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USS Eaton (DD-510) was a Fletcher-class ... the following night her crew destroyed an enemy suicide boat only 25 yards from the ship. The explosion killed 1 and ...
I-16 – sunk by escort destroyer USS England on May 19, 1944, off the Solomon Islands; I-18 – sunk on February 11, 1943, by USS Fletcher after being spotted by the floatplane from the USS Helena; I-20 – sunk on October 1, 1943 USS Eaton; 3rd Submarine Division. Drawn from 1st Submarine Squadron, 6th (Submarine) Fleet
The destroyer USS Eaton (DD-510) got underway from the anchorage at Jaluit Atoll to intercept Ro-41. [4] The destroyer escorts USS Greiner (DE-37) and USS Sanders (DE-40) later joined Eaton. [4] Ro-41 left Truk on 24 May 1944 as scheduled and set course for Kusaie with a cargo of 12 metric tons of rice. [4]
USS Nautilus U.S. Navy ASW Task Force Alfa (1959) Following the conclusion of Operation Strikeback, U.S. naval forces conducted Operation Pipedown , involving the protection of its underway replenishment group while en route back the United States.
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World War II: Operation Tei No. 4: The Akagi Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed in the East China Sea off Keelung, Formosa north of Miyako-jima) by USS Grayback ( United States Navy), exploded and sank. 1,087 troops of the 17th Infantry Division and 223 crew died. 164 survivors, Her commanding officer, 2 officers, and 85 ratings ...
The USS Columbia will be in service at least another 10 years, Foster said. Around the time it reaches the 40 years of service mark, the U.S. Navy will make a determination on whether that service ...
1850s–1890s, U.S. Navy sailor, with personal sidearms and a black, fatigue uniform. This was standard issue for China sailors of the early Yangtze Patrol and nicknamed "tars" U.S. Navy sailors, on board an 1864 river gunboat USS Ashuelot, a steam-powered, U.S. Navy river gunboat, on the Yangtze Patrol, in service, for one year, in 1874, to protect American interests, in Shanghai, China, and ...