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...ary transportation (given to the newly established Transportation Corps in 1942)[http://www.qmfound.com/former_missions.htm] In 1812 we sailed to war in ships my boatwrights built. I fought beside you in the deserts of our great Sout

...tal corpsmen may be assigned the responsibility of independent duty aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special Forces and Seabee units, and at ...oup of Marines on Mt. Suribachi that day. They also served on thousands of ships and submarines. Notably, three unassisted emergency [[Appendicectomy|append

|Ship ordered=1942 ...[[United States Navy]], named for [[Ensign]] [[Robert E. Brister]] (1920–1942).

...g enemy [[bomber]]s attacking his [[aircraft carrier|carrier]] 20 February 1942, and was [[posthumous recognition|posthumously awarded]] the [[Distinguishe * [[USS Peterson]], for similar named ships

|Ship laid down=9 November 1942 ...emy air attack. A wave of [[torpedo]] and medium [[bomber]]s damaged three ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[antiaircraft]] fire bef

|Ship laid down=26 June 1942 |Ship launched=29 November 1942

|Ship laid down=10 July 1942 as ''Langley'' |Ship launched=13 December 1942 as ''Hammann''

|Ship laid down= 30 June 1942 ...obert E. Peary]], the famous [[Arctic]] [[explorer]] and laid down 30 June 1942 by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Co., [[Orange, Texas]]; launched 3 January 19

|Ship laid down=7 November 1942 * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship laid down= 30 November 1942 * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship laid down=14 December 1942 [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]

|Ship laid down=16 December 1942 ...January 1944, and a third during February through March 1944, as American ships began the great buildup in [[Europe]].

|Ship laid down=21 December 1942 * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

...S. Navy]] in honor of Admiral [[Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse]], who died in 1942. ...ning home, engaged in [[antisubmarine]] patrol work off [[Gibraltar]] with ships of the [[Royal Navy]].

...bombed by Japanese planes near Port [[Darwin, Australia]], in mid-February 1942. ...[USS Livermore (DD-429)]] for medical treatment. He re-embarked as the two ships were catching up with their task group, [[Task Force|task group]] TG 21.14,

...humously for his valiant actions before he was killed in action 26 October 1942 during the [[Battle of Santa Cruz]]. ...s detected when her [[radio]] transmissions were picked up, and planes and ships of the [[Task Force|task group]] pressed home a firm attack. ''Chatelain''

...mpt to reach the flooding panel through overpowering gas fumes, 12 October 1942. * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship laid down= 15 July 1942 |Ship launched= 3 December 1942

|Ship laid down=20 July 1942 |Ship launched=21 December 1942

|Ship laid down=15 September 1942 |Ship launched=28 December 1942

|Ship laid down=9 November 1942 ''Otterstetter'' was laid down 9 November 1942 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched 19 January 1943

|Ship laid down=21 November 1942 ...[[John Drake Sloat]] (1781–1867). She was laid down on 21 November 1942 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 21 January 1

|Ship laid down= 7 December 1942 ...he [[Navy Cross]] during [[World War I]]. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., Inc., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 19 Feb

|Ship laid down=7 December 1942 She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 21 February

|Ship laid down=30 December 1942 ''Swasey'' (DE-248) was laid down on 30 December 1942 by the [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; launched on 18 March

...nor of Ensign Philip Michael Joyce who was killed in action on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of [[Darwin, Australia]]. She was laid down 8 March 194 ...Nagasaki|Sasebo]], [[Japan]], as escort for a convoy of amphibious landing ships.

|Ship namesake=[[George Irvin Falgout]] (1922-1942), [[Navy Cross]] recipient ...oss]] posthumously. During the [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]] 12 November 1942 he remained at his gun, blazing away at a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[ai

...Lieutenant (j.g.) James Duval Koiner who was killed in action 13 November 1942 during the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]. She was laid down 26 July 1943, by [[ ...ruise 31 August, ''Koiner'' commenced escort duty for United Kingdom-bound ships. From 20 September 1944 to 1 May 1945, the destroyer escort sailed with fiv

...named in honor of Ensign Everett C. Strickland who was killed on 9 August 1942 during the [[Battle of Savo Island]]. She was laid down on 23 August 1943 ...izerte]]. The voyage to [[Gibraltar]] was uneventful; but, once the Allied ships entered the Mediterranean, they were trailed by German planes. The [[Luftwa

...]] for his valiant actions during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], 7-8 May 1942. She was laid down on 13 September 1943 by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp. ...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

...heroic actions during the last stages of the [[Battle of Midway]], 6 June 1942. She was laid down 27 October 1943 by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orang * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

