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    USS Blower (SS-325), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1950. She was named after the blower, a type...
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  • engine Telephone USS Blower, a submarine of the United States Navy A device to increase the draught of a locomotive, see blastpipe Blowers, a surname This...
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    boats: USS Batfish (SS-310) at War Memorial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma USS Becuna (SS-319) at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia USS Bowfin (SS-287)...
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    15°21′N 123°31′E / 15.350°N 123.517°E / 15.350; 123.517 The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence-class light aircraft...
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    USS Stingray (SS-186), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named the stingray. Stingray′s keel was laid down...
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    Java Sea. On 2 March, south of Bali, Atago and Takao sank the old destroyer USS Pillsbury. On 4 March, Atago, Takao and Maya, together with the destroyers...
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    Hermes and USS Princeton, the cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire, the destroyers USS Sims, USS Meredith, and HMS Tenedos, the submarine USS Grayback...
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    USS Darter (SS-227), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter. Darter′s keel was laid down on 20...
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    transferred to Maya. Later the same night, Maya and Atago also sank the destroyer USS Pillsbury. On 3 March, Maya was present at the sinking of the gunboat Asheville...
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    of darkness to avoid an expected air raid, and encountered the submarine USS Tunny, which fired six torpedoes at the battleship; five of them missed,...
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    Sumatra. On 10 February, Mogami and Chōkai were attacked by the submarine USS Searaven, which fired four torpedoes, all of which missed. At 2300 on 28...
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    escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (though most modern sources attribute the carrier's sinking to Battleship Yamato) and damaged the destroyer USS Heermann, before...
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    cruisers USS Vincennes, USS Miami, and USS Biloxi. Lit aflame and badly crippled by gunfire, Nowaki was finished off by torpedoes from the destroyer USS Owen...
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    Retrieved 2024-04-09. Was this sinking by the USS Shark or USS Snook? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Snook_(SS-279)#Seventh_patrol Glusman 2005,...
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    USS Mingo, U-92, U-437 8 Oct: HMCS Mulgrave 9 Oct: USS Cogswell, USS Flying Fish 11 Oct: USS Blower, USS PC-1145 12 Oct: HMS Loyal 14 Oct: HMCS Magog 15...
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    centered around the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), and Task Force 16, centered around the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). At 18:20, two SBD...
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    January 2011. "USS Caiman (SS-323)". Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 January 2011. "USS Blower (SS-325)". Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 January 2011. "USS Charr (SS-328)"...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Seawolf (SS-197)
    USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf. Seawolf′s keel was laid down...
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    the carriers Jun'yō and Unyō, on 31 October. On 8 November, the submarine USS Halibut fired torpedoes at Jun'yo that missed, but hit Yamashiro with a torpedo...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese cruiser Suzuya (1934)
    Strike force engaged the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, battleship USS South Dakota and cruiser USS San Juan in the Battle of Santa Cruz, sinking...
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    was attacked by the submarine USS Dace, which missed with all six bow torpedoes, and was also sighted by the submarine USS Darter, which failed to achieve...
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    attack. On 13 February the submarine USS Bergall unsuccessfully attacked the ships as did the submarine USS Blower. Later that afternoon, Ōyodo launched...
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    according to historian Anthony Tully in 2009: [Survivors' accounts] and the USS Hutchins report are describing a sinking and event at odds with the conventional...
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    attack. On 13 February the submarine USS Bergall unsuccessfully attacked the ships as did the submarine USS Blower. Later that afternoon, Ōyodo launched...
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    USS Mingo, U-92, U-437 8 Oct: HMCS Mulgrave 9 Oct: USS Cogswell, USS Flying Fish 11 Oct: USS Blower, USS PC-1145 12 Oct: HMS Loyal 14 Oct: HMCS Magog 15...
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  • submarine USS Blower (SS-325). No one on either ship suffered any injuries, but PC-1145′s bow was smashed back to the first water-tight bulkhead. Blower suffered...
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    USS Escolar (SS-294), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar. Escolar was laid down by the Cramp...
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    the submarine USS Bergall unsuccessfully attacked the ships as did the submarine USS Blower. One of Ise's AA guns caused one of Blower's torpedoes to detonate...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Shark (SS-314)
    USS Shark (SS-314), a Balao-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large marine predator. Construction...
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    submarines USS Guitarro (SS-363) and USS Blower (SS-325) to form a coordinated attack group. She rendezvoused with Guitarro later that day, and Blower joined...
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