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    USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974...
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    the USS Douglas L. Howard, named in his honor. The ship was sponsored by Howard's daughter, Mrs. Donald I. Thomas. "St. John's Names Capt. D.L. Howard: Retired...
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    USS Douglas County (LST-731) USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422) USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138) USS Douglas County (LST-731) USS Dour...
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    weather information from stations in the central Atlantic, Fiske and USS Douglas L. Howard were detached from the task group to investigate a visual contact...
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    Retrieved 12 January 2018. "Douglas SBD Dauntless/Bu. 06624." Air Zoo. Retrieved: 13 January 2020. "Douglas SBD Dauntless/Bu. 06694." USS Lexington Museum. Retrieved:...
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    aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which travels through time to the day before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was produced by his son Peter Douglas. He also played...
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    Zanuck was impressed with Douglas's screen test, and cast him in an important role in The Dawn Patrol directed by Howard Hawks. Universal borrowed him...
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    into the sea or the carrier. On 26 July 1954, two Douglas Skyraiders from the aircraft carriers USS Philippine Sea and Hornet shot down two Chinese PLAAF...
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  • Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser in Rendezvous-South Atlantic by Douglas Reeman USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also...
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    (upgraded to the Medal of Honor, 2014) Charles Durning Howard L. Early Graves B. Erskine Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Joseph A. Farinholt Geoffrey Cheney Ferris...
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    USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933...
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  • effort U-804 was a part), two American destroyer escorts, USS Fiske and USS Douglas L. Howard, were detached from the task group to investigate the whereabouts...
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    by way of ceremony, and non-commissioned. Ships denoted with the prefix "USS" are commissioned ships. Prior to commissioning, ships may be described as...
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    was with VS-5 on board the carrier USS Yorktown. When VS-5 raided Tulagi on the morning of 4 May he flew his Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber against...
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    USS Higgins (DDG-76), USS Howard (DDG-83), USS McCampbell (DDG-85), USS Shoup (DDG-86), USS Preble (DDG-88), USS Dewey (DDG-105), USS John Finn (DDG-113), USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)...
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  • at the USS Kearsarge (CV-33) while on a "Show The Flag" cruise around Asia. Support from the US Navy was also in the form of the loan of Douglas AD-1 Skyraider...
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    March 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Vickery (née Blanchard), wife of Howard L. Vickery; delivered to the Keystone Tankship Corporation, and operated...
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    supported by the submarine tenders: USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), USS Bushnell (AS-15), USS Argonne (AS-10), and USS Sperry (AS-12). To keep US Navy destroyer...
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  • a hot air balloon, a veteran U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat that served aboard USS America, and more. Air Zoo is a Smithsonian Affiliate. The Kalamazoo Aviation...
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    Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as...
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    U.S. Navy. USS Bennington (PG-4), San Diego, Calif., July 21, 1905 Lieutenant Junior Grade Albert L. David (World War II), U.S. Navy. USS Pillsbury (DE-133)...
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    Condensed from the logbook of USS R-14. The logbook and Nimitz's letter are in the possession of Lieutenant Douglas's grandson in Colorado. (2 April...
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  • 17 people on board, including film actor Leslie Howard. July 28 – American Airlines Flight 63, a Douglas DC-3 named the Flagship Ohio, crashed near Trammel...
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    surfaced) USS Sargo (SS-188) USS Saury (SS-189) USS Spearfish (SS-190) USS Sculpin (SS-191) USS Swordfish (SS-193) USS Seadragon (SS-194) USS Sealion (SS-195)...
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    Air Wing 3, USS Gravely, USS Philippine Sea and USS Mason Struck Houthi Targets". www.usni.org. Retrieved 13 January 2024. Altman, Howard; Rogoway, Tyler...
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    namesake of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and the US Navy transport ship USS Anne Arundel, that was named after the county. She was the mother of 9 children...
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    Battalions) USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with Carrier Air Wing 8 USS Coral Sea (CV-43) USS California (CGN-36) USS Gridley (CG-21) USS Okinawa (LPH-3) USS Alamo (LSD-33)...
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    J. J. Clark) Air Group 5 (Lt. Cmdr. C. L. Crommelin) VF-5: 36 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters VB-5: 36 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers VT-5: 18 Grumman...
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    L. Douglas. The yard produced military contracts, including USS Lawrence (DD-8) and USS Macdonough (DD-9). Submarines were constructed, including USS Octopus (SS-9)...
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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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