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|Ship fate=Sunk by [[German submarine U-546|''U-546'']], 24 April 1945 ...d medium [[bomber]]s damaged three ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[antiaircraft]] fire before further damage could be done. Aga

...nsolidated Steel]] Corp., Ltd., [[Orange, Texas]], 7 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Mary Young Blakely, niece of ''Rear Admiral Blakely''; and commissione ...January 1944, and a third during February through March 1944, as American ships began the great buildup in [[Europe]].

|Ship fate=Sunk as target off [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], 20 December 1967 ...9 March 1943 by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. R. K. Fessenden, daughter-in-law of ''Professor Fessenden''; and commi

|Ship fate=Sunk as target off [[Newport, Rhode Island]], 27 June 1969 ...g]] Co., Inc., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 19 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Halford R. Greenlee; and commissioned on 23 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. A.

|Ship fate=Scrapped or sunk as target ...uilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 21 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Burrell, and commissioned on 7 August 1943 Lt. Comdr. C. S.

...ipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 18 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Catherine Stokes; and commissioned on 31 August 1943, Lt. H. M. Godsey ...convoy UGS-37 en route to [[Bizerte]]. The convoy consisted of 60 merchant ships and six [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]s. The crossing was uneventful until the

...5 June 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]], sponsored by Mrs. Genevieve Kirkpatrick, widow of Captain Kirkpatrick, and commissioned ...mmed a [[Germany|German]] [[submarine]] [[U-550]] after the [[U-boat]] had sunk tanker [[SS Pan Pennsylvania]]. Eleven prisoners from the sunken enemy subm

|Ship fate=Sunk as target off California on 12 January 1977 ...nd air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she was borrowed by the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] and also served as a [[radar picket]] ship on the

..., by the [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co.; launched on 5 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Corinne M. Wilhoite, the mother of ''Ensign Wilhoite''; and commission ...er]] area to pick up Convoy UGS-40 in [[Hampton Roads]] late in April, led by the [[USCGC Campbell (WPG-32)|2]].

...ing the tactics of surface and air forces in combined operations against [[submarines]]. ...1 March 1943 by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. Holloway H. Frost, widow of Commander Frost; and commissioned 30 Augus

...of the Forward Repair Party of the {{USS|New Orleans|CA-32}}, when struck by a torpedo during the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] 30 November 1942 which deto ...ilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 13 September 1943; sponsored by Miss Hertha Rhode; and commissioned on 1 December 1943, Lt. Richard E. Peek

|Total ships building= |Total ships planned=85

...{{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Wainwright'' was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|30|knots ...ful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.

...an international incident at the beginning of the war, and was later sunk by a [[U-boat]]. ...and was given extra watertight integrity — in case she was torpedoed — by the installation of thousands of sealed empty drums in her cargo tanks. Th

|Ship acquired= by the USS Navy, 29 December 1941 |Ship out of service= 9 September 1942 (sunk by torpedo)

...netheless, the Mark 14 played a major role in the devastating blow US Navy submarines dealt to the [[Japan]]ese naval and merchant marine forces during the [[Pac By the end of World War II, the Mark 14 torpedo was a reliable weapon which re

...mately 4,000 torpedoes were produced, sinking 37 and damaging a further 18 submarines out of a total of 204 fired. The torpedo was also supplied to the [[United ...oportional and HUSL non-proportional steering system had been demonstrated by July 1942.

|caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. ...e World War I era, and hence this is what writers are usually referring to by "3 inch AA gun".