USS Paddle (SS-263), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the paddlefish. Paddle was laid down on 1 May 1942 by the Electric...
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in 1943. In 1944 she was being used as a Hell ship when the submarine USS Paddle torpedoed her. 668 American and Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) were killed...
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In an attack on a Japanese convoy by the United States Navy submarine USS Paddle, 668 Allied prisoners of war were killed fighting their Japanese guards...
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A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle...
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the same day by Pampanito. Shinyo Maru was attacked by the submarine USS Paddle on 7 September 1944. Two torpedo hits sank the ship and killed several...
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submarines. For example, on 7 September 1944 SS Shinyō Maru was sunk by USS Paddle with losses of 668 POWs; only 82 POWs survived. Although the campaign...
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USS Alexandria may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Alexandria (1862), was a paddle steamer commissioned in 1862 and sold in...
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Japanese. On 7 September 1944 the Japanese ship Shinyō Maru was sunk by USS Paddle; on board the Shinyo Maru were U.S. POWs, of whom 668 died and 82 survived...
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Steam frigate (redirect from Paddle frigate)
1842 it consisted of USS Fulton (1837) of 4 guns, commissioned in 1837, and USS Union (1842) (with a horizontal submerged paddle). Union was not yet armed...
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Rescued after the sinking of the Japanese transport, Shinyō Maru, by the USS Paddle, SS 263, on 7 September 1944". Submarine Sailor. Archived from the original...
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Canadian Inventor) Shinsei Maru SS Shinyō Maru – sunk on 7 September 1944 by USS Paddle. 668 out of 750 American POWs aboard were killed. Shinyu Maru – damaged...
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Retrieved 20 March 2021. "09/12/1971 – Submarine PNS Hangor Sinks INS Khukri". Retrieved 18 December 2017. "USS Wasp (Wasp-class)". World War II Database....
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Friedman 1995, p. 296 USS Jack (SS-259) at Navsource.org USS Lapon (SS-260) at Navsource.org USS Mingo (SS-261) at Navsource.org USS Paddle (SS-263) at Navsource...
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CSS Robert E. Lee (redirect from USS Fort Donelson)
CSS Robert E. Lee was a fast paddle-steamer, originally built as a Glasgow-Belfast packet boat named Giraffe, which was bought as a blockade runner for...
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SS Shinyō Maru is torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea by American submarine USS Paddle while carrying 750 American prisoners of war; 688 perish. September 8...
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Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte Date On September 7, 1944, the submarine USS Paddle torpedoed the Japanese hell ship Shinyo Maru. The crew did not know there...
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carrier Taiyo 7 September Shin'yo Maru Incident – American submarine USS Paddle attacks Japanese convoy and sinks cargo ship Shin'yo Maru killing several...
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Shinyō Maru’s movements which prompted the US Navy to send the submarine USS Paddle in a mission to intercept the convoy and sink her. With its movement now...
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more is underway. Both USS Sable and USS Wolverine hold the distinction of being the only freshwater, coal-driven, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers...
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SS Shin'yō Maru was torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea by American submarine USS Paddle while carrying 750 American prisoners of war aboard. 688 perished. Born:...
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Marine propulsion (section Paddle wheel)
system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most modern ships are propelled...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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January 1947. Retrieved 26 November 2017. O'Malley, Dave. "USS Wolverine & USS Sable Paddle Wheel Flattops of the Great Lakes". www.vintagewings.ca. Retrieved...
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ordered. USS Mohican and Narragansett were examples of these seven. CSS Alabama USS Alaska USS Contoocook HMS Gannet, now a museum ship. USS Housatonic...
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United States floating battery Demologos (redirect from USS Fulton (1815))
carriers USS Wolverine and USS Sable. These designs were typically limited to use in the brown-water navy or on large lakes. Steam-powered paddle wheel propulsion...
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the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships...
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the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3)....
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USS Mississippi, a paddle frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. She was named for the Mississippi River. Her sister...
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the battleship USS Texas (BB-35). In 1930, Rice was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) and was transferred to the heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh. The...
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USS P. H. Burnett (IX-104) USS P. K. Bauman (SP-377) RV Pacific Escort (T-AGOR-26) USS Paddle (SS-263) USS Paducah (AG-7/IX-23/PG-18, YTB-758) USS Page...
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