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  2. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World ...

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    St. Louis would earn eleven battle stars for her service in WWII. After the war, the ship was sold to the Brazilian Navy, and sunk in 1980 while being towed to the scrap yard. USS Helena (CL-50) moored in Pearl Harbor when the base came under attack by Japanese carrier planes. She was mistaken for a battleship and targeted by Japanese torpedo ...

  3. USS Maine (1889) - Wikipedia

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    Sunk by explosion in Havana Harbor, Havana, Cuba, 15 February 1898; Remains scuttled in the Strait of Florida, 16 March 1912; General characteristics; Type: Armored cruiser or second-class battleship: Displacement: 6,682 long tons (6,789 t) Length: 324 ft 4 in (98.9 m) overall length: Beam: 57 ft (17.4 m) Draft: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) (max ...

  4. Battle of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Later a German U-boat attacked a merchant ship off Curaçao and was engaged by Dutch anti-aircraft and naval gun batteries but again the submarine escaped unharmed. [1] German submarines sank two Dominican merchant marine ships in May 1942, after the Dominican Republic entered World War II on the side of the Allies. [16]

  5. List of sunken battleships - Wikipedia

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    Much like battlecruisers, battleships typically sank with large loss of life if and when they were destroyed in battle.The first battleship to be sunk by gunfire alone, [4] the Russian battleship Oslyabya, sank with half of her crew at the Battle of Tsushima when the ship was pummeled by a seemingly endless stream of Japanese shells striking the ship repeatedly, killing crew with direct hits ...

  6. Cuba during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Cuban-American soldiers. The history of Cuba during World War II begins in 1939. Because of Cuba's geographical position at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, Havana's role as the principal trading port in the West Indies, and the country's natural resources, Cuba was an important participant in the American Theater of World War II, and it was one of the greatest beneficiaries of the United ...

  7. List of United States Navy losses in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...

  8. List of battleships of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Ideally displacements will be as they were at either the end of the war, or when the ship was sunk. The battleship was a capital ship built in the first half of the 20th century. At the outbreak of war, large fleets of battleships—many inherited from the dreadnought era decades before—were considered one of the decisive forces in naval ...

  9. USS Reuben James (DD-245) - Wikipedia

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    USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a four-funnel Clemson-class destroyer that was constructed after World War I.She was the first United States Navy ship to be named after Boatswain's Mate Reuben James (c. 1776–1838), who had distinguished himself fighting in the First Barbary War, and was the first US Naval ship to be sunk by hostile action in the European Theater of World War II.