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  • |Ship out of service= ...d States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].
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  • |Ship out of service= ...head-on into a war, for they arrived almost simultaneously with the start of the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor. In the ensuing aerial melee, Willis
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  • |Ship out of service= ...er air attack on 26 November, ''Frederick C. Davis'' splashed at least two of the enemy aircraft.
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  • |Ship out of service= She was named after Captain [[Jacob Jones]], who assumed command of the [[Mediterranean]] Squadron in 1821. She was laid down 26 June 1942 by
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  • |Ship out of service= ...cort to [[North Africa]], arriving at [[Casablanca]] 13 August. By the end of the year, she had made two more runs to Casablanca, and was returning to [[
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  • |Ship out of service= ...bandoned, he remained in a [[turret]] holding a [[flashlight]] so that all of his men could see their way in order to escape. He himself did not make it
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  • |Ship out of service= ...named in honor of [[Herbert Charpoit Jones]], who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] posthumously for his brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[
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  • |Ship out of service= ...n [[Pearl Harbor]], for which he was posthumously awarded the Navy [[Medal of Honor]].
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  • |Ship out of service= She was named in honor of Chief Machinist’s Mate [[Eugene Blair]], who was awarded the [[Silver Sta
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  • |Ship out of service= 23 September 1968 She was named in honor of Admiral [[Thomas Snowden]] (1857-1930) who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] d
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  • |Ship out of service= She was named in honor of [[Robert Lee Pettit]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously. She
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  • |Ship out of service= ...Texas]]; launched 10 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Milton E. Ricketts, widow of ''Lieutenant Ricketts''; and commissioned 5 October 1943 at Houston, Lt. Co
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  • |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched on 12 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Genevieve Dahl, fiancĂ© of ''Ensign Sellstrom''; and commissioned on 12 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Willi
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  • |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched 31 August 1943; sponsored by Miss Betty Kretchmer, sister of ''Ens. Kretchmer''; and commissioned 13 December 1943, Lt. R. C. Wing, in c
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  • |Ship out of service= ...nvoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a [[radar picket]] ship.
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  • |Ship out of service= ...[[convoys]]. Post-war, she provided [[radar picket]] duty services as part of the [[Distant Early Warning Line]].
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  • |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched 23 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. M. H. Ray, Jr., widow of ''Lt. Ray'', and commissioned 28 February 1944, Lt. H. V. Tucker, Jr., in c
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  • |Ship out of service= |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship out of service= ...]. Post-war, she performed additional duties for the Navy, including those of a [[radar picket]] ship and a safety and support ship for [[Operation Deep
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  • |Ship out of service= ...[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] E. A. Coffin of the [[United States Coast Guard]] in command.
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