...Cross]] posthumously for his brave actions in the [[Aleutian Islands]] in 1942. She was laid down 26 March 1943 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

...ught her last battle, the [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]], on November 13, 1942. She was laid down by the [[Brown Shipbuilding|Brown Shipbuilding Company]] ...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

...ieutenant (j.g.)]] Ralph Wille Janssen who was killed in action 26 October 1942 during the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]]. She was laid down by [[Bro ...er-killer]] group. In the months that followed, ''Janssen'' and her sister ships attacked numerous submarine contacts while cruising between the [[United St

...honor of Machinist Weimar Edmund Neunzer, who was killed in action 2 July 1942 during the [[Aleutian Islands]] Campaign and was posthumously awarded the [ ...vered, the force ran through a very severe storm which damaged some of the ships. The patrol was finally broken off; the task group refueled at [[Ponta Delg

...hipbuilding]], [[Houston, Texas]] on 15 July 1942; launched on 22 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. [[L.C. Stockdale]]; and commissioned on 31 December 1943 ...t)|Junkers]]" made bombing runs on the convoy and the escorts. No merchant ships of the convoy were damaged, but {{USS|Holder|DE-401|2}} was [[torpedoed]] a

...til his death 2 days after the action off [[Santa Cruz Island]] 26 October 1942. Private First Class Daniel was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]

|Ship laid down=2 July 1942 |Ship launched=1 November 1942

...1. Attached to Patrol Squadron 44, Ensign Camp was killed in action 7 June 1942 during the [[Battle of Midway]]. ...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

|Ship laid down=30 December 1942 ...s laid down by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]], 30 December 1942; launched 30 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Charles D. Marchand, mother of '

|Ship laid down=8 December 1942 [[Category:Ships built in Texas]]

{{Other ships|USS Stewart}} |Ship laid down=15 July 1942

...ed States Naval Service. Swenning died just a few days later on December 1 1942 and was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his valiant efforts dur ...ads]] to rejoin the Bogue group, now designated as task group TG 22.2. The ships sortied on 5 May on [[antisubmarine]] patrol. They called at Casablanca aga

|Ship laid down=30 September 1942 ...uilt around [[USS Tripoli (CVE-64)]]. Departing [[New York]] 15 March, the ships patrolled the Atlantic between the [[Brazil]]ian coast and the [[Cape Verde

{{For|United States Navy ships named ''Willard Keith''|USS Willard Keith}} |Ship laid down=1942

...in the [[Battle of Savo Island]] in the Eastern [[Solomons]] on August 9, 1942. It was laid down on July 29, 1943, by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Oran * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

...ax Price who was killed in action in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] 8 May 1942. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]], * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship laid down=14 July 1942 ...2. She was laid down by Consolidated Steel Co., [[Orange, Texas]], 14 July 1942; launched 12 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Rae W. Fabens; and commissione

|Ship laid down=18 July 1942 ...laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]], 18 July 1942; launched 10 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Elsie G. Richardson; and commi

|Ship launched=15 April 1942 ...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

|Ship launched=8 March 1942 ...] 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

|Ship laid down=1 April 1942 |Ship complement=215 (ships' company)<br/>367 (with aviation unit)

...[Pacific Northwest]], ''Casco'' arrived at [[Sitka]], [[Alaska]], on 5 May 1942 for duty surveying [[Aleutian]] waters, laying moorings for [[seaplane]]s, ...uld be beached and later salvaged. ''Casco'' was refloated on 12 September 1942, and, after emergency repairs at Dutch Harbor and Kodiak, she received a th

...[Trinidad]], she arrived at [[Recife, Brazil|Recife]], Brazil, on 5 August 1942 and began tending the [[seaplane]]s of Patrol Squadron 83 (VP-83). During the months that followed, these patrol aircraft, operating with ships of the [[Brazilian Navy]] and U.S. Navy, patrolled the [[South Atlantic Oce

|Ship launched= 8 March 1942 ...ing construction for use in catapult training. She was launched on 8 March 1942 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the U.S. Navy on 28 January 19

...f the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship launched=15 May 1942

|Ship launched=15 May 1942 ...shington Shipyards]], [[Houghton, Washington]], and was launched on 15 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. L. E. Geheres. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned

...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships. |Ship launched=14 February 1942

|Ship launched=14 February 1942 ...ttle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. She was launched on 14 February 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Z. E. Briggs, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on

...f the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship laid down=10 March 1942

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1942}} |Ship laid down=10 March 1942

|Ship laid down=15 February 1942 |Ship launched=27 May 1942

|Ship laid down=15 February 1942 |Ship launched=27 May 1942

|Ship caption=USS ''Biscayne'' (AVP-11) on 29 January 1942 |Ship flag={{USN flag|1942}}

