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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• Sailor's Creed
  '''The Sailor's Creed''' is a [[creed]] of the [[United States Navy]], originally developed for the promotion of personal excellence. ...result of this meeting at the Naval War College was the eight point ''The Navy Uniform'', and was later scaled down to a shorter version called The Sailor
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the United States|United States]] and [[Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multin
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...ce Combat Control Team|Combat Controllers]] or "[[Hooyah]]" among [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescue]]<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joints
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• USS Durant (DE-389)
  ...cort]] in the [[United States Navy]], which served briefly in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. She was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Kenneth W. D ...commission in reserve at San Diego 10 'April 1954. She was returned to the Navy 16 June 1954, and reclassified '''DER-389''', 7 December 1955. After conver
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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  ...oyer escort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]], named for [[Ensign]] [[Robert E. Brister]] (1920–1942). ...cessful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort crossings to [[Italy]] and five to the [[United Kingdom]]. On 8 June 1945 she departed [[New York City]] for the [[Pacific
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• USS Finch (DE-328)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...|Edsall-class]] [[destroyer escort]] in the service of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named in honor of Lieutenant [[Joseph W. Finch, Jr.]], USNR.
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  ...dsall''-class destroyer escort]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class [[William Henry Lansi She was transferred to the Coast Guard in June 1952. Upon her return to the Navy in 1954 ''Lansing'' was converted to a radar picket escort ship and given t
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  ...ER-400)''' was an [[Edsall class destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Joseph Hissem]]. ...anti-submarine and anti-aircraft training on the East Coast of the United States. The ship transported over 500 paratroopers in March 1945, taking them on b
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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  ...ecognition|posthumously awarded]] the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Co ...17 February 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. A. Hero]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]], in command.
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...395)''' is an {{Sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}}, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis (14 Jan ...the 6th. The destroyer escort underwent post-shakedown availability in the navy yard there over the ensuing week and sailed on 15 February for the Chesapea
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• USS Holder (DE-401)
  ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Lieutenant (junior grade) [[Randolph M ''Holder'' decommissioned at [[New York Navy Yard]] 13 September 1944, and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign [[Herbert Hugo Menges]] (a nava ...le off the coast of [[Algiers]] en route to the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast of the U.S.]], was attacked by 30 [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[torp
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a nava ..., during which her superlative and courageous performance was to win her a Navy Unit Commendation. After providing protection from [[submarine]]s and aircr
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |Ship country=United States ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during World War II. Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, she was
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• USS Leopold (DE-319)
  ...'' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Robert Lawr ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] Kenneth C. Phillips, [[United States Coast Guard|USCG]], in command.
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...arted with [[Task Force]] 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the [[United States]].
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• USS Hammann (DE-131)
  ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hammann-ii.htm}}
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• USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...s. Between 28 March 1944 and 7 June 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, to [[France]].
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  |Ship honours=4 [[battle stars]] plus a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  |Ship honours=3 Battle stars for [[World War II]] and [[Navy Unit Commendation]] ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f1/farquhar-ii.htm}}
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• USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...s were known to be moving westward for a final effort against the [[United States]],'' J. R. Y. Blakely'' again joined an [[escort carrier]] group, and with
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• USS Hill (DE-141)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...nese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], for which he was posthumously awarded the Navy [[Medal of Honor]].
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• USS Fessenden (DE-142)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...e radio telephony|radio-telephony]] were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932, at his home on [[Bermuda]].
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• USS Huse (DE-145)
  The '''USS ''Huse'' (DE-145)''' was named by the [[U.S. Navy]] in honor of Admiral [[Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse]], who died in 1942. ...[[antisubmarine]] patrol work off [[Gibraltar]] with ships of the [[Royal Navy]].
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• USS Inch (DE-146)
  *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i1/inch.htm}} * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...sored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in the United States Navy; and commissioned at Orange, Lt. Alden J. Laborde, [[USNR]], in command.
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• USS Chatelain (DE-149)
  ...p honours=5 [[battle stars]] plus the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...ly with five [[battle stars]] and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Poole (DE-151)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...Mate First Class [[Minor Butler Poole]] who was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for extraordinary heroism and courageous devotion to duty while in
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• USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Albert D. Sturtevant]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously during [[World War I]] when he, a pilot, was shot down
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Fred Kenneth Moore]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his brave actions when, at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941,
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[United States Navy]] Chief Watertender and [[Croats|Croatian]] [[Peter Tomich]] who received t
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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] cruise along the East Coast of the United States and on 14 November joined a [[convoy]] and steamed as escort from [[Norfolk
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• USS Sloat (DE-245)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. She was named in honor of [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[John Drake Sloat]] (1781&ndash;1867). She was laid down
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...d in honor of Admiral [[Thomas Snowden]] (1857-1930) who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] during [[World War I]]. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by [[
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• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ber. The escorts picked up convoy GUS-24 there and headed for the [[United States]] on 15 December 1943 and arrived safely at New York on 3 January 1944.
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...[[Charles Swasey]] who was wounded during an engagement with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 Octo
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship fate=transferred to [[Mexican Navy]], 1 October 1973
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...e far-flung Navy, and ''Howard D. Crow'' recommissioned 6 July 1951 with a Navy crew. After shakedown training she reported to [[Key West, Florida]], as [
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• USS Pettit (DE-253)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[Robert Lee Pettit]] who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously. She was laid down 6 February 1943 by the [[Brown Ship
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• USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...daring rescue, and two other officers and six enlisted men received the [[Navy and Marine Corps Medal]].
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...nor of [[Edward Robert Sellstrom]], a Naval aviator, who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his superb marksmanship in shooting down attacking [[Empire of
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• USS Harveson (DE-316)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...o.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/| title = The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II | chapter = Chapter V: 1943 | chapterurl = http://www.ibibl
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...aration for the assaults on southern France. After returning to the United States 16 July, the escort ship made one more cruise to Naples during the summer.
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  ...recommissioned at Long Beach, Calif., 23 October 1956. She served in the Navy until she was transferred on 25 September 1971 to South Vietnam. The Vietn ...l on 29 April 1975, and was captured by North Vietnamese forces. The U.S. Navy wrote her off as “Transferred to Vietnam, 30 April 1975.” The communi
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...he convoy safely to Derry 26 April, and returned in convoy to the [[United States]] where she arrived New York 12 May. During the next year ''Joyce'' conduct
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• USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she was converted to a [[radar picket]] ...rt mission to the [[Mediterranean]], and 10 crossings between the [[United States]] and the [[British Isles]]. On her third voyage, [[USS Gaudy (DE-764)]] an
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...Fleet]] at Orange, Texas. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 2 January 1971 and was sold for scrap on 22 August 1973.
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...or Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and served the Navy as a weather ship and then as a radar picket ship. ...nner’s Mate Third Class [[Harry James Lowe]], Jr., who was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] posthumously for his brave actions in the [[Solomon Islands]]. The
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