USS Heermann (DD-532) was a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. The ship entered service in 1943 and took...
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Battle off Samar (section USS Heermann)
of USS Hoel (DD-533) on 25 October, 1944". U.S. Navy. November 15, 1944. Retrieved August 31, 2020 – via USS Johnston–Hoel Association. "USS Heermann (DD-532):...
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wounds. The survivors were rescued from the water by USS Heermann, USS John C. Butler, USS Raymond and USS Dennis (which picked up 434 survivors). The wreck...
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Heermann may refer to: Adolphus Lewis Heermann (1821–1865), American doctor, naturalist, ornithologist, and explorer Hugo Heermann (1844–1935), German...
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carrier USS Gambier Bay (though most modern sources attribute the carrier's sinking to Battleship Yamato) and damaged the destroyer USS Heermann, before...
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Kaiten (section Sinking of USS Underhill.)
and hunted by the light carrier USS Bataan and destroyers USS Heermann, USS Uhlmann, USS Collett, USS McCord and USS Mertz. Heavy depth charging by aircraft...
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USS Fletcher (DD-445), in National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington, D.C. USS Radford (DD-446), in USS Orleck Naval Museum, Louisiana USS...
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fired her guns at an enemy ship, but missed. At 06:54 the destroyer USS Heermann fired a spread of torpedoes at the fast battleship Haruna; the torpedoes...
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Commander Robert W. Copeland, commanding officer of Samuel B. Roberts USS Heermann (DD-532) "Latest NOUS Awards". Naval Order of the United States. Archived...
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USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte...
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USS Johnston (DD-557) was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Lieutenant John V. Johnston...
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transferred to San Francisco, California, to oversee the outfitting of the new USS Heermann, subsequently commanding that ship during engagements in the Pacific...
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(DD-435) USS Heermann (DD-532) USS Kane (DD-235) USS Kane (AGS-27) USS Longshaw (DD-559) USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) USS Pinkney (APH-2) USS Pratt (DE-363)...
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decommissioned in 1961 ARA Brown (D-20), a Fletcher-class destroyer, the former USS Heermann, commissioned into the Argentine Navy in 1961, and scrapped in 1982 ARA Almirante...
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Citation. The units with the most Presidential Unit Citations are submarine USS Parche (SSN-683) and the 1st Marine Division, both with nine citations. The...
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War colonel Lewis Heermann – commissioned Surgeon's Mate in the United States Navy February 8, 1802; in 1942, the destroyer USS Heermann was named in his...
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1961 1979 ex-USS Heermann Scrapped 1982 ARA Espora D-21 1943 1961 1979 ex-USS Dortch Scrapped 1979 ARA Rosales D-22 1943 1961 1981 ex-USS Stembel Scrapped...
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commissioned as USS Heermann on 6 July 1943, ARA Espora was commissioned as USS Dortch on 7 August 1943, ARA Rosales was commissioned as USS Stembel on 16...
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and completed in November 1944. Sunk by USS Heermann, USS Uhlmann, USS Mertz, USS Collett and aircraft from USS Bataan east of Okinawa at 26°42′N 130°38′E...
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three destroyers of the Fletcher class in 1962: USS Stembel (DD-644), USS Dortch (DD-670), and USS Heermann (DD-532). After minor repairs, Almirante Domecq...
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USS White Plains (CVE-66) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the 1776 Battle of White Plains. She was...
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USS Heermann (DD-532) USS Helen (1813) USS Helen Baughman (SP-1292) USS Helen Euphane (SP-403) USS Helena (PG-9, CL-50, CL-113, CA-75, SSN-725) USS Helena...
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lost one hundred forty-nine dead and ninety-four more were wounded. USS Heermann (DD-532) was one of several American destroyers who charged an incoming...
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the light aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CVL-29) and several destroyers set off in pursuit of it. The destroyer USS Heermann (DD-532) established radar...
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Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 25 October 2013. Morelle, Rebecca (3 April 2021). "USS Johnston: Sub dives to deepest-known shipwreck". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April...
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anchors and gave the alarm. Leaving a small force commanded by Surgeon Lewis Heermann on board Intrepid, Decatur led 60 of his men to the deck of the frigate...
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Destroyer Squadron 47 (DesRon 47), who then shifted his flag to her from Heermann. Fifth Fleet, which was then preparing to take the Gilbert Islands in Operation...
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screening ships into the fray. Taffy 3's two other destroyers, Hoel and Heermann, and the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, attacked with suicidal determination...
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7:50, the Japanese battleships were attacked by the destroyers USS Hoel and Heermann. Both ships opened fire, with Hoel hitting Yamato with two 5-inch...
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USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Fanshaw Bay, located within Cape Fanshaw...
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