USS PGM-18 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built and originally commissioned as USS PC-1255...
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USS SC-643 USS SC-644, later PGM-1 USS SC-645 USS SC-646 USS SC-647 USS SC-648 USS SC-649 USS SC-650 USS SC-651 USS SC-652 USS SC-653 USS SC-654 USS SC-655...
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USS Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Commodore Frank H....
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USS PGM-9 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II. Laid down by Consolidated Ship Building Corp. on...
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USS PGM-17 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down and launched as USS PC-1189, a PC-461-class...
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USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The destroyer was sunk on 12 April 1945, near Okinawa...
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2021. Morison, Victory, p. 192 Morison, Victory, p. 184 "Loss report of PGM-18". www.fold3.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 9...
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USS PGM-10 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat that was in service with the United States Navy during World War II, and transferred to the Philippine Navy...
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USS Dickerson (DD-157) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, and was converted to a high-speed transport at Charleston, South Carolina...
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salvo from 34,500 yards, a single 18.1-inch (46 cm) shell exploded mere feet underneath the keel of the escort carrier USS White Plains, knocking out a boiler...
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USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned...
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USS Thornton (DD-270/AVD-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James and Ryan Thornton, naval...
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USS PGM-11 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered on 27 February 1942, and laid...
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USS PGM-32 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during the end of World War II, and briefly post-war. PGM-32 was laid...
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2003 with the MS Fritz Reuter and an MDR-Team (in German) Photograph of SS Goya 55°12′02″N 18°18′36″E / 55.20056°N 18.31000°E / 55.20056; 18.31000...
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USS Bullhead (SS-332), a Balao-class submarine, was the last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that an atomic...
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USS Leutze (DD-481) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze (1847–1931)...
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USS Sigsbee (DD-502), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee (1845–1923). Sigsbee...
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USS Snook (SS-279), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that...
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landings (12–18 December 1944 and 4–18 January 1945); Iwo Jima operation (19 February–9 March); (in which She'd been tasked with escorting the USS Nashville...
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improve resistance to underwater damage, the ship was heavily subdivided with 18 watertight bulkheads extending up to 'C' or 'D' deck, 11 of which were double...
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sank the destroyer USS Barton and helped to sink the light cruiser USS Juneau, before she shelled the crippled heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, but was...
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Enthusiast (92): 59–65. ISSN 0143-5450. Launching Ceremony of the Graf Zeppelin 55°31′03″N 18°17′09″E / 55.51750°N 18.28583°E / 55.51750; 18.28583...
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USS PGM-7 was a gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War 2. She was commissioned as USS SC-1072, an SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser...
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USS Morris (DD-417), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Commodore Charles Morris. She was...
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the name HS Tolmi (P-229). Green Bay was laid down on 6 November 1966 as PGM-101 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. While under construction...
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212–213. Rohwer, p. 18. Prager, p. 213. Williamson, p. 17. Haar, pp. 133–135. Lunde, p. 220. Haar, pp. 136–137. Williamson, p. 18. Lunde, p. 221. Prager...
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USS Chehalis (PGM-94) commissioned on 8 November 1969. USS Defiance (PGM-95) commissioned on 24 September 1969. Struck on 6 August 1987. USS Benicia (PGM-96) commissioned...
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Urakaze rescued 570 crewmen from the carrier Shōkaku after it was torpedoed by USS Cavalla (SS-244). After dry dock and refitting at Kure Naval Arsenal from...
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USS Pringle (DD-477), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle (1873–1932). Pringle...
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