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...orps is the U.S. Army's oldest logistics branch, established 16 June 1775. On that date the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution providing for ...nstream media. The Global [[War on Terrorism]], the September 11th attack on the Pentagon as well as operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought sev

...L. Lansing, widow of AD1 Lansing, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 10 November 1943 with Lieutenant Commander S. R. Sands in command. ...ship ''G. S. Walden'' was damaged by a [[torpedo]] fired from a [[U-boat]] on 12 May.

|Ship fate=sunk as a target off [[California]] on 24 February 1982 ...fe]] attacked. About 35 bombers and torpedo planes struck in a coordinated attack, and were repulsed by accurate gunnery and evasive chemical smoke. ''Hissem

...er, he reported to Pensacola Naval Air Station for flight instruction and, on 14 August 1940, emerged with his aviator's wings. ...ved almost simultaneously with the start of the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor. In the ensuing aerial melee, Willis and his gunner were among the American

...ho was killed during the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]]), she was the first U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. ...[Europe]], on the first three month long deployment escorting [[convoy]]s. On the night of 20 April her convoy, UGS 38, while off the coast of [[Algiers]

...Davis (a naval aviator who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), she was the first U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. ...ircraft]] fire before further damage could be done. Again under air attack on 26 November, ''Frederick C. Davis'' splashed at least two of the enemy airc

|Ship caption=USS ''Leopold'' (DE-319) launching at Orange, Texas on 12 June 1943 |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy action on 10 March 1944

...cean]] and provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...le escorting this convoy, ''Jacob Jones'' made her first [[antisubmarine]] attack 7 August firing 13 [[depth charges]] in two attacks. She arrived [[Casablan

...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...esigned for the double load, brought him to safety amid constant danger of attack by [[Austria]]n planes.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...l of Honor]] when he sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941. When his ship was being abandoned, he remained in a [[t

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ously for his brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 19 January 1943 by the [[Consolidated Ste

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...rk]] for replenishment and repairs before joining a new convoy at Norfolk. On 3 April 1944, she sailed for Casablanca once more, this time in a [[Hunter-

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...important supply convoys in the Atlantic. After a short stay in Casablanca harbor, the group was sent by Admiral [[Royal E. Ingersoll]] to search for German

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...lost his life for his brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], for which he was posthumously awarded the Navy [[Medal of Honor]].

|Ship fate=Sunk as target off [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], 20 December 1967 ...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].

...at]]s. During the months that followed, ''Inch'' took part in many attacks on [[submarine]]s. ...SS|Frost|DE-144}} and {{USS|Huse|DE-145}}, made a contact and proceeded to attack. After over 40 depth charges, the submarine surfaced, signaling [[SOS]]. Su

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...y 1943 at [[Orange, Texas]], by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp.; launched on 6 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...SS|Boise|CL-47}} during the [[Battle of Cape Esperance]], [[Guadalcanal]], on the night of 11–12 October 1942. He gave up his life in an attempt to rea

...]], and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ecember 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William North Sturtevant; and commissioned on 16 June 1943, Lt. Comdr. Frederick W. Hawes in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...earl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Seaman Moore'' remained at his station on [[antiaircraft]] gun No. 1 in spite of orders to take cover when the Japane

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ed on 28 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. O. L. Hammonds; and commissioned on 27 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. H. A. Hull in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...n and utter disregard of personal danger in the effort to repel the attack on the Naval Air Station, [[Kaneohe Bay]], [[Oahu]].

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...nched on 21 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Deason; and commissioned on 16 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. [[Edmund Ernest García]] in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...19 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Halford R. Greenlee; and commissioned on 23 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. A. Jackson, Jr., [[USNR]], in command. At war's

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...adron and, the next year, the North Atlantic Squadron until his retirement on 1 August 1894.

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...e States of America|Confederate]] forces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 October 1862 and died the same day.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...' 29 March. In the surprise [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941, ''Maryland'' was moored inboard of ''[[USS Oklahoma (BB-

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...the southwest Pacific. In December 1945 she operated from [[Pearl Harbor]] on a weather patrol.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...here she joined a convoy destined for [[North Africa]]. The convoy cleared on the 14th, but ''Ricketts'' delayed her departure until the following day to

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...by Miss Genevieve Dahl, fiancé of ''Ensign Sellstrom''; and commissioned on 12 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. William L. Maloney, [[USCG]], in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ed when she collided with {{SS|William T. Barry}}<ref name=USNChron1943 /> on a foggy night off the [[Virginia Capes]]. Repairs were completed at [[Ports

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ened shipping bound for [[Naples, Italy]], in preparation for the assaults on southern France. After returning to the United States 16 July, the escort s

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...was named in honor of Ensign Philip Michael Joyce who was killed in action on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of [[Darwin, Australia]]. She was laid

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she was converted to a [[radar ...ck who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 5 June 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Co

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post war, she served in various capacitie ...20 April 1944, [[Germany|German]] planes hit the convoy with a [[torpedo]] attack. At 2100 five planes were reported about six miles distant dead ahead. Four

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She returned home proudly at war’s end ...Jr., who was killed in the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Co., [[

|Ship fate=Sunk as target off California on 12 January 1977 ...wed by the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] and also served as a [[radar picket]] ship on the [[Distant Early Warning Line]].

