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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...p was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis (14 January 1917 - 7 December 1941). He enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a seaman 2d class at Minneapolis. Wil ...V-6}}, and flew Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers until early in December 1941. On the morning of 7 December, as ''Enterprise'' was returning from Wake Is
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  ...sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941. When his ship was being abandoned, he remained in a [[turret]] holding a * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...brave actions during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 19 January 1943 by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Or * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Inch (DE-146)
  ...the [[Atlantic]], built around escort carrier {{USS|Croatan|CVE-25}}. The ships sailed 24 March for the [[convoy]] lanes to search for German [[U-boat]]s. ...ored another kill, this time on German submarine [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']]. ''Inch'' remained on this vital duty, so important in stoppin
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...Navy Cross]] for his brave actions when, at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Seaman Moore'' remained at his station on [[antiaircraft]] gun No. 1 in * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...illed in action during the Japanese attack at [[Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941. He received a citation for prompt and efficient action and utter disregard * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ...90|''U-490'']]. On 3 July, Frost and Inch killed [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']] ''Snowden'' put a boat in the water, and it collected such deb ...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
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  ...urprise [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] 7 December 1941, ''Maryland'' was moored inboard of ''[[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]]'' and receiv ...ls. In 1957, she took part in important [[NATO]] exercises with almost 50 ships from a dozen countries and in 1958 the versatile ship acted as communicatio
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• USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  ...led in action during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. She was launched 5 June 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, T * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Pride (DE-323)
  ...in the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Co., [[Orange, Texas]], 12 ...n]] planes attacked Convoy UGS–38 at dusk off [[Algiers]], and sank five ships, including a transport carrying 500 soldiers, and destroyer {{USS|Lansdale|
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• USS Richey (DE-385)
  She was named in honor of ensign Joseph Lee Richey who was killed 7 December 1941 during the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. She was * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Chambers (DE-391)
  ...n Russell Franklyn Chambers who was reported missing in action 27 December 1941 after an engagement with the enemy over [[Jolo]] in the [[Philippines]]. Sh * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Merrill (DE-392)
  ...honor of Ensign Howard Deel Merrill who was declared dead as of 7 December 1941, as a result of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]
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• USS Daniel (DE-335)
  ...Marine Corps Reserve]] 9 June 1941. Joining {{USS|Hornet|CV-8}} 19 October 1941, he remained on board that ship until his death 2 days after the action off [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]
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• USS Frost (DE-144)
  ...[torpedo]] ''Frost'', resulted in the sinking of [[German submarine U-154 (1941)|''U-154'']]. * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  ...al Reserve]] 20 January 1941 and was appointed a naval aviator 29 December 1941. Attached to Patrol Squadron 44, Ensign Camp was killed in action 7 June 19 ...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
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• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  |Ship laid down=23 July 1941 ...ong Kiet'' and pennant number HQ-16 are confirmed by ''Jane{{'s}} Fighting Ships 1973-1974'', p. 592, and the United States Coast Guard Historian's Office a
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  |Ship laid down=23 July 1941 ...] Robert L. Moon, Jr.. ''Absecon'' was unique among the ''Barnegat''-class ships in that she was the only one fitted with an [[aircraft catapult]] and [[cra
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship complement=215 (ships' company)<br/>367 (with aviation unit) ...n the [[battleship]] {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37}} (BB-37) was sunk on 7 December 1941 at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], and was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  |Ship launched=15 November 1941 |Ship completed=December 1941
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• USS Casco (AVP-12)
  |Ship launched=15 November 1941 |Ship commissioned=27 December 1941
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• USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372)
  ...f the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships and her [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioning]] in 1969. |Ship launched=17 March 1941
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• USS Humboldt (AVP-21)
  |Ship launched=17 March 1941 |Ship commissioned=7 October 1941
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  |Ship laid down= 23 July 1941 ...Absecon (AVP-23)|USS ''Absecon'' (AVP-23)]]. She was laid down on 23 July 1941 by [[Lake Washington Shipyard]] at [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]], [[Was
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• USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)
  ...f the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship laid down=15 August 1941
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• USS Coos Bay (AVP-25)
  |Ship laid down=15 August 1941 ''Coos Bay'' (AVP-25) was laid down on 15 August 1941 by [[Lake Washington Shipyards]], [[Houghton, Washington]], and was launche
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• USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377)
  ...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships. |Ship laid down=30 June 1941
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• USS Rockaway (AVP-29)
  |Ship laid down=30 June 1941 ''Rockaway'' was laid down on 30 June 1941 by [[Associated Shipbuilders, Inc.]], at [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...f the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship launched=23 May 1941
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship launched=23 May 1941 |Ship commissioned=3 July 1941
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• USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)
  ...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships. |Ship laid down=23 July 1941
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• USS Manhasset (AG-47)
  |Ship acquired= by the Navy in 1941 ...S. Maritime Commission]] from her owner, Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., in 1941; transferred under time charter to the Navy 2 January 1942; renamed ''Manha
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• USS Monomoy (AG-40)
  |Ship owner=1918: {{USSB|first=only}}<br>before 1941: Steel Products Transportation Company, [[Buffalo, New York]] |Ship acquired= 15 September 1941 as ''J. Floyd Massey, Jr.''
