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- * military heraldry (given to the Adjutant General's Corps in 1962) [http://www.qmfound.com/army_heraldry.htm] In 1812 we sailed to war in ships my boatwrights built. I fought beside you in the deserts of our great Sout9 KB (1,371 words) - 20:22, 11 June 2010
- ...rl Harbor 2 June to begin picket duty on the Pacific barrier line. Through 1962, she has alternated periods of service on early warning duty with participa [[Category:United States Navy ships transferred to the United States Coast Guard]]4 KB (575 words) - 22:46, 12 June 2010
- ...ic tests at Johnston Island in the summer of 1958 and again in the fall of 1962. She sailed on Far East cruises during 1961 and 1963 and engaged in search [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]4 KB (625 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- ...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 ...encing the characteristic heavy weather of the North Atlantic. In 1959 and 1962 she made visits to Northern European and Mediterranean ports.8 KB (1,126 words) - 21:10, 2 July 2010
- ...t. Johns River]] to spend the next 15 years there in reserve. By 1 January 1962 she was berthed at [[Orange, Texas]] in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where s * {{cite web|title=''Menges''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m8/menges.htm|accessdate=March 19, 207 KB (1,084 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- ...ning home, engaged in [[antisubmarine]] patrol work off [[Gibraltar]] with ships of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...lantic]]. Sailing from [[Norfolk]] 24 March to search for [[U-boat]]s, the ships were rewarded with contact 7 April.9 KB (1,298 words) - 21:11, 2 July 2010
- ...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 ...and assigned to [[Key West, Florida]]. She operated from there until April 1962 when she was ordered to return to Philadelphia where she was again decommis9 KB (1,275 words) - 19:26, 2 July 2010
- |Ship flag={{USN flag|1962}} |Ship decommissioned=1 August 19627 KB (993 words) - 21:11, 2 July 2010
- ...ems. ''Kretchmer'' also made cruises to northern Europe in 1958, 1961, and 1962, and in August 1961 rescued six men from foundered [[Iceland]]ic fishing ve ...f the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], ''Kretchmer'' departed Newport 23 November 1962 for picket duty off the southern coast of the United States. While operatin8 KB (1,052 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- ...hog (weapon)|hedgehogs]]. The [[depth charge]] attacks with those of other ships of the group brought an oil slick and large amounts of debris to the surfac ...ually completing 67 tours as a picket vessel. While on station 20 February 1962, she was an emergency rescue link for Lt. Col. John Glenn’s three orbit s7 KB (1,037 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- ...y until the surrender of [[Germany]], her first [[convoy]] consisted of 24 ships bound for [[Taranto]], [[Italy]]. On 20 July, 4 days after reaching her des In late 1962, ''Roy O. Hale'' again prepared for inactivation. Decommissioned in April 16 KB (889 words) - 19:28, 2 July 2010
- ...he 13th, then sailed east, escorting convoy UGS-30 to [[Gibraltar]], where ships of the [[Royal Navy]] relieved [[CortDiv]] 23. Returning 23 February, she d ...exercises and operations in the Caribbean, including, in October-November 1962, participation in the [[Cuban Quarantine]]. In 1963 Rhodes was again ordere7 KB (1,030 words) - 19:28, 2 July 2010
- |Ship motto=''Frontier Guardian, In Peace, In War''<ref>Motto from Ships patch via Navsource.org</ref> During the remainder of 1961 and early 1962 ''Brough'' continued operating out of Key West to provide training to stude19 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
- ..., every precaution was taken to minimize damage and casualties, should the ships strike a mine. The American sailors maintained a state of readiness to repe The ships maintained a condition of modified general quarters and stationed armed gua17 KB (2,666 words) - 18:35, 2 July 2010
- {{For|other ships of the same name|USS Peterson}} ...convoy, ''Peterson'' was detached the following day to escort two merchant ships, which had collided, back to New York. En route to rejoin the convoy later13 KB (1,851 words) - 21:17, 2 July 2010
- ...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 ...at port to [[Argentia, Newfoundland]], and into the North Atlantic through 1962. In 1963 she served off of Cuba as a Radar Picket Ship tracking Russian Con9 KB (1,270 words) - 20:51, 2 July 2010
- ...ration. She continued intermittent patrols off [[Taiwan]] until 10 January 1962 when she steamed via Japan to resume patrol duty out of Guam. In November [ * [[List of United States Navy ships]]10 KB (1,475 words) - 21:09, 2 July 2010
- ''Barnegat''-class ships were very reliable and seaworthy and had good habitability, and the Coast G ...check point at the [[point of no return]], a relay point for messages from ships and aircraft, as a source of the latest weather information for passing air13 KB (1,891 words) - 20:42, 2 July 2010
- ...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships.. ''Barnegat''-class ships were very reliable and seaworthy and had good habitability, and the Coast G13 KB (1,787 words) - 20:43, 2 July 2010
