USS Gilbert Islands (ex-St. Andrews Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built...

The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II...

Ellice Islands became Tuvalu in 1978, and the Gilbert Islands with Banaba (Ocean Island) became part of Kiribati in 1979. The Gilbert Islands sometimes...

USS Annapolis (PF-15), a Tacoma-class frigate in service from 1944 to 1946, and sold to Mexico in 1947 USS Annapolis (AGMR-1), ex-USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)...

The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean...

against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against...

today's amphibious assault ships. In the second conversion, in 1961, USS Gilbert Islands had all her aircraft handling equipment removed and four tall radio...

A. (1997). The Loss of the USS Juneau (CL-52) and the Relief of Captain Gilbert C. Hoover, Commanding Officer of the USS Helena (CL-50). Callaghan-Scott...

installations, including the Sakishima Islands with repeated bomb and rocket attacks. Later in June, the USS Gilbert Islands departed for Leyte, in the Philippines...

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931,...

Pacific Ocean theater "on the 1945 cruise of the escort carrier USS Gilbert Islands." Treated by his fellow marines (who had been raised on Flash Gordon)...

Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid Santa Cruz Islands Guadalcanal (Third Savo) Rennel Island Jan. New Georgia-Rendova-Vaugunu Buka-Bonins Strike Gilbert Islands Occupation Kwajelein-Wotje...

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Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On 10 December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 300 Japanese troops plus laborers of the Gilberts Invasion...

USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on...

followed by a raid against Wake Island in October, before returning to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the Gilbert Islands operation. From 19 to 24 November...

other Gilbert Islands: Naval Base Abemama and Makin Island US Navy stationed at Tarawa: VF-13 with PBY Catalina VP-202 with Martin PBM Mariner USS Curtiss...

(CVE-90) USS Hollandia (CVE-97) USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) 29 June – 21 July) USS Roi (CVE-103) USS Munda (CVE-104) From 20 July USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)...

in the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay on 24 November 1943 after it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the Gilbert Islands. Almost immediately after...

in the Marshall and Gilbert islands. This sprawling mission was jointly assigned to Task Force 8, which was centered around the USS Enterprise and commanded...

USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named...

central Pacific in 1943 and 1944, including the Gilberts and Marshall Islands and the Mariana and Palau Islands, where she saw action during the Battle of...

commanded the cargo ship USS Sirius and ammunition ship USS Nitro. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1928 and 1929. In 1935...

Japanese submarine, the destroyer USS Ringgold (DD-500) fired at her while she was off Maiana in the Gilbert Islands at 01°05′N 173°03′E / 1.083°N 173...

his flagship, the escort carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), was sunk by a Japanese submarine near the Gilbert Islands during World War II. He was the fourth...

alongside Bunker Hill and USS Independence. She then launched an attack with Task Group 50.3 (TG 50.3) against the Gilbert Islands where she took part in...

squadron was re-designated again as VMTB (CVS)-143 and was assigned to USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107). The squadron departed MCAS Santa Barbara on 12 April 1945...

Brazil. July 1–3 – The U.S. Navy escort carriers USS Suwannee, USS Chenango, and USS Gilbert Islands with Marine Air Group 2 embarked support Australian...

naval operations supporting attacks on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, New Guinea and the Marianas Islands. In September 1944, she was renamed Anzio...

escort carrier modified into communications relay ship AGMR-1 Former USS Gilbert Islands 9 May Rederi AB Slite Apollo  Sweden Ferry For Ålandspilen traffic...