• Thumbnail for USS Oberrender
    USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant...
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    USS Hogan (DD-178/DMS-6) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Daniel Hogan entered the Navy on board the schooner...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Mount Hood (AE-11)
    Hood: Abarenda Alhena Argonne Aries Cacapon Cebu Kyne Lyman Mindanao Oberrender Petrof Bay Piedmont Potawatomi Preserver Saginaw Bay Talbot Walter C....
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese cruiser Nachi
    HMS Electra. For her part of the engagement, Nachi damaged the heavy cruiser USS Houston with a pair of 8-inch (203 mm) shell hits at distances beyond 22...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Spearfish
    USS Spearfish (SS-190), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Gar
    all of her sister ships — USS Grampus (SS-207), 'USS Grayback (SS-208), USS Grayling (SS-209), USS Grenadier (SS-210), and USS Gudgeon (SS-211) — were lost...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy ships: N–O
    CL-95/CLAA-95, LCS-24) USS Oberlin (PC-560) USS Oberon (AK-56/AKA-14/T-AKA-14/LKA-14) USS Oberrender (DE-344) USS Obispo (SS-382) USS Observation Island (E-AG-154/T-AGM-23)...
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  • Thumbnail for SS Deutschland (1923)
    incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Mississinewa (AO-59)
    USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was the first of two United States Navy ships of the name. She was a T3-S2-A1 auxiliary oiler of the US Navy, laid down on 5...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Okinawa
    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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  • Thumbnail for USS Abarenda (IX-131)
    The second USS Abarenda (IX-131) was a storage tanker, one of many miscellaneous-class Navy vessel crewed by the United States Coast Guard during World...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Talbot (DD-114)
    USS Talbot (DD-114) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated APD-7 in World War II. She was the...
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  • Thumbnail for German battleship Tirpitz
    Knight's Move). Escorting the convoy were the battleships Duke of York and USS Washington and the carrier Victorious. Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, and six destroyers...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Lagarto
    USS Lagarto (SS-371), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish. Lagarto′s keel...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese cruiser Haguro
    battle of Empress Augusta Bay, where she helped to damage the light cruiser USS Denver, but was hit by ten 6-inch (152 mm) shells from enemy cruisers, but...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Barry (DD-248)
    incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Albacore (SS-218)
    USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning the Presidential Unit...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese battleship Kongō
    American vessels in the latter. Kongō was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944. She was...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Growler (SS-215)
    USS Growler (SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler. Growler′s keel was laid down by the...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-853
    U-853 was sent to harass United States coastal shipping. She destroyed USS Eagle 56 near Portland, Maine. Just days before Germany's surrender, U-853...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Evans (DD-552)
    USS Evans (DD-552), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans (1846–1912)...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Aaron Ward (DM-34)
    The third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DD-773/DM-34) in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Abner Read (DD-526)
    USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read (1821 – 1863)...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
    yet built, a record she held until the 81,000-metric-ton (80,000-long-ton) USS Forrestal was launched in 1954. She was designed for a crew of 2,400 officers...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Scamp (SS-277)
    USS Scamp (SS-277), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp grouper, a member of the family Serranidae...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
    USS Sangamon (CVE-26) was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally Esso Trenton, a T3 tanker oiler, built by the Federal Shipbuilding and...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-552
    involved in two controversial actions: On 31 October 1941, she sank the USS Reuben James, the first US Navy warship to be lost in World War II; this...
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  • Thumbnail for German auxiliary cruiser Orion
    incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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  • incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine Wilhelm Bauer
    incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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