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HNS Lonchi, D-56 (ex U.S.S. Hall DD-583)
USS Hall (DD-583) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Elijah Hall (1742–1830), who served in the Continental Navy under John Paul Jones. Hall entered service in 1943 and deployed to the Pacific theater. Following the war, the ship was placed in reserve until 1959, when she was sold to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Lonchi. The destroyer remained in service with the Hellenic Navy until 1990 and was scrapped in 1997.
HNS Lonchi, D-56 (ex U.S.S. Hall DD-583)
USS Hall (DD-583) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Elijah Hall (1742–1830), who served in the Continental Navy under John Paul Jones. Hall entered service in 1943 and deployed to the Pacific theater. Following the war, the ship was placed in reserve until 1959, when she was sold to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Lonchi. The destroyer remained in service with the Hellenic Navy until 1990 and was scrapped in 1997.
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SS Lane Victory is a Victory class transport, entered service as the war was ending in the pacific. She was used to transport Japanese troops back to the Home Islands. She was also in use in the Korean war.
SS Lane Victory stern deck gun
Generator control of the USS Cobia
USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245) is a Gato-class submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia. Cobia (SS-245) was laid down on 17 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 28 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Magruder), and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Becker in command.
Cobia was designated a National Historic Landmark for her service in World War II, which included service in the Pacific, where she earned four battle stars. She is now a museum ship at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
SS Lane Victory is a Victory class transport, entered service as the war was ending in the pacific. She was used to transport Japanese troops back to the Home Islands. She was also in use in the Korean war.
SS Lane Victory stern deck gun
Generator control of the USS Cobia
USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245) is a Gato-class submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia. Cobia (SS-245) was laid down on 17 March 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 28 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Magruder), and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Becker in command.
Cobia was designated a National Historic Landmark for her service in World War II, which included service in the Pacific, where she earned four battle stars. She is now a museum ship at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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40 mm quad-mounted guns firing during battle practice aboard the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) while the ship was shaking down in October 1943. The view looks forward along the ship's port side, with a 5"/38 twin gun mount beyond the 40 mm guns.
USS Beale (DD-471) plan view forward, taken at the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, 13 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.
40 mm quad-mounted guns firing during battle practice aboard the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) while the ship was shaking down in October 1943. The view looks forward along the ship's port side, with a 5"/38 twin gun mount beyond the 40 mm guns.
USS Beale (DD-471) plan view forward, taken at the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, 13 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.
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The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CG-4) steaming with USS Saratoga (CV-60) and other units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, en route to an anchorage near Gaeta, Italy, on 16 March 1976. The ships were returning from a training exercise. The cruiser in the background is probably USS Dale (CG-19).
The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock (CG-4) steaming with USS Saratoga (CV-60) and other units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, en route to an anchorage near Gaeta, Italy, on 16 March 1976. The ships were returning from a training exercise. The cruiser in the background is probably USS Dale (CG-19).
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USS Smith (DD-378) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, USN
On 15 October, she was assigned to TF 16 composed of the aircraft carrier Enterprise and battleship South Dakota. TF 16 departed Pearl Harbor on war patrol, on 16 October, and was joined the following week by the cruisers Portland and San Juan with their destroyer screen.
The task force was operating northwest of the New Hebrides Islands when, on 24 October, it was notified that a Japanese carrier force was converging on Guadalcanal. Task Force 17 (TF17), the aircraft carrier Hornet and her accompanying cruiser-destroyer screen, joined TF 16 and the merged force was designated TF 61.
On 26 October, scout planes from Enterprise located the Japanese force. At 0944, the first Japanese planes were sighted and Hornet was hit by bombs 30 minutes later. At 1125, Smith was attacked by a formation of 20 torpedo planes. Twenty minutes later, a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into her forecastle, causing a heavy explosion.
According to one version, the torpedo carried by the plane had not exploded on impact, but did so some time later. This caused even more damage and casualties The forward part of the ship was enveloped in a sheet of smoke and flame from bursting gasoline tanks and the bridge had to be abandoned. The entire forward deckhouse was aflame, making topside forward of number one stack untenable. Smith's gunners downed six of the planes. By early afternoon, the crew had extinguished all of the fires forward—largely assisted by her Commanding Officer's decision to steer the burning ship into the wake of South Dakota. With 57 killed or missing, 12 wounded, her magazines flooded, and temporary loss of steering control from the pilothouse, Smith retained her position in the screen with all serviceable guns firing. Action was broken off in the evening, and Smith headed to Noumea for temporary repairs. She was patched up and underway for Pearl Harbor on 5 November. At Pearl Harbor, she underwent a yard overhaul and sea trials that lasted into February 1943. USS Smith was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for continuing to fight despite crippling damage to the ship.
