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    USS Salamaua (CVE-96) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the invasion of Salamaua, a strategically important...
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    USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931,...
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    weather conditions in the Gulf. At 08:58 on 13 January, the escort carrier USS Salamaua was struck by an unidentified kamikaze who dove almost vertically at...
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    cruiser to sink rapidly. On 9 August I-58 came across a convoy led by USS Salamaua and readied three of her Kaitens to attack, of which only one could be...
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  • (DD-147) USS Salamaua (CVE-96) USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) USS Sandoval (APA-194) USS Sangamon (CVE-26) USS Santee (CVE-29) USS Savo Island (CVE-78) USS Sederstrom...
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    led by the escort carrier USS Salamaua, carrying out anti-submarine sweeps between Leyte and Okinawa. The destroyer escort USS Johnnie Hutchins sighted...
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    1945. Kamikaze aerial attack off Iwo Jima. CVE-96 Anguilla Bay renamed USS Salamaua Damaged at Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 after kamikaze with two 551-pound...
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    invasion of Salamaua–Lae (8–13 March 1942), called Operation SR by the Japanese, was an operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Salamaua–Lae area...
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  • USS Bataan (CVL-29) USS Cowpens (CVL-25) USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) HMS Ruler (D72) USS Salamaua (CVE-96) HMS Speaker (D90) USS Boston (CA-69) USS Chicago (CA-136) USS Quincy (CA-71)...
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    operated off the Louisiade Archipelago, covering the attacks on Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea. In a position to intercept enemy surface units which attempted...
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    USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) was the second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II. Launched...
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  • USS Anguilla Bay (ACV-58), renamed Corregidor prior to launch USS Anguilla Bay (CVE-96), renamed Salamaua prior to launch This article includes a list of ships...
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    over the Owen Stanley Mountains at Japanese shipping and installations at Salamaua and Lae. A complete surprise, the raid caused heavy damage. The task force...
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    and again on 10 March, when they attacked Japanese shipping at Lae and Salamaua, disrupting enemy supply lines to those garrisons. Minneapolis took part...
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    USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, she...
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  • indicate that USS LST-447 sank on April 7, 1945, following a kamikaze attack. USS LST-472 was scuttled by destroyer USS Hall (DD-583) USS LST-534 was deemed...
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    Japanese attacked the north shore of New Guinea again, with landings at Salamaua and Lae. In response, on March 10, and from the south shore of New Guinea...
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    (YT-269/YTB-269/YTM-269) USS Sakatonchee (YOG-49/AOG-19) USS Sakaweston (YT-289) USS Sakonnet (AOG-61) USS Salamaua (CVE-96) USS Salamonie (AO-26) USS Salem (CL-3...
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    Task Force 11, including the carrier USS Lexington, in an attack in the Huon Gulf off Lae and in an attack on Salamaua, New Guinea, over the Owen Stanley...
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    Three days later, the ship joined the hunter-killer group based around USS Salamaua, in operating on antisubmarine patrol northeast of Luzon. Two atomic...
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    attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-5), flying the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Burch and VS-5 took part in the Invasion of Salamaua–Lae on March 10...
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    USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte...
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    USS White Plains (CVE-66) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the 1776 Battle of White Plains. She was...
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    endangered by the Japanese. By early March, the Japanese had occupied Lae and Salamaua on the north coast of New Guinea. To check this drive, a carrier strike...
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    USS O'Flaherty (DE-340) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Ensign Frank...
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  • Carrier Group USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) From 2 June USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85) 6–22 June USS Salamaua (CVE-96) Until 4 June USN Task Unit 32.1.1: USS Shamrock...
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    USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...
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    she steamed as far as New Guinea, supporting airstrikes on Bougainville, Salamaua, and Lae. Macdonough returned to the western Pacific to prepare for the...
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    USS Anzio (ACV/CVE/CVHE-57), was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II in the Pacific War....
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    around USS Yorktown. With Yorktown, TF17 engaged Imperial Japanese Navy forces in actions at the Marshalls-Gilberts raids, Invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Battle...
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