed at Subic Bay in 1945. USS Griffin was stationed in Newfoundland...
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  • 1967 German submarine U-505 Memorial Hawaii Memorial Plaque, 1976 Howard W. Gilmore Memorial, 1975 John P. Holland Memorial, 1975 K-13 Submarine Memorial...
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    overlooked at the time. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z See also Notes References   This along with the  †, indicates that the...
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