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    USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down as Bucareli Bay (ACV-61) under Maritime Commission...
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    The Battle of Manila Bay (Filipino: Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Bahía de Manila), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on...
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    January between 16:51 and 17:50 on the USS Helm, HMAS Arunta, USS Louisville, HMAS Australia, USS Manila Bay, and USS Savo Island came from 16 kamikaze planes...
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    Malacañang Palace Manila Bay and Cavite in the bay Naval Station Sangley Point in 1964 Manila Bay Battle in 1898 Map of Corregidor Island in 1941 USS Canopus (AS-9)...
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    War II, earning the Navy Cross twice while serving as captain of the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61). He was a member of the Lee family. Lee was born on August...
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    by four TBM Avenger torpedo-bombers. Richard Deitchman, flying from USS Manila Bay, succeeded in hitting her stern port quarter with a Mark 13 torpedo...
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  • escort carrier, renamed USS Manila Bay in April 1943. USS Bucareli Bay (CVE-98) was also a Casablanca-class escort carrier, renamed USS Kwajalein.  This article...
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  • USS LSM(R)-189 USS LST-884 USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) SS Marcus Daly USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) USS Maryland (BB-46) USS Mississippi...
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    results of that engagement. During that raid, cruiser USS Louisville and escort carrier USS Manila Bay suffered extensive damage from kamikaze crashes. Before...
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    Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Manila Bay. An extension of the...
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    collision with USS Frank E. Evans about 240 miles (390 km) southwest of Manila. USS Kearsarge brought 196 of the 199 survivors to Subic Bay. A Joint Australian/U...
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    The Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays ("Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays" until 1925) (a.k.a. CD/HD Manila Bay) were a United States Army...
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  • Dewey Medal (redirect from Manila Bay Medal)
    for the Medal: USS Baltimore USS Boston USS Concord USRC McCulloch USS Olympia USS Petrel USS Raleigh The colliers USS Nanshan and USS Zafiro were part...
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  • flight echelon departed from San Diego on 24 August 1944, on board the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) headed for Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii. Beginning...
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    principally as an aviation ordnance officer aboard escort aircraft carrier USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) in the Pacific. He has two sons and two daughters. David Ignatius...
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  • victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War: USS Dewey (YFD-1), a floating drydock at U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines until...
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    by four TBM Avenger torpedo-bombers. Richard Deitchman, flying from USS Manila Bay, succeeded in hitting her stern port quarter with a Mark 13 torpedo...
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    George Dewey (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
    attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman...
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    Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. Manila is the world's most densely populated...
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  • gunboat in service from 1890 to 1909, and participated in the Battle of Manila Bay USS Concord (SP-773), a tugboat purchased in 1917, renamed Mendota (YT-3)...
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    decisive victory by Commodore Dewey's Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay. The belligerents were Spanish forces led by Governor-General of the Philippines...
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    Fort Drum (Philippines) (category Islands of Manila Bay)
    ng El Fraile), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete...
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    Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898, the squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, and effectively took control of Manila Bay. Eight Spanish...
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  • (Aug 1945): USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) USS Savo Island...
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    on 22 June after being catapulted from the escort carriers USS Manila Bay and Natoma Bay, and had flown its first mission over Tinian that day. Attempts...
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    USS Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during...
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    Spanish Navy by the Manila Ship Company, Cavite, Philippines, in March 1887; launched in February 1888; captured by the US Army at Manila Bay in June 1898;...
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    individuals to have served in both the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War and the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War. Nehemiah Mayo Dyer...
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    forces moving toward Lingayen Gulf. Escort carriers USS Manila Bay and USS Savo Island, cruisers USS Louisville and HMAS Australia, two destroyers and four...
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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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