USS Smith, DD-378, refueling from USS South Dakota, BB-57, 28 October 1942. Her two forward guns and superstructure are burned out from a Japanese Nakajima B5N torpedo planethat crashed into her 2 days earlier, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
USS Smith (DD-378) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, USN
On 15 October, she was assigned to TF 16 composed of the aircraft carrier Enterprise and battleship South Dakota. TF 16 departed Pearl Harbor on war patrol, on 16 October, and was joined the following week by the cruisers Portland and San Juan with their destroyer screen.
The task force was operating northwest of the New Hebrides Islands when, on 24 October, it was notified that a Japanese carrier force was converging on Guadalcanal. Task Force 17 (TF17), the aircraft carrier Hornet and her accompanying cruiser-destroyer screen, joined TF 16 and the merged force was designated TF 61.
On 26 October, scout planes from Enterprise located the Japanese force. At 0944, the first Japanese planes were sighted and Hornet was hit by bombs 30 minutes later. At 1125, Smith was attacked by a formation of 20 torpedo planes. Twenty minutes later, a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into her forecastle, causing a heavy explosion.
According to one version, the torpedo carried by the plane had not exploded on impact, but did so some time later. This caused even more damage and casualties The forward part of the ship was enveloped in a sheet of smoke and flame from bursting gasoline tanks and the bridge had to be abandoned. The entire forward deckhouse was aflame, making topside forward of number one stack untenable. Smith's gunners downed six of the planes. By early afternoon, the crew had extinguished all of the fires forward—largely assisted by her Commanding Officer's decision to steer the burning ship into the wake of South Dakota. With 57 killed or missing, 12 wounded, her magazines flooded, and temporary loss of steering control from the pilothouse, Smith retained her position in the screen with all serviceable guns firing. Action was broken off in the evening, and Smith headed to Noumea for temporary repairs. She was patched up and underway for Pearl Harbor on 5 November. At Pearl Harbor, she underwent a yard overhaul and sea trials that lasted into February 1943. USS Smith was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for continuing to fight despite crippling damage to the ship.
USS Smith, DD-378, refueling from USS South Dakota, BB-57, 28 October 1942. Her two forward guns and superstructure are burned out from a Japanese Nakajima B5N torpedo planethat crashed into her 2 days earlier, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
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March 1st, 2020. A convoy comprised of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), right, the vehicle carrier MV Resolve, center, and the Military Sea Lift Command (MSC) roll-on roll-off cargo ship USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306) steam in formation
March 1st, 2020. A convoy comprised of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), right, the vehicle carrier MV Resolve, center, and the Military Sea Lift Command (MSC) roll-on roll-off cargo ship USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306) steam in formation
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Palm trees form a picturesque setting for USS Saratoga (CV 3) in Pedro Miquel Locks, Panama Canal, Canal Zone, 21 January 1935.
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USS Connecticut (BB-18) Running speed trials off the Maine coast, 1906. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Note sailors crowding the rails, watching the photographer's boat, which is about to be swamped by the battleship's bow wave. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
"The Great White Fleet" Painting by John Charles Roach, 1984, depicting U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming at sea during their 1907-1909 World cruise. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
USS Missouri (Battleship #11), passing a point just north of Gold Hill, going south, Panama Canal, July 16, 1915. Collection of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. (6/5/2015).
USS Pennsylvania (BB 38), transiting the Panama Canal, at Gatun Lake, after refurbishment, 21 August 1931.
USS Texas (BB-35). In the Gatun Locks, while transiting the Panama Canal en route to the U.S. east coast, 21 June 1937. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Arrival of USS Missouri (BB 63) as she goes through the Panama Canal, en-route from the Pacific to New York City for Navy day. The giant ship passed through the Miraflores Locks without mishap, 13 October 1945.
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USS Randolph (CV 15) showing damage to flight deck resulting from a crash of a Japanese plane, taken by plane from USS Miami (CL 89) at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, March 13, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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USS Nicholas (DD 449) meets a Japanese destroyer carrying Emissaries for the Peace Treaty, photographed by USS Essex (CV-9), PHOM1/C P.J. Madden and ARM1/C J.W. Wagner, August 27, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USS Arizona (BB-39). Pitching in heavy seas during the 1930s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Japanese “midget” submarine – type “A Ko-hyoteki ” designed primarily for surprise short-range attacks on enemy ports.
Edit: https://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/japanese-submarine-attack-on-sydney-harbour/
Edit: https://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/japanese-submarine-attack-on-sydney-harbour/
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