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- ...ed to DER-400. The special purpose of DER (Destroyer Escort Radar picket) ships was the detection of aircraft. Their chief role was to extend the [[Distan ...mber. She resumed her previous duties and operated off Southeast Asia into 1967.8 KB (1,126 words) - 21:10, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=Sold 6 September 1967, scrapped ...E. Peary'' and {{USS|Hammann|DE-131|2}} were diverted to aid two merchant ships which had collided. After the destroyer escorts rescued survivors, Hammann4 KB (634 words) - 19:25, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=Sunk as target off [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], 20 December 1967 ...e [[Cape Verde]] Islands on 30 September 1944, ''Fessenden'' and two other ships investigated a contact, making a [[depth charge]] attack late in the aftern8 KB (1,126 words) - 20:57, 2 July 2010
- ...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 ...ion]] worsened, and ''Howard D. Crow'' was one of several reserve training ships returned to active service to increase the nation's readiness. She conduct7 KB (993 words) - 21:11, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=Sold for scrap in April 1967 ...Yard]]. She was struck from the [[Navy List]] on 1 November 1965. In April 1967, she was towed from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], to the Peck Iron Metal9 KB (1,314 words) - 19:27, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=sunk as target off [[California]] 10 October 1967 ...S. Slocnm III in command; and, as the first of a new class of radar picket ships, she was redesignated DER-316. After intensive tests and vigorous tactical7 KB (940 words) - 21:09, 2 July 2010
- ...arted for further radar picket escort duties off Vietnam through 1966 into 1967. Her continued presence on the South China seacoasts delineated the commitm * [[List of United States Navy ships]]8 KB (1,052 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- ...]]., to [[Norfolk, Virginia]], to train pre-commissioning crews for sister ships of her division. Two weeks, later {{USS|Menges|DE-320}}, {{USS|Mosley|DE-32 ...broke in two and sank. [[Newell]] and Menges picked up 119 survivors. The ships then searched the area for additional survivors for three hours.12 KB (1,730 words) - 21:16, 2 July 2010
- ...ruise 31 August, ''Koiner'' commenced escort duty for United Kingdom-bound ships. From 20 September 1944 to 1 May 1945, the destroyer escort sailed with fiv ...her regular duties. The important work radar picket escort and her sister ships is an example of the diversified roles which the Navy must play in defendin7 KB (1,007 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=Sold for scrapping 30 March 1967 * [[List of United States Navy ships]]5 KB (641 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- ...tarctica]]. During the austral summer seasons of 1964 65, and 1966 67, and 1967 68, ''Mills'' took station to provide weather information and electronic na * [[List of United States Navy ships]]7 KB (933 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
- The [[transatlantic]] passage proved largely uneventful; but, as the Allied ships transited the Strait of Gibraltar, the British antiaircraft cruiser {{HMS|C ...{{convert|18|mi|km}} northeast of UGS-40. Two minutes later, the screening ships commenced their barrage. Observers in ''Wilhoite'' saw the attacking planes29 KB (4,342 words) - 18:30, 2 July 2010
- |Ship fate=Sold for scrap in 1967 |Ship motto=''Frontier Guardian, In Peace, In War''<ref>Motto from Ships patch via Navsource.org</ref>19 KB (2,719 words) - 20:51, 2 July 2010
- ''Vance'' next got underway on 12 April, with the other ships of CortDiv 45 and a Navy-manned destroyer escort division, to screen the 10 ...of Navy destroyers. Three days later, after an extensive hunt, the relief ships sank ''U-616''.14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:34, 2 July 2010
- ...63. This task force was engaged in escorting convoys of 60 to 80 merchant ships from United States ports to the Mediterranean Theatre. ...r each convoy, the SAVAGE and her sister ships safely escorted hundreds of ships loaded with vital war materials safely past the heavy enemy submarine and a11 KB (1,631 words) - 19:27, 2 July 2010
- .... She returned to Pearl Harbor 6 December, remained there until late April 1967, and then resumed patrol duty off South Vietnam. * [[List of United States Navy ships]]10 KB (1,475 words) - 21:09, 2 July 2010
- ...ef>This quote, from the ship{{'}}s ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entry (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b5/bering-strait-i.htm) is un ...ef>This quote, from the ship{{'}}s ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entry (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b5/bering-strait-i.htm) is un25 KB (3,600 words) - 20:49, 2 July 2010
- ...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships.]]{{main|USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)}} ...avy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS ''Cook Inlet'' (AVP-36), 1944-1948]9 KB (1,229 words) - 20:54, 2 July 2010
- ...metre|kilometers]]) away. The 45 torpedo boats were convoyed by the larger ships, refuelled while underway at sea, and successfully completed the voyage und ...d found her own speed reduced to 18 knots. This second echelon of Japanese ships, correctly surmising that the first had fallen upon some hard times, then f18 KB (2,680 words) - 18:31, 2 July 2010
- |Ship complement=215 (ships' company)<br/>367 (with aviation unit) ...This quote, from ''Yakutat''{{'}}s ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entry at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yakutat.htm, is unattribute18 KB (2,601 words) - 21:59, 1 July 2010
