USS YP-88 was a converted fishing vessel that served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was laid down and completed...
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USS Sylph (PY-12), briefly YP-71, was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol yacht from 1940 to 1946. Intrepid (YP-71), a yacht built...
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at Gibraltar, and sailed for there as an escort for the aircraft carrier USS Wasp and battlecruiser HMS Renown. Charybdis joined Force W at Gibraltar...
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ships would be: USS San Antonio USS Barry USS Stout USCGC Spencer USCGC Sturgeon Bay USNAS YP-705 USNAS YP-706 USNAS YP-707 USNAS YP-708 On April 4, 2016...
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USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo. Construction started before the U.S. entered...
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USS Dorado (SS-248), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado. Dorado′s keel was laid down...
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USS YP-389 was a United States Navy yard patrol (YP) boat that served in World War II. The ship was built in 1941 as the fishing trawler Cohasset at the...
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USS YP-74 (ex-Endeavor) was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built in...
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USS S-44 (SS-155) was a third-group (S-42) S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-44′s keel was laid down on 19 February 1921 by the Bethlehem...
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26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220, USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306, U-584, U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, Sebastiano Caboto, HMS Trooper,...
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returned to U.S. Navy service during World War II as the yard patrol boat USS YP-191. After World War II, she again became a fishing boat, named Sea Queen...
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USS Chevalier (DD-451), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier...
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irreparably damaging USS Chevalier with a torpedo. She was sunk in turn by gunfire and at least one torpedo from Chevalier and USS Selfridge, 15 nautical...
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26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220, USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306, U-584, U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, Sebastiano Caboto, HMS Trooper,...
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USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) was the second of two Florida class dreadnought battleships. The first ship of the United States Navy named after the state of...
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26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220, USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306, U-584, U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, Sebastiano Caboto, HMS Trooper,...
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avoid the powerful enemy warship. The log of the American light cruiser USS Trenton shows that she had a radar contact which lasted for 15 minutes on...
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USS YP-346 was a yard patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II. The vessel began its career as the fishing vessel Prospect in 1938. Seized by the...
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ex-YCD-1 YP-3, ex-USS Sanda USS Milan (YP-6), ex-WCG-209 YP-10, ex-CG-194 YP-15, ex-CG-149 YP-16, ex-CG-267, destroyed 10 December 1941 at Guam YP-17, ex-CG-275...
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USS Bristol (DD 453) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol. She was launched 25 July 1941...
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sister ship see: USS Bobolink (AMS-2) Notable ships: USS YP-279 converted fishing vessel, district patrol craft during World War II. USS YP-278 converted...
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USS Murphy (DD-603) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant John McLeod Murphy. Murphy's...
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troop- and Hell ship that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine USS Gurnard in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippines in the Luzon Strait...
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first...
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26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220, USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306, U-584, U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, Sebastiano Caboto, HMS Trooper,...
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The second USS Buck (DD-420), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Quartermaster James Buck...
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by depth charges dropped by Avenger and Wildcat aircraft from the carrier USS Block Island on 28 October 1943. Fifty-six men died; there were no survivors...
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USS Moonstone (PYc-9) was a coastal patrol yacht in the service of the United States Navy. She was built in 1929 as Nancy Baker by Germaniawerft in Kiel...
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26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220, USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306, U-584, U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, Sebastiano Caboto, HMS Trooper,...
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USS SC-85 USS SC-86 USS SC-87 USS SC-88 USS SC-89 USS SC-90 USS SC-91 USS SC-92 USS SC-93 USS SC-94 USS SC-95 USS SC-96 USS SC-97 USS SC-98 USS SC-99 USS SC-100...
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