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    USS Solomons (CVE-67) was the thirteenth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first...
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    survivors through a pool of oil and aviation gasoline. The escort carrier USS Solomons also reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...
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    New Hebrides and the Solomons on 21 June. Between July and November, she took part in amphibious operations in the central Solomons, landing troops at beachheads...
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    of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and in Japanese sources as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea) took place...
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    USS Sole (SS-410) USS Soley (DD-707) USS Solf (1913) USS Solitaire (ID-3026) USNS Solomon Atkinson (T-ATS-12) USS Solomon Thomas (1863) USS Solomons (YFB-23...
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    Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part...
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    the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 and Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. Tenders that were stationed at Solomons: USS McFarland (DD-237)...
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    leading the air attack on Japanese positions in the initial invasion of the Solomons on 7 August and 8 August 1942, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross...
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  • in 1942, but was taken over and launched in 1943 as USS Nassuk Bay, and later renamed USS Solomons. HMS Emperor (D98) was an Ameer-class escort carrier...
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  • of the United States Navy have been named USS Vella Gulf, after the 1943 battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands. The names of these are sometimes...
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    during the Pacific War — the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea engagements...
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    November when she arrived at Mayport, Fla., to serve as plane guard for USS Solomons (CVE-67) during the qualifications of pilots in carrier operations. On...
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    in the Solomons. From 23 April to 4 May 1943, Fletcher was in Sydney, Australia, for a refit before another month of general duty in the Solomons. She left...
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    aircraft from USS Croatan on 12 June 1944. U-860 sailed on 11 April 1944 and was sunk in the South Atlantic by aircraft from USS Solomons on 15 June. Japanese...
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  • USS Carnelian (PY-19) was a converted yacht that patrolled with the United States Navy in World War II. She was named for carnelian, a semi-precious stone...
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    Group 41.6 on patrol in the South Atlantic. Working with escort carrier USS Solomons (CVE-67) she searched the seas in the never-ending battle against German...
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    USS Strong (DD-467), was a Fletcher-class destroyer and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral James H. Strong (1814–1882)...
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    for survivors through a pool of oil but found none. The escort carrier USS Solomons (CVE-67) reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...
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  • Navy have been named USS Guadalcanal, after the epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The first USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)...
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    From 27 August, she was based at Port Purvis on Florida Island, in the Solomons, where she was part of a striking force designed to interrupt the passage...
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    USS Chicago (CL/CA-29) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II...
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    for the aircraft carrier USS Solomons off Norfolk, Virginia and Mayport, Florida, and then she began withdrawal from service. USS Pope was decommissioned...
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    battle of the Eastern Solomons, and again at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she helped to sink the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. During the battle...
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  • named USS Helena, after the city of Helena, Montana, though only four were completed. USS Helena (PG-9) was a gunboat in service from 1897 to 1932. USS Helena (CL-50)...
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    USS Dahlgren (DD-187/AG-91) was a Clemson-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy during World War II. Entering service in 1920, the ship...
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    USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In...
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    USS Pringle (DD-477), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle (1873–1932). Pringle...
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  • Navy Cross for heroism during 18 to 25 October 1942 in the Solomon Islands campaign. USS Doyle (FFG-39), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile...
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    the Solomons. By 27 August, Stanly and the other three destroyers were off Guadalcanal, patrolling the anchorage at Lengo Channel. The Solomons-Bismarcks...
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    Santo in support of the operations in the Solomons from November 1942 to March 1944, then went to the Solomons where she was based at Hathorn Sound. In...
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