...de "in one hop, even if escorted by tenders." The margin of safety for the ships to operate with, once they arrived in the objective area after the long voy ...the war"<ref>This quote, from the ''Dictionary of American Naval Fightings Ships'' at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/willoughby-ii.htm is unattributed

|Ship laid down=1 April 1942 |Ship launched=2 July 1942

...the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships. |Ship launched=15 April 1942

|Ship laid down=9 June 1942 |Ship launched=28 December 1942

|Ship acquired= 31 March 1942 |Ship commissioned= 15 April 1942

|Ship laid down= as USAMP ''Colonel John Storey '' for the [[U.S. Army]], 1942 ...down as the U.S. Army mine planter USAMP ''Colonel John Storey'' built in 1942 at [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]], by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. She

...originally the USAMP ''Colonel Henry J. Hunt'' — a mine planter built in 1942 at [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]], by the Marietta Manufacturing Co.... * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship laid down= 30 May 1942 |Ship launched= 17 September 1942

...[[Image:US_Naval Jack 46 stars.svg|48px|Union Navy Jack]] {{USN flag|1942}} |Ship commissioned= 8 August 1942 as USS ''Manhasset'' (AG-47)

...[[Image:US_Naval Jack 46 stars.svg|48px|Union Navy Jack]] {{USN flag|1942}} ...e U.S. Coast Guard, joined the Weather Patrol, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]], in 1942. From her base at [[Boston, Massachusetts]], she periodically sailed to wea

...anter USAMP ''1st Lt. William G. Sylvester'' (MP-5) was delivered December 1942<ref>http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/armyminecraft.htm | S * [[List of United States Navy ships]]

|Ship commissioned= 3 January 1942 as ''USS YAG-9'' |Ship decommissioned= 30 June 1942

|Ship laid down=24 August 1942 |Ship launched=22 November 1942

....history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rockaway.htm).</ref> [[Seattle, Washington]] (4 ships) |Total ships building=

...as transferred, under the terms of the [[Lend-Lease]] Agreement of 11 June 1942, to the custody of the [[Soviet Navy]] as ''T-272''. The Soviets converted [[Category:Ships built in Ohio]]

|Ship laid down= 7 September 1942 [[Category:Ships built in Alabama]]

...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 ...mber 1941, ''Triton'' was operating out of Key West. In or around February 1942, ''Triton'' was classified as a patrol craft and given the [[hull classific

|Ship laid down=29 May 1942 |Ship launched=15 July 1942

|Ship laid down=27 February 1942 |Ship launched=27 June 1942

...mountings, with guns recovered from French ships, in North-East Africa in 1942.

...they would elevate as a unit, similar to the triple turrets on other Navy ships). The 14"/50 caliber guns were designated as Mark 4 and 6, with later versi ...ater switched to the [[16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun]] in a 1917 redesign. The ships were eventually canceled in 1922 after the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] was

...classes, despite the fact that the ''North Carolina'' and ''South Dakota'' ships were [[treaty battleship]]s. Only the [[Yamato class battleship|''Yamato''- ...greater range and with increased accuracy, as was demonstrated in November 1942 when she engaged ''Kirishima'' at a range of {{convert|18500|yd}} at night.

..., Norway, prior to installation at [[Fjell fortress|Fjell festning]], late 1942-early 1943</center>]] ...to be mounted on the Netherlands' [[Design 1047 battlecruiser]]s, but the ships were never begun due to the start of the Second World War.<ref>{{cite web|

...vweaps.com | accessdate = 7 January 2009 }}</ref> The two ''Alaska'' class ships each had nine Mark 8 guns mounted in three triple (3-gun) turrets, with two

...shore bombardment. ''New York'' bombarded North Africa during landings in 1942, ''Pennsylvania'' took part in the [[Aleutian Campaign]] and ''Texas'' and

...the ships would carry a new, lighter, more compact 16"/50 and designed the ships with [[barbette]]s too small to accommodate a 16"/50 Mark 2 triple turret. ...guns, including a [[broadside]] of all 9. Contrary to popular belief, the ships did not move sideways when a broadside was fired.<ref>{{cite web | title =D

...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 ...to a mere 276.0&nbsp;kg. Production started in 1941 and entered service in 1942.

...orage depots in the mid-1980s because of the large number of Reserve Fleet ships with 5"/38 cal guns on board. ...e:5in-38 Open Mount.jpg|thumb|A Mk 21 5"/38 caliber open pedestal mount in 1942.]][[Image:5-inch 38-caliber cropped.jpg|thumb|right|[[United States Marine

...4.jpeg|thumb|left|<center>Cleaning the breech on transport St Essylt, Suez 1942</center>]] ...>. Guns were thereafter used in single-gun mountings, typically on smaller ships as primary armament.

