USS John Penn (APA-23) was an attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Named after Founding Father John Penn, a signatory to...
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com/signers-by-state/john-penn/ DSDI 1776 "Marker: G-1". www.ncmarkers.com. Retrieved 2022-02-01. Goodrich, 1842, p. 435 USS John Penn (AP-51/APA-23), Dictionary...
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became USS John Penn (APA-23), Excalibur became USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50), Exeter became USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52), and Exochorda became USS Harry Lee...
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USS Penn may refer to more than one United States Navy ship: USS Pennsylvania R. R. No. 9 (SP-679), also referred to as USS Penn R. R. No. 9, a tug and...
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USS Stingray (SS-186), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named the stingray. Stingray′s keel was laid down...
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Hewes class USS Joseph Hewes (APA-22), ex-AP-50, torpedoed 11 November 1942 off Morocco, approximately 100 killed John Penn class USS John Penn (APA-23)...
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USS John Paul Jr. (1861) USS John Penn (AP-51/APA-23) USS John Q. Roberts (DE-235/APD-94) USS John R. Craig (DD-885) USS John R. Perry (DE-1034) USS John...
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Aug: U-664 11 Aug: U-468, U-525, U-604 12 Aug: Clan Macarthur 13 Aug: USS John Penn 14 Aug: HMS Saracen 15 Aug: LST-414 16 Aug: Empire Kestrel 18 Aug: Cha-5...
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approximately 100 seamen. USS John Penn (APA-23) was sunk by enemy action off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal on 13 August 1943. USS Hinsdale (APA-120) had kamikaze...
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USS Plymouth (PG-57), a patrol gunboat, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town founded by the Pilgrims...
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USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read (1821 – 1863)...
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USS Porpoise (SS–172), the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines. Porpoise was laid down at the...
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Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 (redirect from USS PT-109)
in a single blog post by a relative. In 2007, the commanding officer of USS Peleliu, Captain Ed Rhoades, presented Kumana with gifts, including an American...
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Aug: U-664 11 Aug: U-468, U-525, U-604 12 Aug: Clan Macarthur 13 Aug: USS John Penn 14 Aug: HMS Saracen 15 Aug: LST-414 16 Aug: Empire Kestrel 18 Aug: Cha-5...
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During the Guadalcanal campaign, Kawakaze torpedoed and sank the destroyer USS Blue and after bombarding Henderson Field she took part in the battle of...
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Vella Gulf, by torpedoes and gunfire from the US destroyers USS Dunlap, USS Craven, and USS Maury, with 178 killed. Chesneau, p. 194 Whitley, pp. 200–01...
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served exclusively in the Pacific Theatre. The other two, USS Thomas Stone (APA-29) and USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), were assigned for their first combat...
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USS Raton (SS/SSR/AGSS-270), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical...
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Manila sank, taking PT-165 and PT-173 with her. At about 13:00 the destroyer USS Preble arrived and towed three of the surviving PT boats, PT-167, PT-171...
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August, while unloading, she aided in repelling an air attack in which USS John Penn (APA-23) was sunk. On 28 October 1943 Crescent City sortied for the...
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Aug: U-664 11 Aug: U-468, U-525, U-604 12 Aug: Clan Macarthur 13 Aug: USS John Penn 14 Aug: HMS Saracen 15 Aug: LST-414 16 Aug: Empire Kestrel 18 Aug: Cha-5...
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Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of American aircraft carriers USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise, giving the US a decisive victory and checking Japanese...
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Biscay. U-106 sank one ship, King Malcolm on the 28th and damaged one other, USS Salinas, on the 30th. She was then hunted for nine hours and seriously damaged...
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August 1943, they were attacked by the US destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Chevalier, USS O'Bannon, and USS Taylor. In the ensuing Battle off Horaniu, she was...
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length), pertains to rescue work by APc-25 following the sinking of USS John Penn, on 13 August 1943. The second report, dated 18 August 1943 (11 pages...
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three coastal motor torpedo boats designed and built as an experiment by John I. Thornycroft & Company in Southampton, England, the other two being MTB...
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next day, Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft (VC-1 USN) from the escort carrier USS Card attacked the two U-boats on the surface while U-117 was refueling U-66...
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pp. 26–27 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niels Juel. Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute...
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and planes that sank there during the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942–43. "USS McKean (i) (APD 5)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Enderbury Island...
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