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• National Fire Protection Association
  ...arged with creating and maintaining minimum standards and requirements for fire prevention and suppression activities, training, and equipment, as well as ...ith the stated purpose of standardizing the new and burgeoning market of [[fire sprinkler]] systems. The scope of the NFPA's influence grew from sprinklers
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• Nuclear War Survival Skills
  * [[Fire protection]]
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...e ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[antiaircraft]] fire before further damage could be done. Again under air attack on 26 November, ...fter providing protection from [[submarine]]s and aircraft to ships giving fire support to the assault on the 22d, ''Frederick C. Davis'' maintained a patr
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...r II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...teristics of enemy radio-directed glider bombs. As a result of these under-fire investigations, ''Herbert C. Jones'' and her sister ship [[USS Frederick C.
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...Junkers Ju 88|Ju. 88's]], came in low and fast; but the heavy antiaircraft fire of the escorts drove off their attackers with no loss to themselves.
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• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ornier 217's]] and [[Junkers Ju 88|Ju. 88's]] attacked. ''Stanton'' opened fire on a plane which crossed her bow and later had a stick of bombs fall close
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...rved in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...e. ''Swasey'' managed to close within {{convert|20|yd}} of Turner, and all fire hoses were brought to bear on Turner's flames, but the water was ineffectiv
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  ...rved in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...Sellstrom's'' convoy. Evasive maneuvering and a screen of [[antiaircraft]] fire, however, kept the five two-engined bombers' score to one burned merchant s
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...South Vietnam by sea. Her motor [[whaleboat]] came under heavy small arms fire during a roundup operation in November. No American casualties resulted and
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...000 yards to her stern. A screening escort, {{USS|Gandy|DE-764|6}}, opened fire and rammed the after section of the U-boat. ''Joyce'', Gandy, and {{USS|Pet
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...oyer]]. ''Mosley'' laid covering smoke and opened up with [[antiaircraft]] fire during the strikes. Her guns splashed one [[Ju-88]] and damaged another Ger
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• USS Newell (DE-322)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post ...D-426}}. All starboard 20 millimeter guns and the 40 millimeter gun opened fire. Three of the 20s and the 40s were hitting the after plane repeatedly and i
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• USS Falgout (DE-324)
  ...r II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post ...k by [[Germany|German]] aircraft. Before the concentrated [[antiaircraft]] fire of ''Falgout'' and the other escorts could drive them off, they blew up an
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• USS Richey (DE-385)
  ...[[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...l, ''Richey'' rescued 32 men from two tankers that had collided and caught fire, [[SS Nasbulk]] and [[SS St. Mihiel]].
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...[[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. The heavy antiaircraft fire from the convoy's escorts and the support by friendly fighters downed an es
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• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  ...r II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...at sea, pumping 12,000 gallons of fuel through a fire plug and 200 feet of fire hose to the submarine.
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• USS Frost (DE-144)
  ...r II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. At w ...''Stanton'' illuminated [[German submarine U-1235|''U-1235'']] and opened fire. They pressed home a [[depth charge]] attack when the submarine dived, and
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• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  ...e surface at 14:00. ''Gandy'' opened fire on the [[U-boat]] which returned fire until rammed with a glancing blow by ''Gandy'' two minutes later. ''Peterso ...her task group in the event American citizens in [[Havana]] might need her protection. She returned to Key West 6 January and continued services for the Fleet So
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ard the decommissioned {{USS|Newell|DE-322|2}}, while the brief at sea gun fire and depth charge scene was actually the ''Camp'' (note the open rear gun mo
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...[[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...r the mouth of the [[Co Chien]] River in the [[Mekong Delta]]. A chase and fire fight followed, during which the cutter forced the enemy trawler aground. T
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• USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243)
  ...the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...s awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] posthumously for his heroic efforts under fire on the [[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]]. She was launched by [[Brown Shipbuilding]]
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