...axially stabilized mounting. Locally produced examples started arriving in 1942, known as the '''QF 40&nbsp;mm Mark IV''' for use in twin-mounts, or the '' ...rench navy uses L/60s on more than twenty ships (patrols and auxiliaries). Ships of the [[Norwegian Coast Guard|Norwegian]] and [[Icelandic Coast Guard]]s c

* As an [[anti-aircraft]] (AA) gun in some ships; up to six M2 guns could be mounted on the same turret. ...service as fixed aircraft guns, anti-aircraft defensive guns (on aircraft, ships, or boats), infantry (tripod-mounted) guns, and as dual purpose anti-aircra

...round rapidly replaced its predecessor - the MG 151/15 was phased out in [[1942]] - German engineers continued research into an even heavier cannon that co | align="center" | 695 || Optimized for strafing unarmoured ships. No self-destruct. Penetration 15 mm of steel at 75 degree impact angle, 10

...ne]]s of WW1,<ref name="Blair, p.54">Blair, p.54.</ref> designed to "break ships' backs" (fracture their keels) by causing explosions beneath them, where wa ...ree<ref>NTS, Alexandria, and Keyport. Blair, p.69.</ref> Navy factories in 1942),<ref name="Blair, p.281">Blair, p.281.</ref> NTS was unable to increase pr

....jpg|thumb|right|[[USS Dunlap (DD-384)]] firing a practice torpedo in July 1942. The ''Dunlap'' joined five other [[Destroyer|"tincans"]] in the decisive [ ...tions'' (FTP 143) published in 1934 remained in effect through the initial 1942 engagements in the Solomon Islands. The instructions emphasized defense to

...al and HUSL non-proportional steering system had been demonstrated by July 1942. ...oming. Testing of the pre-production prototypes continued on into December 1942 and the US Navy received the first production models in March 1943.

...SS''. Oerlikon realized further improvements in rate of fire on the 1SS of 1942, and the 2SS of 1945 which achieved 650 rpm. However, it was the original S ...es of the Oerlikon cannon were used much more extensively, on aircraft, on ships and on land. In the air, the Ikaria [[MG FF]] was used as armament on a num

...ely on aiming the guns by the gun's crew due to the lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom Director.<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2''</ref> ...th [[HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)|HMS Prince of Wales]] being one of the first ships to receive the radar upgrade, which she first used in action during [[Opera

...typically the Peerless 4 Ton. In addition, many were mounted on Royal Navy ships. ...eld defence, being transferred to the RAF Regiment when this was formed in 1942, until more [[Bofors 40 mm gun|40mm Bofors gun]]s arrived<ref name=Routledg

...e for the Royal Navy, used particularly on [[destroyer]]s. Apart from some ships armed with [[QF 4 inch gun]]s due to supply problems, it remained the stand ...<center>Gunner with early [[British ordnance terms#Fixed QF|fixed round]], 1942</center>]]

...ng) 5.25 inch was designed to be a dual-purpose naval gun, for use against ships and aircraft. Combining the secondaries and heavy anti-aircraft armament wo ...cruiser]]s. However, the gun was used on several occasions against heavier ships, most notably against the [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''

...ore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical sighting. Most US ships destroyers or larger (but not destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employe ...ions. An officer on the flagship would signal target information to other ships in the formation.

|design_date=1942 Literally ordered directly from the drawing board in 1942, under the auspices of the [[Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Developme

In the morning of the [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]], on May 8, 1942, B5N torpedo-bomber units of ''The 5th Air Flotilla'' penetrated the Americ : 1942 [[Indian Ocean raid|Battle of Indian Ocean]], [[Battle of the Coral Sea]],

...decks of IJN destroyers and [[cruiser]]s; some Japanese destroyers, unlike ships of other navies, had [[turrets]] offering protection against splinters, and ...leading the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] on occasion to suspect their ships had been [[naval mine|mined]]. The capabilities of the Type 93 went mostly

Hemp rope was used in the [[Age of Sail|age of sailing ships]], though the rope had to be protected by [[Tarring (rope)|tarring]], since ...urope was mainly cultivated for its fibres, and was used for ropes on many ships, including those of [[Christopher Columbus]]. The use of hemp as a cloth wa

...rchive]]</ref> Thousands of tons of asbestos were used in [[World War II]] ships to wrap the pipes, line the boilers, and cover engine and turbine parts. Th In 1942, an internal Owens-Corning corporate memo referred to "medical literature o

:5. Members of crews [of civil ships and aircraft], who do not benefit by more favourable treatment under any ot ====1942 Quirin case====