USS Niblack (DD-424), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albert Parker Niblack. Niblack became the Director...
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Parker Niblack (July 25, 1859 – August 20, 1929) was a United States admiral who served during the First World War. In 1940, the USS Niblack (DD-424)...
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Silverstone, pp. 126–135 Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 128–129 USS Gleaves (DD-423) and USS Niblack (DD-424) General Information Book with as-built data at Destroyer...
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destroyers USS Gleaves (DD-423) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France USS Niblack (DD-424) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France USS Livermore (DD-429)...
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following ships: USS Plunkett (DD-431), flag Destroyer Division 13 USS Benson (DD-421) USS Mayo (DD-422) USS Gleaves (DD-423) USS Niblack (DD-424), flag...
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USS Hamul USS Heywood USS Hilary P. Jones USS Lansdale USS Lea USS Mayo USS Nashville USS New York USS Niblack USS Orizaba USS Plunkett USS Salamonie USS Upshur...
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border with Egypt. The destroyer USS Niblack attacks a German U-boat that had just sunk a Dutch freighter. The Niblack was picking up survivors of the...
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military defense rights in Greenland. April 10 – WWII: U.S. destroyer USS Niblack, while picking up survivors from a sunken Dutch freighter, drops depth...
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anger came on April 9, when the destroyer USS Niblack dropped depth charges on a U-boat detected while Niblack was rescuing survivors from a torpedoed Dutch...
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Destroyer Squadron 7 USS Plunkett (DD-431), Destroyers Flag DesDiv 13 USS Niblack (DD-424) USS Benson (DD-421) USS Gleaves (DD-423) DesRon 8 USS Wainwright (DD-419)...
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(Kptlt.) Wolfgang Barten. U-52 was attacked by an American warship, USS Niblack (DD-424), on 10 April 1941. She undertook eight war patrols in the Battle...
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Dutch vessel torpedoed off the coast of Iceland, the U.S. destroyer USS Niblack (DD-424), which earlier in the month had been given the job of reconnoitering...
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YTB-781) USS Niantic Victory (AGM-6) USS Niblack (DD-424) USS Nicholas (DD-311, DD-449/DDE-449, FFG-47) USS Nicholson (TB-29, DD-52, DD-442, DD-982) USS Nicollet...
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30 October for Wakayama in company with the destroyers USS Edison, USS Ludlow, and USS Niblack, Admiral W. S Benson reached her destination on the 31st...
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immediately ordered U-boats to attack US vessels. On 10 April the destroyer USS Niblack, which was picking up survivors from a Dutch freighter that had been...
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United States Navy Task Unit 4.1.3 consisting of Gleaves-class destroyer Niblack, Clemson-class destroyer Reuben James, Wickes-class destroyer Tarbell,...
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and in August reported to Gibraltar as flagship for Rear Admiral A. P. Niblack, Commander, US Forces Gibraltar. She escorted convoys between Gibraltar...
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Swordfish U-960 1942 VIIC 1 611 0 0 2 9,656 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 May 1944 USS Niblack, USS Ludlow with both Wellington and Ventura aircraft U-961 1942 VIIC 0...
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storms frequently hampered operations and caused collisions. In November, Niblack (DD-424) was rammed by a Norwegian freighter. The destroyer had been scouring...
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then proceeded on toward Cuba in company with the destroyers Plunkett and Niblack. Over the ensuing four days, the carrier's planes flew routine training...
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the loss of 115 of her 159 crew. Survivors were rescued by USS Hilary P. Jones and USS Niblack (both United States Navy). Rose Schiaffino United Kingdom...
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USS Woolsey (DD-437), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship to be named Woolsey in the United States Navy. It is the first to be named for both...
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58.067; -30.800) by U-52 ( Kriegsmarine). Her 63 crew were rescued by USS Niblack ( United States Navy). Sannio Italy World War II: The cargo ship was...
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was pursued by a group of five US destroyers (Benson, Ludlow, Madison, Niblack and Woolsey), assisted by aircraft of 36 and 500 Squadrons, in a "Swamp"...
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2014. "O 7-class submarine". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 3 July 2020. "USS Parrott (DD 218)". UBoat. Retrieved 3 July 2020. "Tautog". Dictionary of...
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she participated in their “umpiring” duties as first Rear Admiral Albert Niblack and then Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews sought to employ their influence...
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2012. "Imperial Submarines". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022. "USS Leary (DD 158)". uboat.net. Retrieved 5 August 2021. "HDML 1388 of the Royal...
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subordinates were Rear Admirals Henry B. Wilson in France and Albert P. Niblack at Gibraltar. Following the cessation of hostilities and the Allied occupation...
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It proved possible for Bath to build their two FY38 ships, Gleaves and Niblack, to the new design. Gleaves was completed prior to Livermore and had a...
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submarine was spotted by a Wellington, which directed the destroyers USS Ludlow and USS Niblack as they carried out a sustained series of depth charge attacks...
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