USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy, the tenth ship of that class. She was...
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Clifton Albert Frederick "Ziggy" Sprague (January 8, 1896 – April 11, 1955) was a World War II–era officer in the United States Navy. Sprague was born...
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USS Clifton (ID-2080), a motorboat which served from 1917–1918 USS Clifton (IX-184), a station tanker which served from 1945–1946 USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)...
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Battle off Samar (section USS Johnston)
battle, including USS Copeland (FFG-25), USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Hoel (DDG-13), and USS Johnston (DD-821)...
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operations: USS Kidd, USS Aquila, USS Aubrey Fitch, USS Briscoe, USS Nicholson, USS Portsmouth, USS Recovery, USS Saipan, USS Sampson, USS Samuel Eliot...
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ex-USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) TCG Giresun (F 491) ex-USS Antrim (FFG-20) TCG Gemlik (F 492) ex-USS Flatley (FFG-21) TCG Gelibolu (F 493) ex-USS Reid (FFG-30)...
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USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) USS McInerney (FFG-8) USS Clark (FFG-11) USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) USS Estocin (FFG-15) USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)...
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rendezvous of the SEALs with the four controllers waiting aboard the USS Clifton Sprague off the Grenada coast went awry in bad weather. The weather as well...
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USS Coontz DDG-40, USS Caron DD-970, USS Moosbrugger DD-980, USS Clifton Sprague FFG-16 steaming into position during the night of 24/25 Oct 83 for...
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the island's southwest coast. The recon team had sortied from the USS Clifton Sprague to assess the condition of a 9,000-foot runway then under construction...
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just before the SEALs conducted the water-drop rendezvous with the USS Clifton Sprague. One of two C-130 cargo planes transporting the SEALs to their drop...
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included USS Clifton Sprague and USS Bowen, USS Normandy, USS Wainwright, and USS Donald B. Beary. Ainsworth, rescue ship Ortolan, USS Capodanno The...
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Tacloban, on the northeast coast of Leyte. Operating with Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague's escort carrier unit, "Taffy 3" (TU 77.4.3), which consisted of six...
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February 1980 Ex-USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) 27 August 1997 Extant in 2010 TCG Giresun (F-491) Todd Pacific, Seattle 27 March 1979 Ex-USS Antrim (FFG-20)...
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LCS-31) USS Cliffrose (YN-61/AN-42) USS Clifford D. Mallory (YAG-49) USS Clifton (1861, ID-2080, IX-184) USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) USS Climax...
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in Lima, Ohio, Sprague graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1917 (although no relation to Admiral Clifton "Ziggy" Sprague, the two both attended...
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landing ships safely to Leyte Gulf before joining Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague's escort carrier task unit on 19 September off Leyte. The task unit...
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[page needed] Kurita's force caught Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague's Task Unit 77.4.3 ('Taffy 3') by surprise. Sprague directed his carriers to launch their planes...
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"Taffy 3" (Escort Carrier Task Unit 77.4.3) commanded by Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague and comprising four escort carriers guarded by destroyers Hoel,...
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of Kurita's surface onslaught. "Taffy 3", commanded by Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague, first learned of Kurita's presence when, at 0637, a pilot on routine...
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Tangier, under the command of Commander and future Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague, remained at Oakland for over a year undergoing conversion to a...
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two-and-a-half-hour sea battle fought on October 25, 1944, in which Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague's task unit, known as "Taffy 3" (7th Fleet's Task Unit 77.4.3), of...
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(Escort Carrier Group) Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3") Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague 6 escort carriers Fanshaw Bay (Capt. D.P...
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7th Fleet's Escort Carrier Group (TG 77.4) commanded by Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague, aboard Fanshaw Bay, and sailed into Leyte Gulf on 17 October. In response...
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Kurita's, immediately began a surface engagement with Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague's "Taffy 3", the northernmost group of escort carriers. Suwannee was...
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Curtis, James Fife Jr., Leland P. Lovette, Forrest Sherman, Clifton Sprague, Thomas L. Sprague and Jerauld Wright. His course was shortened due to the course...
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Bay from 6 October to 3 November. During that time, Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague visited the ship on 20 October and conferred the Presidential Unit...
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to the carrier formation to provide smoke coverage. Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague, commander of Taffy 3, later described the next surprising development:...
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group suddenly appeared to Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague's "Taffy 3" escort carrier task group off Samar. Sprague's six escort carriers and their attending...
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Gerald F. Bogan's TG 38.3. On 1 July, under the flag of Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague, she departed Leyte with TF 38 and headed north to resume raids on...
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