USS Alhena (AKA-9) was an attack cargo ship named after Alhena, a star in the constellation Gemini. Robin Kettering had been purchased from Robin Line...
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constellation of Gemini, also known as Gamma Geminorum USS Alhena - an attack cargo ship built in 1941 Alhena (AKL-38) - a ship built for the United States Army...
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USS Mount Hood (AE-11) was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships for the United States Navy in World War II. She was the first ship named after...
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Gamma Geminorum (redirect from Alhena (star))
Gamma Geminorum (γ Geminorum, abbreviated Gamma Gem, γ Gem), formally named Alhena /ælˈhiːnə/, is the third-brightest object in the constellation of Gemini...
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Alhena (AKL-38) was a Design 381 (Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 177') built for the United States Army as FS-257. The Army vessel was U.S. Coast Guard...
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headquarters embarked in USS Crescent City and remaining elements embarked aboard USS President Adams, USS Alhena, USS President Hayes and USS President Jackson...
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USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was the first of two United States Navy ships of the name. She was a T3-S2-A1 auxiliary oiler of the US Navy, laid down on 5...
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USS Scamp (SS-277), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp grouper, a member of the family Serranidae...
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USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning the Presidential Unit...
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American vessels in the latter. Kongō was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944. She was...
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USS Growler (SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler. Growler′s keel was laid down by the...
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10 Nov: USS Abarenda, USS Alhena, USS Argonne, USS Aries, USS Cacapon, USS Cebu, HMS Hydra, USS Kyne, USS Lyman, USS Mindanao, USS Oberrender, USS Petrof...
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later AE-20 USS Alchiba (AKA-6), ex-AK-23 USS Alcyone (AKA-7), ex-AK-24 USS Algorab (AKA-8), ex-AK-25 USS Alhena (AKA-9), ex-AK-26 USS Almaack (AKA-10)...
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yet built, a record she held until the 81,000-metric-ton (80,000-long-ton) USS Forrestal was launched in 1954. She was designed for a crew of 2,400 officers...
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HMS Electra. For her part of the engagement, Nachi damaged the heavy cruiser USS Houston with a pair of 8-inch (203 mm) shell hits at distances beyond 22...
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Knight's Move). Escorting the convoy were the battleships Duke of York and USS Washington and the carrier Victorious. Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, and six destroyers...
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USS Spearfish (SS-190), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful...
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Battle of Leyte Gulf and escorting troop convoys. Aircraft from the carriers USS Ticonderoga and Langley caught her escorting two merchantmen west of Luzon...
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all of her sister ships — USS Grampus (SS-207), 'USS Grayback (SS-208), USS Grayling (SS-209), USS Grenadier (SS-210), and USS Gudgeon (SS-211) — were lost...
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on 20 June 1944 she was attacked by aircraft from the aircraft carriers USS Bunker Hill, Monterey, and Cabot. During this action, the carrier Hiyō was...
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USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read (1821 – 1863)...
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(AKL-28) USS AKL-29 USNS AKL-30 (T-AKL-30) USS AKL-31 USS AKL-32 USS AKL-33 USS AKL-34 USS AKL-35 USS AKL-36 USS Alcyone (AKL-37) USS Alhena (AKL-38) USS Almaack...
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USS Preserver (ARS-8) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for coming...
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damaged. Later that night, Shin'yō was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Spadefish. The submarine hit her with as many as four torpedoes in quick...
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1918) USS Algorab (AK-25/AKA-8, AK-262) USS Algorma (AT-34/ATO-34, ATA-212) USS Alhena (AK-26/AKA-9, AKL-38) USS Alice (1864, 1898, SP-367) USS Alida...
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March 1943, Akikaze and two other destroyers attacked a submarine — possibly USS Triton — near Kairiru Island 3°20′10″S 143°33′0″E / 3.33611°S 143.55000°E...
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with President Jackson, President Hayes, President Adams, Titania, and Alhena to the Fiji Islands, arriving at Nandi on 5 January. Underway again the...
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in earlier convoys, she was sunk in the East China Sea by the submarine USS Picuda on 17 November 1944 while part of Convoy Hi-81. The sinking caused...
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commander Lieutenant Commander Ikeda) which had been sunk by the submarine USS Harder, near Tawitawi. During the Battle of Philippine Sea, she assisted...
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6,968-ton Japanese Type 2A Wartime Standard cargo ship that was sunk by USS Sunfish on 18 November 1944 with 2,114 lives lost. Edogawa Maru sailed as...
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