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A V-Disc About this sound (help·info) issued in 1944 credits the origin of Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant) to Private Willie Duc

...sea duty started arriving at the station on August 10, 1943. By January 1, 1944, there were 600 Purser-Corpsmen at sea, with 1,324 graduates in the Maritim * Work Cited: Mast Magazine May 1944, Mast Magazine August 1944, Mast Magazine May 1945

...ight voyages as a convoy escort to north African ports between 10 February 1944 and 12 June 1945, guarding men and supplies essential to victory in the Eur

Between June 1944 and June 1945, ''Brister'' made two successful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort cr

After shakedown, ''Lansing'' departed [[Norfolk, Virginia]], on 13 February 1944 on her first transatlantic cruise escorting convoy UGS 33 bound to [[Casabl

|Ship commissioned=13 January 1944 ...Elizabeth D. Hissem, sister of Ensign Hissem; and commissioned 13 January 1944, Lieutenant Commander W. W. Low in command.

|Ship commissioned=17 February 1944 ...[N. F. Peterson]], mother of Ensign Peterson; and commissioned 17 February 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. A. Hero]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]

...o Ordnance Depot]], ''Willis'' departed [[Galveston, Texas]], on 5 January 1944 in company with {{USS|Kretchmer|DE-329}} bound for the British West Indies ...ue'' during the periods: 26 February to 19 April 1944, and 4 May to 3 July 1944."

|Ship commissioned=18 January 1944 |Ship struck=23 September 1944

...[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] off [[Bermuda]], ''Menges'' spent January 1944 on "schoolship" duty in the lower [[Chesapeake Bay]]. On 26 January she got

...German submarine U-73 (1940)|''U-73'']] by two of her group. On 21 January 1944 the escort sortied from Naples for the Anzio landings, during which her sup After a return to escort duty in the Mediterranean in June and July 1944, ''Frederick C. Davis'' cleared Naples 9 August for Corsica, her staging po

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}} |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy fire<br />August 2, 1944

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}} |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy action on 10 March 1944

...''Jacob Jones'' joined {{USS|Card|CVE-11|2}} off [[Cape Henry]] 24 January 1944. At that time the [[escort carrier]] was busy carrying troops and [[aircraf ''Jacob Jones'' departed New York 28 March 1944 and joined five other destroyer escorts escorting a convoy bound for [[Movi

...o [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]], covered the period 13 July 1943 to 10 March 1944. During this period she screened convoys in company with [[escort carriers] Between 28 March 1944 and 29 November 1944 the busy ship made no less than six more voyages successfully con-voying to

...ne 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, to [[France]].

...t coast to [[Casablanca]] on [[convoy]] escort duty. At Norfolk on 7 March 1944, she joined the [[Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team|hunter-killer]] group Returning to [[New York]] 27 April 1944, ''Flaherty'' rejoined the Guadalcanal group at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 10 M

...''Herbert C. Jones'' patrolled off the [[Italy|Italian]] coast 22 January 1944 while Allied troops stormed ashore to establish the [[Anzio]] beachhead. Wi In December 1944 she joined a [[Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team|hunter-killer]] task forc

...plenishment and repairs before joining a new convoy at Norfolk. On 3 April 1944, she sailed for Casablanca once more, this time in a [[Hunter-killer armore Returning to New York 9 June 1944, ''Farquhar'' trained in [[antisubmarine]] warfare at [[Bermuda]] with the

...ember 1943 through January 1944, and a third during February through March 1944, as American ships began the great buildup in [[Europe]]. ...before retiring to protect Wake Island. She returned to New York 16 August 1944.

...via [[Ponta del Gada]], [[Azores]], and returned to the States 18 January 1944. During the next year the destroyer escort made four more [[transatlantic]]

...]], returning to Norfolk 5 November 1943. Between 23 November and 18 March 1944, she escorted [[convoys]] on two voyages to [[Casablanca]], then on 3 April She sailed from Norfolk next on 12 June 1944, and escorted a convoy as far as [[Gibraltar]], where she was detached to e

...a]], ''Huse'' escorted another [[convoy]] to Africa 25 January-11 February 1944, then, before returning home, engaged in [[antisubmarine]] patrol work off ...air group on three separate occasions. She arrived [[Brooklyn]] 2 October 1944 for repairs and training, after which she conducted exercises in [[Chesapea

...cle team|hunter killer]]" force that embarked on its mission on 24 January 1944. While crossing the Atlantic, she stopped briefly at [[Horta (Azores)|Horta

...ports to [[Derry]] and [[Gibraltar]] between 20 November 1943 and 7 March 1944, and was then assigned to operate as part of the [[Hunter-killer armored-ve Her first action took place 9 April 1944, as her group sailed from [[Casablanca]] to the United States. [[Unterseebo

...tankers and transports) to ports in the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, on the [[Europe]]an Continent.

