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    USS Drexler (DD-741), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Ensign Henry Clay Drexler, a Medal of Honor recipient. The Drexler was launched...
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  • Drexler, German soldier USS Drexler (DD-741), an U.S. Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, named in honour of Ensign Henry Clay Drexler 2019 Drexler-Automotive...
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    the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These...
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    duties, and had several losses. Cooper, Meredith, Mannert L. Abele, and Drexler were lost during the war, and Hugh W. Hadley was so badly damaged by a...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    The third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DD-773/DM-34) in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service...
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    involved in two controversial actions: On 31 October 1941, she sank the USS Reuben James, the first US Navy warship to be lost in World War II; this...
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    Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, where she helped to damage the light cruiser USS Denver, but was hit by ten 6-inch (152 mm) shells from enemy cruisers, but...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    Korean War USS Drexler (DD-741) Battle of Okinawa 6 of 12 Robert H. Smith-class destroyers USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23) Battle of Okinawa USS Thomas E....
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    2024. Burial Detail: Drexler, Henry C – ANC Explorer "history.navy.mil: USS Drexler". Retrieved September 29, 2010. "Henry Clay Drexler". Hall of Valor. Military...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    U-853 was sent to harass United States coastal shipping. She destroyed USS Eagle 56 near Portland, Maine. Just days before Germany's surrender, U-853...
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    Altafjord. Escorting the convoy were the battleships HMS Duke of York and USS Washington and the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious. Since aircraft from the...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    Japanese military, achievements were small, only sinking 1 destroyer, the USS Drexler and damaging several ships. Operation Kikusui IX took place between 3...
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    USS Evans (DD-552), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans (1846–1912)...
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    1942) sortied from Truk in an unsuccessful pursuit of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and American Task Force 11. On 4 May 1942, during "Operation MO"...
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  • designed by Doug Drexler, and based on the features of the Akira-class. The new class itself was designated as NX by the producers, but Drexler referred to...
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    leader (committed suicide while in captivity) The American destroyer USS Drexler was sunk northwest of Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze attack. Broadcaster...
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    USS Lagarto (SS-371), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish. Lagarto′s keel...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    (SP-584) USS Drechterland (ID-2793) USS Drew (APA-162) USS Drexler (DD-741) USS Driller (YO-61) USS Driver (AM-360/MSF-360) USS Druid (SP-321) USS Drum (SS-228/AGSS-228...
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    USS Morrison (DD-560), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Coxswain John G. Morrison (1838–1897), who received...
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  • Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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    USS Little (DD-803), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain George Little (1754–1809). Little...
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    Chandler) 5 destroyers 1 Allen M. Sumner class (6 x 5-in. main battery): Drexler 3 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Metcalf, Fullam, Guest 1 Bagley...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-17 (1935)
    Hatsutaka, U-287 18 May: USS Longshaw 20 May: U-963 24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007, U-979 25 May: USS Bates, USS LSM-135 28 May: USS Drexler 29 May: Tenryo Maru...
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