USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission...

Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific...

Wake Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It may also refer to: Wake Island (film), starring Brian Donlevy USS Wake Island (CVE-65), a World War II...

The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack...

Fireball lost power from its piston engine during the landing approach to USS Wake Island. The pilot started the jet engine and made the first successful, albeit...

USS Wake (PR-3) was a United States Navy river gunboat operating on the Yangtze River. Originally commissioned as the gunboat Guam (PG-43), she was redesignated...

1943 Thanksgiving Day dinner menu from USS Wake Island (CVE-65)...

Operation Iceberg,: 17  was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against...

charged with dereliction of duty after a CIWS gun malfunction on the USS Wake Island, and Bud leads the review team that clears him of any wrongdoing. While...

Ensign Frederick L. Moore, which flew off of American escort carrier USS Wake Island. German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original...

on 21 May 1944 Fiske joined the hunter-killer group formed around USS Wake Island at Norfolk on 10 June. Five days later her group sailed to patrol across...

suspected amphibious invasion. On October 5, 1943, aircraft from USS Yorktown bombed Wake Island. Two days later, Sakaibara ordered the beheading of an American...

ordered a series of raids on Wake Island, which was just recently captured by Japanese forces. In January 1942 the carrier USS Lexington led a raiding force...

USS Wahtah (YT-140/YTB-140/YTM-140) USS Wailaki (YTB-706) USS Wainwright (DD-62, DD-419, DLG-28/CG-28) USS Wake (PR-3) USS Wake Island (CVE-65) USS Wakefield...

Look up Wake or wake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wake or The Wake may refer to: Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral...

16 August 1777. USS Bennington (PG-4), was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War. USS Bennington (CV-20)...

Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the...

] USS Wake island (CVE- USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE- damaged in accidental explosion USS Manila Bay (CVE- USS Shamrock Bay (CVE- USS Lunga Point (CVE- USS Ommaney...

Alaska, Midway Atoll, and Wake Island. The ship USS Wyoming (BM-10) built in 1902 was used as the first submarine tender. The USS Wyoming and other Arkansas-class...

31 aircraft 19 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Wake Island (Capt. A.V. Magly) VOC-1 (Lt. Cmdr. W.F. Bringie), 32 aircraft 26 FM-2...

to support Marines on the ground at Iwo until two planes from the USS Wake Island (CVE-65) were able to land at the airstrip on 26 February 1945. These...

26 February 1945, the first VMO-5 OY-1 Sentinels took off from the USS Wake Island and landed on South Field during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Beginning...

the island. U.S. Navy surface ships conduct a two-day pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima. Operating from the escort aircraft carrier USS Wake Island (CVE-65)...

USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named...

York 30 May 1944. J. R. Y. Blakely was soon at sea again, joining USS Wake Island group at Norfolk 15 June. During June and July the ships intensified...

USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to...

Medal of Honor during World War II, for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island. Elrod was born on September 27, 1905, in Turner County, Georgia. He...

USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...

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...

aboard USS Enterprise for movement to Wake Island, the scene of the squadron's heroic battle, launching from the carrier and arriving at Wake on 3 December...