USS Attu (CVE-102) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands and...

The Japanese occupation of Attu (Operation AL) was the result of an invasion of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II. Imperial Japanese Army...

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931,...

USS Doneff (DE-49) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort which served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The only encounter...

USS William D. Porter (DD-579) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commodore William D. Porter (1808–1864), during World...

carrier renamed USS White Plains before being launched USS Elbour Bay (CVE-102), a second Casablanca-class escort carrier renamed USS Attu (CVE-102) before...

A captured Mitsubishi Ki-46 being loaded aboard the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Attu, 1944...

Pacific Theater of World War II. The Japanese occupied Kiska and nearby Attu Island in order to protect the northern flank of the Japanese Empire. For...

Attu Island for the 4th Fleet Air Wing until 1 February. Three days later, Gilmore left Attu for Adak escorting merchant ships, and then escorted USS Tippecanoe...

amphibious landing at Massacre Bay on Attu Island during the Battle of Attu. Lamberton continued patrol operations off Attu until late June 1943, when she departed...

The fourth USS Dale (DD-353) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Dale received 14 battle stars for World War...

Japanese-occupied Attu Island, supporting the United States Army's 7th Division during the Battle of Attu. Abner Read again bombarded Attu on 16 May 1943...

USS S-28 (SS-133) was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. A diesel submarine, she served in World War II during which sank one Japanese ship...

Cold Bay, and Attu and made periodic voyages south to Seattle and San Francisco to replenish. In May 1943, she supported the invasion of Attu, but from a...

USS Elliot (DD-146) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, first reclassified as DMS-4, and later reclassified as...

in patrol and ASW duties off Attu Island. This duty was interrupted 1 February 1944 when she sailed from Massacre Bay, Attu, to participate in the 3 to...

Peninsula, then to Attu in the western Aleutians. On 11 May 1943, she arrived off Attu, escorted landing craft into Massacre Bay on Attu's southeast coast...

inland passage, Kodiak Island, and Dutch Harbor. She delivered her cargo to Attu Island then for the next several months continued to shuttle gasoline from...

a visit to the west coast in October, she participated in landings upon Attu, Alaska, in May 1943. After bombarding Kiska, Alaska, she provided gunfire...

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USS Buckthorn (YN-9/AN-14) was an Aloe-class net laying ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally ordered as USS Dogwood (YN-3)...

Replenishment ships: USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) 16 Feb – 2 Mar USS Bougainville (CVE-100) USS Attu (CVE-102)...

base at Dutch Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, where the remoteness of the islands and the challenges of weather...

USS S-32 (SS-137) was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-32 was laid down on 12 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California...

then retired to Attu, where they arrived on the 20th. Three days later, they shifted to Adak for supplies and repairs. They returned to Attu on 8 March. On...

USS Narwhal (SS-167), the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for...

acting as communications ship during the recapture of Attu that spring. She moved again to Attu in June, to provide fuel and communications services for...

ship USS S-35, S-23 was repaired at Dutch Harbor and at Kodiak, and on 28 January 1943 she departed her Unalaska base for another patrol in the Attu area...

USS Raleigh (CL-7) was the fourth Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy. She was the second...

Kiichiro Higuchi.[citation needed] After the heavy casualties suffered at Attu Island, Japanese planners were expecting another costly operation. They realized...