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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...p was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis (14 January 1917 - 7 December 1941). He enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a seaman 2d class at Minneapolis. Wil ...V-6}}, and flew Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers until early in December 1941. On the morning of 7 December, as ''Enterprise'' was returning from Wake Is
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  ...sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941. When his ship was being abandoned, he remained in a [[turret]] holding a * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 19 January 1943 by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Or * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Inch (DE-146)
  ...the [[Atlantic]], built around escort carrier {{USS|Croatan|CVE-25}}. The ships sailed 24 March for the [[convoy]] lanes to search for German [[U-boat]]s. ...ored another kill, this time on German submarine [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']]. ''Inch'' remained on this vital duty, so important in stoppin
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...Navy Cross]] for his brave actions when, at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Seaman Moore'' remained at his station on [[antiaircraft]] gun No. 1 in * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...illed in action during the Japanese attack at [[Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941. He received a citation for prompt and efficient action and utter disregard * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ...90|''U-490'']]. On 3 July, Frost and Inch killed [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']] ''Snowden'' put a boat in the water, and it collected such deb ...At 0114 the next morning, there was an even larger explosion, which shook ships 12 miles away, followed by several minor ones. That was the end of [[German
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  ...urprise [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941, ''Maryland'' was moored inboard of ''[[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]]'' and receiv ...ls. In 1957, she took part in important [[NATO]] exercises with almost 50 ships from a dozen countries and in 1958 the versatile ship acted as communicatio
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• USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  ...led in action during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 5 June 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, T * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Pride (DE-323)
  ...in the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Co., [[Orange, Texas]], 12 ...n]] planes attacked Convoy UGS–38 at dusk off [[Algiers]], and sank five ships, including a transport carrying 500 soldiers, and destroyer {{USS|Lansdale|
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• USS Richey (DE-385)
  She was named in honor of ensign Joseph Lee Richey who was killed 7 December 1941 during the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. She was * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Chambers (DE-391)
  ...n Russell Franklyn Chambers who was reported missing in action 27 December 1941 after an engagement with the enemy over [[Jolo]] in the [[Philippines]]. Sh * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Merrill (DE-392)
  ...honor of Ensign Howard Deel Merrill who was declared dead as of 7 December 1941, as a result of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]
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• USS Daniel (DE-335)
  ...Marine Corps Reserve]] 9 June 1941. Joining {{USS|Hornet|CV-8}} 19 October 1941, he remained on board that ship until his death 2 days after the action off [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]
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• USS Frost (DE-144)
  ...[torpedo]] ''Frost'', resulted in the sinking of [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']]. * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  ...al Reserve]] 20 January 1941 and was appointed a naval aviator 29 December 1941. Attached to Patrol Squadron 44, Ensign Camp was killed in action 7 June 19 ...om [[New York]] to ports of the [[United Kingdom]], guarding convoys whose ships brought troops and mountains of equipment and supplies for the buildup and
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• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  |Ship laid down=23 July 1941 ...ong Kiet'' and pennant number HQ-16 are confirmed by ''Jane{{'s}} Fighting Ships 1973-1974'', p. 592, and the United States Coast Guard Historian's Office a
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  |Ship laid down=23 July 1941 ...] Robert L. Moon, Jr.. ''Absecon'' was unique among the ''Barnegat''-class ships in that she was the only one fitted with an [[aircraft catapult]] and [[cra
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship complement=215 (ships' company)<br/>367 (with aviation unit) ...n the [[battleship]] {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37}} (BB-37) was sunk on 7 December 1941 at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], and was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  |Ship launched=15 November 1941 |Ship completed=December 1941
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