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USS Edsall (DD-219), was a Clemson-class destroyer, the first of two United States Navy ships named after Seaman Norman Eckley Edsall (1873–1899). She was sunk by a combined Japanese air and sea attack, approximately 200 miles (320 km) east of Christmas Island on 1 March 1942.
USS Edsall (DE-129) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall (1873–1899). Edsall was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 2 July 1942; launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister ...
More than 200 American servicemen perished when the USS Edsall was brought down by Japanese forces on March 1, 1942. The Royal Australian Navy discovered the vessel last year some 200 miles east ...
The USS Edsall, a 314-foot destroyer sunk by Japanese forces in 1942, was known as "the dancing mouse" for its ability to evade attacks. U.S. destroyer sunk during WWII found at bottom of ocean ...
USS Chatelain (DE-149) was in TG 22.3 with Pope and Pillsbury and participated in the capture of U-505. USS Stewart (DE-238) – the sole surviving example of the Edsall-class; a museum ship in Galveston, Texas. USS Kretchmer (DE-329) received a Navy Unit Commendation for action three days after the war ended.
The old US destroyer – Edsall was commissioned in 1920 – and its 4-inch guns would prove to be no match for the newer Japanese fleet with bigger guns and dozens of aircraft carrying 500-pound ...
USS Edsall (DD-219), a Clemson-class destroyer, in commission from 1920 to 1942 USS Edsall (DE-129) , the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort , in commission from 1943 to 1946 List of ships with the same or similar names
The U.S.S. Edsall was found 200 miles east of Christmas Island, south of Java, by the Royal Australian Navy. The discovery has revealed the final resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died ...