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USS Pope (DE-134) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named after commodore John Pope, born 17 December 1798 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
The wreck of USS Pope was located and identified in December 2008 by the dive vessel MV Empress, approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km) from the wreck of HMS Exeter, which Empress discovered in 2007. Unfortunately commercial salvage divers had discovered Pope previously and save for a skeleton, little now remains of her wreck. [5]
All 24 crew members die, including 2 Canadian air crew members. This was the first loss of an E-3 since the type entered service in 1977. [162] 22 November A Japanese Air Self Defense Force Mitsubishi F-15J, 02-8919, of the 308 Hiko-tai is accidentally shot down by an AIM-9L Sidewinder fired by another JASDF F-15 during air-to-air combat ...
With this authority in hand, Yarnell ordered Pillsbury to remain at Shantou, sent the destroyer USS Pope (DD-225) there as a reinforcement, and informed his Japanese counterpart, the commander-in-chief of the China Area Fleet, Vice Admiral KoshirÅ Oikawa, that U.S. Navy ships would remain present anywhere where U.S. lives and property were in ...
All four crew members were killed. 12 October While being refueled at Kirovabad (now Ganja), Azerbaijan, Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12BP CCCP-11229 , c/n 4342006, is struck by a Sukhoi Su-24 fighter that had taken off from a taxiway by accident, killing seven: four of seven of the An-12, one of two of the Su-24, and two on the ground.
A Houthi ballistic missile attack on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden resulted in fatalities among the crew members, a US official told CNN, marking the first time that the Iran-backed ...
USS Pope may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Pope (DD-225) , a Clemson -class destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and sunk in battle in 1942. USS Pope (DE-134) , an Edsall -class destroyer escort, commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946.
The explosion on impact was so large that one witness saw it from 30 miles away; wreckage was spread over a half-mile area. Only the tail was left intact. Seven crew-members and two maintenance men were killed. The plane's last stop was at McClellan AFB, California. [60] [61] B-50D-120-BO Superfortress, 49-328, c/n 16104, converted to KB-50 ...