USS Roper (DD-147) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later converted to a high-speed transport and redesignated APD-20. She was...

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Roper (29 October 1851 – 31 March 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. Born at Glasgow, Missouri, Roper was...

transport ship during World War II USS Roper (DD-147) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II USS Truckee (AO-147) was a United...

the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These...

destroyers, USS Greer and USS Roper came across the ship's two rafts and two of the five lifeboats, picking up 70 survivors. One of them died aboard Roper after...

(CV-15) USS Ransom (AM-283) USS Rathburne (DD-113) USS Rednour (APD-102) USS Reno (CL-96) USS Riddle (DE-185) USS Rodman (DD-456/DMS-21) USS Roper (DD-147)...

destroyer USS Roper detected the surfaced U-85 on radar at a range of 2,700 yards. As the German submarine attempted to head south, the Roper closed to...

the United States Naval Academy. Served in U.S. Navy aboard USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Roper (DD-147), Philadelphia Navy Yard (Stranger in a Strange Land)...

carrier. Heinlein also served as gunnery officer aboard the destroyer USS Roper in 1933 and 1934, reaching the rank of lieutenant. His brother, Lawrence...

sunk by Kamikaze 7 December 1944 USS Crosby (APD-17) USS Kane (APD-18) USS Tattnall (APD-19) USS Roper (APD-20) USS Dickerson (APD-21), scuttled after...

(DD-217) USS Roper (DD-147) USS Gregory (DD-82) USS Luce (DD-99) USS Manley (DD-74) USS Tattnall (DD-125) USS Humphreys (DD-236) USS Sands (DD-243) USS Sturtevant...

98 (15 of 45 crewmen perished) U-85: sunk on 14 April by the destroyer USS Roper in position 35°55′N 75°13′W / 35.92°N 75.22°W / 35.92; -75.22 off Cape...

pressure General Auchinleck to take offensive action before this can occur. USS Roper becomes the first American ship to sink a U-boat. 15: Malta is awarded...

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second lifeboat, containing the chief officer and 13 crew were rescued by USS Roper on 29 April, having been spotted at 37°47′N 71°28′W / 37.783°N 71.467°W...

known for his command of Destroyer Division 54. Aboard his flagship, the USS Roper, he led Destroyer Division 54 in the successful attack and sinking of...

Axis forces in the Mediterranean. WWII: German submarine U-85 is sunk by USS Roper off North Carolina. April 15 – WWII: Award of the George Cross to Malta:...

(SS-396) USS Rooks (DD-804) USS Roosevelt (1905, DDG-80) USS Roper (DD-147/APD-20) USS Roque (AG-137/AKL-8) USS Rosa (SP-757) USS Rosal (YFB-682) USS Rosalie...

as Roper closed to 700 yards (640 m). The destroyer evaded the torpedo and closed to 300 yards (270 m), when U-85 turned sharply to starboard. Roper illuminated...

maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Sumrall, 1973. Backer, Steve. "USS Minneapolis (CA-36)". Ingram, H. A. (Chief, BuShips) (July 11, 1941). "Low...

U-85  Kriegsmarine 14 April 1942 Sunk off Bodie Island by gunfire from USS Roper. 35°33′N 75°08′W / 35.55°N 75.13°W / 35.55; -75.13 (German submarine...

x 3-in. main battery): Bebas 2 destroyer transports: Charles Lawrence, Roper 3 submarine chasers (2 escort type, 1 wooden hull) Northern Defense Group...

was the son of the 7th United States Secretary of Commerce, Daniel C. Roper. Roper was born in North Carolina and became graduate of the United States Naval...

including Roper, were overcome by the bad air and were pulled out of the sail room semi-conscious. As the fumes grew thicker and more noxious, Roper ordered...

indicate that USS LST-447 sank on April 7, 1945, following a kamikaze attack. USS LST-472 was scuttled by destroyer USS Hall (DD-583) USS LST-534 was deemed...

Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island then commanded the destroyer USS Roper from 1939 to 1940, before assignment as staff gunnery officer for destroyers...

Liberator U-85 1941 VIIB 0 0 0 0 3 15,060 0 0 0 0 Sunk 14 April 1942 USS Roper U-86 1941 VIIB 0 0 0 0 3 9,614 1 8,627 0 0 Sunk 29 November 1943 HMS Tumult...

including USS Pennsylvania and USS S-27, and various shore stations in the prewar years. After serving as Executive Officer of USS Roper from 1936 to...

HMT Lady Elsa, HMS Tourmaline, and USS Roper conducted patrols in sector two. Bedfordshire and Tourmaline assisted USS Stringham in the search for survivors...