...ar she had transited the Atlantic to [[North Africa]] twice. On 13 January 1944, she relieved ]]USS Decker (DE-47)]] for a month of operations off the [[Ne

...pier "K" of the [[New York Navy Yard]] for availability which lasted into 1944. On 5 January 1944, Tomich departed the yard and proceeded to [[Block Island Sound]] for gunne

...Christmas Day]]. She made a convoy escort voyage to Casablanca in February 1944.

On 10 January 1944, ''Sloat'' joined UGS-30 en route to Casablanca and returned with GUS-29 on ...inion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and returned to New York on 9 October 1944. The escort operated along the East Coast until 24 January 1945 when she jo

''Snowden'' got underway for a short training cruise to Norfolk on 5 January 1944 and then escorted {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33}} to New York. In January, she escor ...ned task group TG 22.5 and operated in the [[Caribbean]] until 30 December 1944 when it returned to Norfolk. On 25 March 1945, the task group sailed to the

...d States]] on 15 December 1943 and arrived safely at New York on 3 January 1944. ...screen of {{USS|Croatan|CVE-25|6}} and returned to New York on 13 November 1944. The task group then proceeded to Guantánamo Bay via Norfolk to hold joint

...ful crossing, the escort was waiting to enter New York Harbor on 3 January 1944 when an explosion rocked {{USS|Turner|DE-648|6}} {{convert|3000|yd}} away.

...cort ships. ''Hurst'' reached [[Lisahally]], [[Northern Ireland]], 5 March 1944, and one week later returned to New York with another convoy.

...mber, saw it safely to [[Casablanca]], and returned to New York 24 January 1944. In the months that followed, ''Howard D. Crow'' made 10 arduous escort vo

...Montauk Point]], [[New York]], and [[Casco Bay]], [[Maine]]. From February 1944 to June 1945, she escorted trans-Atlantic convoys principally between [[Der

...blanca]], [[French Morocco]]. ''Ricketts'' returned to New York 24 January 1944, thus completing her only convoy run to the [[Mediterranean]]. ''Ricketts'' sailed from New York 22 February 1944 on the first of 12 escort voyages to Northern Europe and back. She saw a bu

On 13 January 1944, ''Sellstrom'' departed Norfolk as a unit of Task Force 63 bound for [[Gibr

...a Capes]]. Repairs were completed at [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], by February 1944, and the destroyer-escort joined Escort Division 22. Departing [[New York]]

...edown]] ''Kretchmer'' departed [[Charleston, South Carolina]], 15 February 1944, for operations in the Caribbean. Based at [[Port-of-Spain, Trinidad]], she Between 20 September 1944 and 27 April 1945, ''Kretchmer'' sailed as escort to five convoys from [[Ne

|Ship commissioned=25 January 1944 ...rs. E. W. Forster, widow of Machinist Forster; and commissioned 25 January 1944. She served as an escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World Wa

...orth Africa]]. She returned to [[New York]] from [[Casablanca]] 31 January 1944, then departed 1 March as part of the escort for a fast convoy bound for [[

...s from the sunken enemy submarine were captured in this action of 16 April 1944.

...ork]] for escort duty with [[CortDiv]] 46. Between 31 January and 18 March 1944, she screened a UGS GUS convoy to north Africa and back; then, following [[

...]] cruise to [[Bermuda]], ''Lowe'' reported for [[convoy]] duty 2 February 1944 and departed [[Charleston, South Carolina]], escorting convoy UGS 32 to [[C

...[[Bizerte]]. Two days past [[Gibraltar]], during a twilight alert 20 April 1944, [[Germany|German]] planes hit the convoy with a [[torpedo]] attack. At 210

...e months escorting six [[convoys]] into the [[Mediterranean]]. On 20 April 1944 during the second voyage [[Germany|German]] planes attacked Convoy UGS–38 ...egalais]] and {{HMS|Blankney}}, sank [[U-371]], taking 49 prisoners, 4 May 1944.

