USS Neosho (AO-23) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler serving with the United States Navy, the second ship to be named for the Neosho River in Kansas and...
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river monitor (1863–1873) USS Neosho (AO-23), Cimarron-class oiler (1939–1942), sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea USS Neosho (AO-48), Kennebec-class oiler...
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and Yorktown. Sims was ordered to escort USS Neosho. The task force refueled on 5–6 May and then detached Neosho and Sims to continue to the next fueling...
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Native American names: USS Neosho, Monongahela, Neches, etc. The largest World War II ships were named after California Missions: USS Mission Buenaventura...
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Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku (category 1939 ships)
Meredith, and HMS Tenedos, the submarine USS Grayback, the oil tanker USS Neosho, and the cargo ship SS Sagaing. Zuikaku was one of six carriers to participate...
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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, she...
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USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...
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center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the USS Neosho and one over the Naval Yard. Diplomatic...
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(25 May 1942). U.S.S. Neosho Detail: Engagement of U.S.S. Neosho with Japanese Aircraft on May 7, 1942; Subsequent Loss of U.S.S. Neosho; Search for Survivors...
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The third USS Worden (DD-352) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Lorimer Worden. Worden...
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The second USS Tangier (AV-8) was a Maritime Commission type C-3 cargo ship, converted to a seaplane tender in the United States Navy during World War...
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the carriers, however, but did locate the fleet oiler USS Neosho and its escort destroyer USS Sims instead. After further fruitless searching, Shimazaki's...
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USS Mackerel (SS-204), the lead ship of her class of submarines, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the mackerel. Mackerel and her...
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(USS Astoria), Chicago Avenue (USS Chicago), Lexington Place (USS Lexington), Morris Place (USS Morris), Neosho Way (USS Neosho), Perkins Street (USS Perkins)...
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USS S-25 (SS-130) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. S-25 was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore...
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17th, Aylwin and Perkins escorted a convoy consisting of USS Neosho, USS Castor, USS Pyro, and USS Crescent City back to Oahu where they arrived on the 25th...
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were the first to spot the Americans when one aircraft found the oiler Neosho escorted by the destroyer Sims at 0722, south of the Strike Force. These...
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Keith, Don (7 April 2015). The Ship That Wouldn't Die: The Saga of the USS Neosho- A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea. Penguin Publishing...
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USS Helm (DD-388) was a Bagley-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm. Helm...
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The second USS Astoria (CL/CA-34) was a New Orleans-class cruiser of the United States Navy that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and...
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The first USS Pigeon (AM-47/ASR-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She...
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lives in the accident. She sank directly in the path of the US battleship USS Washington, which had to sail between the halves of the sinking destroyer...
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Edinburgh was launched on 31 March 1938, and after commissioning in July 1939 was immediately attached to the 18th Cruiser Squadron at Scapa Flow, in Scotland...
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ordered to return home in May. She was sunk en route by the American submarine USS Salmon, although most of her crew survived. Combat experience in the First...
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States Navy battleships present, all were damaged and four were sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to...
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HMT Lady Elsa, HMS Tourmaline, and USS Roper conducted patrols in sector two. Bedfordshire and Tourmaline assisted USS Stringham in the search for survivors...
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HMS Jackal was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Completed in 1939, Jackal served in the Norwegian campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation before being...
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HMS Kipling (F91) (category 1939 ships)
and was launched on 19 January 1939, by Elsie Bambridge, Kipling's daughter. The ship was completed on 22 December 1939. After working up the ship's crew...
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Australian waters. On 11 May 1942 she rescued the survivors of the USS Neosho (AO-23) and USS Sims (DD-409), sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea. She departed...
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torpedo from Japanese submarine I-72 USS Neosho sunk on 7 May 1942 by carrier aircraft during Battle of Coral Sea. USS Pecos sunk on 1 March 1942 by Japanese...
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