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• USS Obstructor (ACM-7)
  ...e first coast artillery officer killed ([[Hickam Field]], Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941)<ref>http://www.nps.gov/valr/historyculture/us-army.htm | National Park Ser * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Muskeget (AG-48)
  |Ship acquired= by the USS Navy, 29 December 1941 ...poration]], [[Sparrows Point, Maryland]]; acquired by the Navy 29 December 1941 from Eastern Shipbuilding Lines, Inc., [[Boston, Massachusetts]]; converted
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• Casco class seaplane tender
  |Built range=1941&ndash; |Total ships building=
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...'Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 October 1941 ....history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rockaway.htm).</ref> [[Seattle, Washington]] (4 ships)
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• Arc Welding
  ...= "Weld It!" - TIME Magazine | accessdate = 2008-11-07 | work=Time | date=1941-12-15}}</ref> Arc welding was first applied to aircraft during the war as ...sten arc welding]], after decades of development, was finally perfected in 1941 and [[gas metal arc welding]] followed in 1948, allowing for fast welding o
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• USCGC Triton (WPC-116)
  ...reasury]] to the [[United States Navy]], ''Triton'' and five of her sister ships were turned over to the Navy. This action occurred simultaneously with the ...duties. At the time of the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941, ''Triton'' was operating out of Key West. In or around February 1942, ''Tr
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• 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
  ...n shore as coastal artillery.<ref name=NHC>{{cite web | title = Greek Navy Ships -- Lemnos | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/greece/grksh- ...ey were fired during the [[Battle of Greece|German invasion of Greece]] in 1941.
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• 15 cm SK C/28
  ...may have designated as the ''Drh. LC/40'', but development ceased when the ships were canceled in 1939.<ref name=c/><ref name=n>{{cite web|url=http://www.na ...anone 18]] in Mörserlafette'' exceeded the available number of barrels in 1941 and eight ''SK C/28'' barrels were adapted for use on the carriages as the
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  ...econd London Naval Treaty|Treaty battleships]]. It was first introduced in 1941 aboard their [[North Carolina class battleship|''North Carolina''-class]] [ ...classes, despite the fact that the ''North Carolina'' and ''South Dakota'' ships were [[treaty battleship]]s. Only the [[Yamato class battleship|''Yamato''-
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  ...primary shipborne light AA weapon, and equipped a large variety of German ships. The C/30 was also used experimentally as an aircraft weapon, notably on th ...e overall weight of the gun to a mere 276.0&nbsp;kg. Production started in 1941 and entered service in 1942.
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941 ...ns removed from destroyers were mounted on [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]] like [[SS Stephen Hopkins|SS ''Stephen Hopkins'']].<ref name="Campbell 19
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• 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
  ==Ships mounting 5"/25 caliber guns== *{{USS|Pensacola|CA-24}}<ref name=F9>Fahey 1941 p.9</ref>
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  ...ectiveness by the Marines during the [[Battle of Wake Island]] in December 1941. * [[USCG Tampa Class Cutter]]s<ref name="fahey42">Fahey 1941 p. 42</ref>
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• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  The '''BL 14 inch mk VII naval gun''' was designed for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V ...when [[HMS King George V (41)|''King George V'']] engaged ''Bismarck'' in 1941, and [[HMS Duke of York (17)|''Duke of York'']] engaged [[German warship Sc
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...n Elizabeth class battleship|''Queen Elizabeth'' class battleship]]s (Five ships with eight guns each) *[[Revenge class battleship|''Revenge'' class battleship]]s (Five ships with eight guns each)
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...e Bofors. Their first examples were air-cooled versions quickly adapted to ships during the withdrawal from Norway. With the fall of the west in 1940 the Du ...arted production illegally. A formal contract with Bofors followed in June 1941. The resulting Mark 1 and Mark 2 weapons were intended for the left and rig
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• Breda Model 35
  ...(ship)|deck]]-mounted anti-aircraft weapon in at least some of the [[MAS (ships)|MAS torpedo boat]]s. The naval mounting had an elevation of -10 to +90 deg * [[Jon Latimer|Latimer, Jon]]. Tobruk 1941: Rommel's opening move. Praeger, 2004. ISBN 0 275 98287 4
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