USS Kearny (DD-432), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was a United States Navy warship during World War II. She was noted for being torpedoed by a German U-boat...
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School (disambiguation) USS Kearny (DD-432), US Navy destroyer named for Lawrence Kearny All pages with titles containing Kearny Kearney (disambiguation)...
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in 1991 as part of the set WWII, 1941: A World at War. USS Greer (DD-145) USS Kearny (DD-432) USS Panay incident "Reuben James". Dictionary of American...
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Vilna Ghetto Aktion. 3,000 Jews killed. 17 October The destroyer USS Kearny (DD-432) is torpedoed and damaged by U-568 near Iceland, killing eleven sailors...
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as an officer on destroyers including (among possibly others) the USS Kearny (DD-432). At the end of the war he returned to Harvard and resumed studies...
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on November 29, 1868. USS Kearny (DD-432) was named for him. Kearny Cottage was Kearny's lifelong residence. "Lawrence Kearny". New Jersey Historical...
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(FFG-59) USS Kaukauna (YTM-749) USS Kaula (AG-33) USS Kaweah (AO-15) USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) USS Kearny (DD-432) USS Kearsarge (1861, BB-5/AB-1, CV-12...
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (category Kearny, New Jersey)
DD-431–DD-432, DD-439–DD-440 (22 of 48, WWII era) – DD-453–DD-456, DD-483–DD-490, DD-618–DD-623, DD-645–DD-648 Fletcher-class (29 of 175) – DD-445–DD-448...
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repairs. She returned in time to participate in the Normandy invasion. USS Kearny (DD-432) was assisting a British convoy under attack from a German "wolfpack"...
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Greer (DD-145) narrowly avoided being torpedoed after attacking a German U-boat. During the midwatch on 17 October 1941, U-568 torpedoed Kearny (DD-432) while...
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entire propulsion system. This design was credited with the survival of USS Kearny after she was torpedoed by the U-568 near Iceland in October 1941, before...
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ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946) -...
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Esslinger (who had won a Navy Cross in USS Kearny (DD-432) and a Silver Star for command of USS Sproston (DD-577) off Okinawa in 1945) relieved Lieutenant...
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Seewolf". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 April 2020. Helgason, Guðmundur. "USS Kearny (DD 432)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 April 2020. "Adolf Hitler: Speech Declaring...
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America. In October 1941, the USS Kearny, along with other ships, engaged a number of U-boats south of Iceland; the Kearny took fire and lost eleven crewmen...
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