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she was loaned to the [[U.S. Co ...essation of hostilities in Europe she began preparations for Pacific duty. On February 11, 1945, ''Koiner'' likely helped sink [[U-869]].

...ean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in oth ...on 2 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Everett Strickland; and commissioned on 10 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. J. Hopkins in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she provided [[radar picket]] d ...oy O. Hale, mother of ''Lieutenant (junior grade) Hale''; and commissioned on 3 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. William W. Bowie, [[USNR]], in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...aly]]. After two voyages to [[Italy]] she departed [[New York]] 20 October on the first of five voyages to the [[British Isles]] and [[France]]. Besides

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed other tasks with ...y]] headed across the Atlantic and into the [[Mediterranean]]. Before dawn on 1 April, [[Nazi]] bombers and [[torpedo]] planes led in by flare-dropping s

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed additional duties ...until 10 January 1944 when she began [[transatlantic]] convoy escort duty. On her second voyage into the [[Mediterranean]], Mills’ convoy was attacked

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...7 December 1941 during the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. She was laid down 19 April 1943 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was called up again for duty ...osition when she depth charged a suspected [[submarine]] contact and fired on two [[aircraft]]. Her alert action helped prevent damage or loss to the shi

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she continued an active life, se ...vessel crews, ''Chambers'' cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 13 February 1944 on the first of eight [[convoy]] escort crossings to [[North Africa]]n ports f

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...er 1941, as a result of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. She was laid down 1 July 1943 by the [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houst

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...upon making sonar contact, ''Janssen'', aided by other escorts, closed in on the enemy firing over 40 [[depth charges]], in three separate attacks. Fina

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. .... Wilhoite, the mother of ''Ensign Wilhoite''; and commissioned at Houston on 16 December 1943, Lt. Eli B. Roth in command.

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ''Cockrill'' cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 23 February 1944 on [[convoy]] escort duty for [[Casablanca]], returning to [[New York]] 5 Apri

...Mrs. Joseph W. Vance, mother of the late Lt. (jg.) Vance; and commissioned on 1 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. E.A. Anderson, USCG, in command. ...anca with GUS-33 for the return voyage and put into the New York Navy Yard on the 23d for availability.

|Ship fate=Fire on 16 April 1992, no longer operational |Ship length={{convert|306|ft|m|abbr=on}}

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. At war’s end she returned home proudly ...of the group, and joining in sinking [[German submarine U-488|''U-488'']] on 26 April, when she and three other escorts attacked after the [[submarine]]

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...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...]], 17 September 1920, for his courageous actions during a Japanese attack on his ship. Marchand was posthumously awarded the [[Silver Star]] for his cou

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...es]] and the disposition of its surrendered military equipment. She served on occupation duty in the [[Marshall Islands|Marshalls]] until 6 January 1946

|Ship fate=sunk as target off California on 25 October 1982 ...ard crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG. On 18 November, 1943, she was underway for Bermuda, British West Indies, for h

|Ship fate=Donated as a [[museum ship]] to [[Galveston, Texas]] on 25 June 1974. ...n 22 November; sponsored by Mrs. William A. Porteos, Jr.; and commissioned on 31 May 1943, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[B. C. Turner]], [[United States Nav

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ns of the United States Naval Service. Swenning died just a few days later on December 1 1942 and was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his val

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...|Arizona|BB-39}} during the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. She was launched 30 August 1943 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...rded the [[Medal of Honor]] posthumously for his heroic efforts under fire on the [[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]]. She was launched by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co

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...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...o Island]] in the Eastern [[Solomons]] on August 9, 1942. It was laid down on July 29, 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]]; launched

...n]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was assigned additional duti ..., towed by rescue tug {{HMS|Mindful}}, into [[Algiers]], before continuing on to [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]]. She then escorted a return convoy to the [[Uni

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...2) off [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 30 March 1944, the day before she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] |Ship namesake=[[Yakutat Bay]] on the southern coast of [[Alaska]]

...off [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on her [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] day, 15 June 1943 |Ship namesake=[[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]], on the coast of [[California]] south of [[San Francisco, California|San Franci

...off [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 21 August 1944 |Ship namesake=[[Barataria Bay]], also "Barrataria Bay", on the coast of [[Louisiana]]

...e was renamed ''Big Horn'' and given the [[hull designation symbol]] AO-45 on 3 April 1942. Her conversion began at the [[Bethlehem Shipyard]] in [[Broo ...ousands of sealed empty drums in her cargo tanks. That work was completed on 22 July 1942.

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...igital versions of the ''Britannica'' have been developed, both online and on [[optical media]]. Since the early 1930s, the ''Britannica'' has developed ...clopedias were translated into English, such as ''De proprietatibus rerum (On the properties of things)'' (1240) by [[Bartholomeus Anglicus]]. However, E

* 1941 - The [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] results in 2402 US deaths with 1282 inj ...inate President [[Harry S. Truman]] at [[Blair House]] in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 1950.

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...ive war is distinct from [[preemptive war]], which is first strike when an attack is imminent.<ref name="Taming American Power, Stephen M. Walt, pp 224">Tami ...appealed to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for help, but was rebuffed on the grounds that "movements of conquest by Germany will continue and will e