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    Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner (May 27, 1885 – February 12, 1961), commonly known as Kelly Turner, was an admiral of the United States Navy during the Second...
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    Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20 / CG-20) was a Leahy-class cruiser destroyer leader in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Admiral Richmond K....
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  • USS Richmond (CL-9) was launched in 1921, saw service in World War II and decommissioned in 1945. See also USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) CSS Richmond, a...
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    The invasion fleet, Task Force 52 (TF 52) commanded by Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner, left Pearl Harbor on 10 November 1943. The landing force, Task Group...
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    landing".[attribution needed] "After the Tarawa landing, Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner directed the formation of nine Underwater Demolition Teams. Thirty...
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    and over 900 planes. The invasion force, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, consisted of 56 attack transports, 84 landing craft and over 127...
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  • 1944 USS Turner (DD-834), a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1969 USS Turner Joy (DD-951) USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)...
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    Thach (two awards) Robert J. Thomas John H. Towers Charles R. Train Richmond K. Turner Frank B. Upham Stanley W. Vejtasa, (three awards) also a USN fighter...
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    Alan Turner Alfred Turner Alex Turner Andrew Turner Ann Turner Anna Turner Anne Turner Benjamin Turner Brad Turner Brian Turner Charles Turner Chris...
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    USS Saratoga). Commanding the amphibious forces was U.S. Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner. Vandegrift led the 16,000 Allied (primarily U.S. Marine) infantry...
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    Beriev Be-12 seaplane on ASW patrol. When Sterett was relieved by USS Richmond K. Turner on 10 March, the turnover was shadowed by a Soviet Petya-class PCE...
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  • Turner (luthier) (1943–2022), American builder of guitars and basses Richmond K. Turner, (1885–1961), American admiral during World War II This disambiguation...
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    USS Coral Sea - Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown - Aegis Crusier USS Richmond K. Turner - Guided Missile Crusier USS De Wert - Guided Missile Frigate USS...
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    casualties.: 37–38  The US forces for the landings were Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner's 5th Fleet Amphibious Force, and Major General Holland M. Smith's...
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    commander of the Fifth Fleet, to oversee the operation. Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, Commander, Joint Amphibious Forces (Task Force 51) oversaw the overall...
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    instructed Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner, Commander Amphibious Force, to undertake Operation Cleanslate. Beginning 21 February, Turner landed the US Army...
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    captain in his class of twenty; although it also included Commander Richmond K. Turner, most of the class were ensigns or lieutenants. King received his...
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    attack, on the orders of the director of the War Plans Division, Richmond K. Turner. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Navy cryptographers, with...
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    failures by higher-ups in Washington, D.C. Layton blamed Admiral Richmond K. Turner in particular for monopolizing naval intelligence in Washington that...
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    1962 23 November 1963 27 September 1994 Sunk as target, 6 April 2000 Richmond K. Turner CG-20 9 January 1961 6 April 1963 13 June 1964 13 April 1995 Sunk...
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    USS Silversides, USS Taurus, USNS Neosho, USS Caloosahatchee, USS Richmond K. Turner USS Trenton, and USS Edson. USCGC Chase Law Enforcement Detachments...
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    Admiral Richmond K. Turner and the expeditionary troops (Task Force 56) by Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith. For the battle of Saipan, Turner had concurrently...
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    wife and his lifelong friends Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Admiral Richmond K. Turner, and Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and their wives, an arrangement made...
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    (CS/CL-7) Ranger (CC-4) Reeves (DLG/CG-24) Reno (CL/CLAA-96) Richmond (CS/CL-9) Richmond K. Turner (DLG/CG-20) Roanoke (CL-114) Roanoke (CL-145) Robert Smalls (CG-62)...
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    as are Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, his longtime friend Admiral Richmond K. Turner, and Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, an arrangement made by all of them...
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    were withdrawn from the area. Deeming them "idle Marines", Admiral Richmond K. Turner decided to form them into a "2nd Provisional Raider Battalion" without...
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    Jun: Yugo-class submarine 22 Jul: USS Badger, USS Somers 9 Aug: USS Richmond K. Turner 19 Aug: ARA Comodoro Somellera 23 Sep: Um El Faroud 18 Sep: Princess...
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    Carroll (1956). "The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner". United States Government Printing Office. Archived from the original...
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    time, Kinkaid came up for promotion to captain. Classmates including Richmond K. Turner and Willis A. Lee were selected in January 1935, but Kinkaid was passed...
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