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15 transport ships 6 mine hunting vessels Task Group 34.10 Southern task force Battleship USS New York (Capt. Umsted) Escort carrier USS Santee (Capt. Sample) Light cruiser USS Philadelphia (Capt. Hendren) Destroyers USS Mervine, USS Knight, USS Beatty, USS Cowie, USS Quick, USS Doran, USS Cole, USS Bernadou, USS Rodman and USS Emmons Submarine ...
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Naval Institute Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers - A Technical Directory of all the World's Capital Ships from 1860 to the Present Day. London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 0-517-37810-8.
Putting to sea from Cove Point, Maryland, on 23 October 1942, Dorothea L. Dix sailed with Task Force 34 (TF 34) to land Army troops and supply scout boats in the assault at Safi, French Morocco, from 8 to 12 November, during "Operation Torch". She returned to Norfolk on 24 November.
Category: World War I battleships of the United States. 9 languages. ... USS New York (BB-34) New York-class battleship; USS North Dakota (BB-29) O. USS Ohio (BB-12)
2 fast battleships 1 North Carolina-class (9 × 16-in./45-cal. main battery) Washington 1 South Dakota-class (9 × 16-in./45-cal. main battery) Alabama 2 heavy cruisers New Orleans Wichita 15 destroyers Vice Adm. Willis A. Lee Task Force 34 (formed at 02:40 on 25 October, dissolved at 10:55 on 25 October) [2] Vice Adm. Willis A. Lee 6 fast ...
Helped to sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the largest and most powerful battleship ever made [28] USS Iowa: United States California: San Pedro: United States: 1942 Iowa class: Battleship: as of 7 July 2012 USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. United States Massachusetts: Fall River: United States: 1945 Gearing class: Destroyer: Joseph P. Kennedy ...
Their intention was to cover San Bernardino Strait with a powerful task force of fast battleships supported by two of Third Fleet's equally swift carrier groups. The battleship force was to be designated Task Force 34 (TF 34) and to consist of four battleships, five cruisers, and 14 destroyers under the command of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee.
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.