USS Extractor ARS-15 was an Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy in World War II. Extractor was launched by Colberg Boat Works...
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write about his experiences. Shigure was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Blackfin in the Gulf of Siam on 24 January 1945. The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers...
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USS Palmer (DD-161) was a Wickes-class destroyer of the United States Navy, later converted to a minesweeper and reclassified as DMS-5. She was named...
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USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947. She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of...
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October 1943 until March 1946. USS Anchor (ARS-13) USS Protector (ARS-14) USS Extractor (ARS-15) USS Extricate (ARS-16) USS Restorer (ARS-17) The United...
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USS Long (DD-209/DMS-12), named for John Davis Long (1838–1915), Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United...
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USS Hovey (DD-208/DMS-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Ensign Charles...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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List of United States Navy ships: D–F (redirect from USS Dubhe (ID-2562))
(SP-745) USS Extractor (ARS-15) USS Extricate (ARS-16) USS Exultant (AMc-79, AM-441/MSO-441) USS F-1 (SS-20) USS F-2 (SS-21) USS F-3 (SS-22) USS F-4 (SS-23)...
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HMS Thane (redirect from USS Sunset (CVE-48))
USS Sunset (CVE-48) (previously AVG-48 then ACV-48) was a Bogue-class escort carrier. Assigned on 23 August 1942 to MC hull 259, a modified C3-S-A1 laid...
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USS Brooks (DD-232/APD-10) was a Clemson-class United States Navy destroyer who served primarily in Europe and the Atlantic, the Adriatic, and both the...
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USS Belknap (DD-251/AVD-8/DD-251/APD-34) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral George...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long,...
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USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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USS Rock (SS/SSR/AGSS-274), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rockfish, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake...
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USS Herndon (DD-198) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Herndon served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17. She was later...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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USS Ommaney Bay (CVE–79) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, which served during World War II. It was named after Ommaney...
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– Near Guam, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Guardfish mistook the U.S. Navy rescue and salvage ship USS Extractor (ARS-15) for a Japanese submarine. She...
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May 1944 escorting a convoy to Singapore. On 2 June 1944, the submarine USS Guitarro spotted the convoy east of Taiwan, and sank one of its ships with...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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Aichi D3A started suicide attacks. The destroyers USS Gansevoort (DD-608) and USS Pringle (DD-477), and USS Porcupine were hit. The SS Francisco Morozan was...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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then turned south. Two days later, the convoy encountered the submarine USS Redfish which sank Unryū. Momi and Shigure picked up 146 survivors between...
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Navy rescue and salvage ship Extractor (ARS-15), for a Japanese I class submarine. She fired a torpedo which struck Extractor's starboard side, causing her...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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94.9 (under Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger) and sunk by destroyers USS Dunlap and USS Fanning. All three ships were sunk. She was struck from the Navy list...
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24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 28 Jan: Sanuki Maru 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm...
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During that battle, she launched torpedoes at the cruisers HMAS Perth and USS Houston. From 10 March 1942 Hatakaze and Destroyer Division 5 were reassigned...
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