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  2. Fletcher-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, Kidd was used as the filming location for the fictional USS Keeling DD-548 (codenamed Greyhound), from C. S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd, in her appearance in the book's 2020 cinematic adaptation, Greyhound. [27] [28] On 14 April 2022, museum ship USS The Sullivans sank at her pier in the Buffalo Naval Park. The depth of water ...

  3. List of Fletcher-class destroyers - Wikipedia

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    DD-467 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine: 30 April 1941 [9] 17 May 1942 7 August 1942 [9] — Sunk, 5 July 1943 [9] Taylor DD-468 28 August 1941 7 June 1942 28 August 1942 31 May 1946 Transferred to Italy, 2 July 1969 : 3 December 1951 3 June 1969 De Haven DD-469 27 September 1941 [10] 28 June 1942 21 September 1942 [11] — Sunk, 1 February 1943 ...

  4. List of destroyers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...

  5. Greyhound (film) - Wikipedia

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    Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. [5] The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding a multi-national escort destroyer group of four, defending an Allied convoy from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.

  6. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]

  7. USS Kidd (DD-661) - Wikipedia

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    USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

  8. Mahan-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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    The Mahan-class destroyers emerged as improved versions of the Farragut class, [3] which incorporated the most up-to-date machinery available. [3] The Navy's General Board had wrestled with the proposed design changes, first they considered 12 torpedo tubes with one fewer 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun, [4] and then proposed to retain all five guns with the twelve torpedo tubes, but configure ...

  9. USS Fletcher (DD-445) - Wikipedia

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    Then she sortied with an aircraft carrier task force to provide air support for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, fighting off a Japanese counterattack from the air 26 November. Again, Fletcher fired on Japanese aircraft on 4 December, when the task force came under an air attack after it had made a strike on Kwajalein island. [1]