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  2. USS Ramapo - Wikipedia

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    The Ramapo is credited with the rescue of the entire crew of the USS Wasmuth (DMS-15) on 27 December 1942. Wasmuth was escorting a convoy through a heavy Alaskan storm when two depth charges were wrenched from their tracks by the pounding sea, fell over the side, and exploded beneath the ship's fantail. The blasts carried away part of the ship ...

  3. List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor ...

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    Undamaged during attack Sotoyomo: YT-9 Damaged by Shaw explosions and fires; completely submerged; thought total loss but repaired and returned to service. In floating dry dock, YFD-2, with Shaw undergoing overhaul. , Baltimore: Receiving Ship Undamaged during attack Later sold and scuttled.

  4. USS YP-17 - Wikipedia

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    On 22 October 1940, she along with her sister ship YP-16, were delivered to Guam aboard the replenishment oiler USS Ramapo for duty as a patrol boat and for island defense. [3] On 10 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Guam, she was attacked and damaged by Japanese aircraft.

  5. Naval Base Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Six PT Boats, at the time of the attack, were in various stages of being loaded onto the deck of the oil tanker, USS Ramapo, to be shipped to Naval Base Philippines. Ramapo was at berth B-12 at the Naval Yard, as a Naval Yard crane was being used to load the boats. Patrol torpedo boat PT-29 was one the boats already loaded on Ramapo.

  6. Patrol torpedo boat PT-29 - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] During the attack on Pearl Harbor, PT-29 was already loaded on the replenishment oiler USS Ramapo (AO-12) for MTBRon 1's assignment to the Philippines and as she could not get her motors started, the hydraulics on their gun turrets were not operative. [3] Crew-members cut the hydraulic lines and operated the turrets manually. [3]

  7. List of ships damaged by kamikaze attack - Wikipedia

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    A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...

  8. Action of 18 March 2006 - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] USS Gonzalez first noticed the common pirate profile of a diesel boat towing smaller skiffs and, with USS Cape St. George closing from 40 miles (64 km) away, trailed the suspects until dawn. [7] Shortly before sunrise, the two American ships each sent a pair of rigid inflatable boats with specially trained boarding teams to investigate. [7]

  9. Amphibious cargo ship - Wikipedia

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    A total of 108 of these ships were built between 1943 and 1945—which worked out to an average of one ship every eight days. Six additional AKAs, featuring new and improved designs, were built in later years. They were originally called Attack Cargo Ships and designated AKA. In 1969, they were renamed as Amphibious Cargo Ships and redesignated ...