USS Brownson (DD-518) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy commissioned on 3 February 1943. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape...
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United States Navy have borne the name Brownson, in honor of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson: USS Brownson (DD-518), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched...
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entrance to Cranton Bay USS Brownson (DD-518), aFletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in action 1943 USS Brownson (DD-868), a Gearing-class...
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USS Brownson (DD-518, DD-868) USS Brownsville (PG-118/PF-10) USS Bruce (DD-329) USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS-64) USS Brule (APA-66, T-AKL-28/AKL-28) USS Brumby...
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sighted an oil slick and debris and ended the encounter by joining USS Brownson (DD-518)) in a futile search for the damaged enemy submarine. On the 20th...
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splashed two attacking Japanese bombers, then aided survivors from Brownson (DD-518), rescuing 168 of her crew despite exploding depth charges from the...
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fires. Sigsbee lost twenty-two men killed and seventy-two wounded. USS Brownson (DD-518) was screening landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December...
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ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946) -...
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destroyers". Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 19 July 2015. "USS Fletcher (DD-445)". NavSource.org. "Fletcher". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting...
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and planes that sank there during the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942–43. "USS McKean (i) (APD 5)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Enderbury Island...
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Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 94. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2. "U.S.S. Abbot (DD 184), 1919-1940". U.S.S. Abbot. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012...
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Farenholt (DD-491), Bailey (DD-492) Meade (DD-602) ... Parker (DD-604) 15 of 175 Fletcher-class Bache (DD-470), Beale (DD-471) Brownson (DD-518) ... Luce (DD-522)...
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units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...
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