USS Zellars (DD-777), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy. Thomas Edward Zellars was born on 11 August 1898 in...
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as executive officer of the destroyer USS Saufley, and in March 1946, was transferred to the destroyer USS Zellars, as executive officer and navigator....
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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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off Samar, sinking or helping to sink the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and the destroyers USS Johnston and Hoel. The Japanese turned back after American...
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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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the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These...
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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 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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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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aircraft and two decommissioned and modernised American destroyers, (USS Zellars and USS Stormes). As of 1976 Iran had acquired 500 M109 howitzers from the...
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September of the same year, USS Macon began testing. In December, it was installed on USS Winslow, USS Zellars, USS Massey and USS Saipan. The mass-produced...
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USS Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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USS Bush (DD-529), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant William Sharp Bush, USMC, who...
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USS Zellars (DD-777) USS Zenda (SP-688) USS Zenith (SP-61) USS Zenobia (AKA-52) USS Zephyr (PC-8/WPC-8) USS Zeppelin (1914) USS Zeta (1844) USS Zeus...
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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 Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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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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USS Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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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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24°25.207′N 82°02.393′W / 24.420117°N 82.039883°W / 24.420117; -82.039883 USS S-16 (SS-121) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine...
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Colombia, two to Chile, five to Brazil, and four to Argentina. Currently, only USS Laffey (DD-724), located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina, remains...
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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 Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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as a relief ship under Red Cross auspices in 1945, she was torpedoed by USS Queenfish (SS-393), resulting in the death of all but one of the 2,004 people...
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USS Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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USS Pogy (SS-266), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden. She was credited with sinking...
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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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aircraft. In turn, Japanese forces sank the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and the destroyer USS Porter and damaged several other American warships, ending...
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USS Emmons, USS Mullany, USS Rodman 8 Apr: USS Bullhead 9 Apr: USS Sea Devil 11 Apr: I-401 12 Apr: USS Lindsey, U-1024, USS Zellars 14 Apr: USS Sigsbee 15 Apr: HMS Ekins...
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