...] to [[North Africa]]n ports, making eight such voyages between 3 February 1944 and 2 June 1945. On 20 April 1944, in the [[Mediterranean]], her convoy came under heavy attack by [[Germany|

...'' commenced escort duty for United Kingdom-bound ships. From 20 September 1944 to 1 May 1945, the destroyer escort sailed with five convoys to British por

|Ship commissioned=10 January 1944 ...1943; sponsored by Mrs. Everett Strickland; and commissioned on 10 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. J. Hopkins in command.

|Ship commissioned=3 February 1944 ...ther of ''Lieutenant (junior grade) Hale''; and commissioned on 3 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. William W. Bowie, [[USNR]], in command.

|Ship commissioned=28 February 1944 ...by Mrs. M. H. Ray, Jr., widow of ''Lt. Ray'', and commissioned 28 February 1944, Lt. H. V. Tucker, Jr., in command.

...onvoy, NY-47 to the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. Returning to New York 9 January 1944, she commenced transatlantic runs on the 11th with UGS-30 to [[Casablanca]]

...to the [[Mediterranean]], Mills’ convoy was attacked before dawn 1 April 1944, 56 miles west of [[Algiers]] by [[Germany|German]] [[torpedo bombers]]. [[

...k]] to escort a [[convoy]] back to Norfolk. Returning to Norfolk 2 January 1944, she served as a [[training ship]] for prospective destroyer escort crews u

...)]] commenced [[convoy]] escort duty in the Atlantic. From January to July 1944, she escorted convoys from [[New York]] and [[Norfolk, Virginia]], to [[Cas

...Mediterranean]], ''Calcaterra'' made eight round trips between 13 February 1944 and 10 June 1945. The ships she guarded provided the men and equipment whic

...cort vessel crews, ''Chambers'' cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 13 February 1944 on the first of eight [[convoy]] escort crossings to [[North Africa]]n port

...rill'' reported to the Atlantic Fleet at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 28 January 1944. Assigned to [[CortDiv]] 45, she began [[transatlantic]] escort duty with a

''Janssen'' departed 11 January 1944 from [[Galveston, Texas]], to conduct [[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] tra ...and the [[Mediterranean]] open. ''Janssen'' arrived New York 24 September 1944 for training exercises, and in December took part in an emergency patrol of

...r shakedown out of [[Great Sound, Bermuda]], from 9 January to 10 February 1944, ''Wilhoite'' underwent post-shakedown availability at the [[Charleston Nav ...the European theater that, since the Allied invasion of [[France]] in June 1944, had assumed great importance. As the citation text concluded: "The gallant

''Cockrill'' cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 23 February 1944 on [[convoy]] escort duty for [[Casablanca]], returning to [[New York]] 5 A

...''Neunzer'' proceeded to [[Norfolk, Virginia]], joining TF 62 on 1 January 1944. With this group she escorted a large convoy to the [[Mediterranean]], spen In May, 1944 Lt. Commander Virgil E. Gex became the skipper of the ''Neunzer''.

''Stockdale'' held her [[shakedown cruise]] off [[Bermuda]] during February 1944 and underwent a short yard period at [[Charleston, South Carolina]] in Marc On 22 October 1944, ''Stockdale'' began escorting convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and the co

In February 1944, the ship conducted local escort operations before joining the New York sec ...Casco Bay—sharpening up her antisubmarine and gunnery skills. On 14 July 1944, ''Vance'' helped to fight off a German air attack against an Allied convoy

...antanamo Bay Naval Base| Guantanamo Bay]] for temporary duty on 5 February 1944. She was detached from that command on 9 March and set her course for the [ ...nducted antisubmarine warfare exercises out of [[New London]]. During June 1944, she was assigned to the Navy Fleet Sound School.

|Ship commissioned=24 January 1944 ...ange, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. C. E. Daniel; and commissioned 24 January 1944, Lieutenant Commander H. E. Waller, [[USNR]], in command.

Her first patrol with this group, from 24 March 1944 to 11 May, found her helping in the search for [[German submarine U-856|''U ...Atlantic to guard the movement of convoys to [[Casablanca]] between 3 June 1944 and 22 July, ''Frost'' made the initial contact with [[German submarine U-4

...rved at [[Miami]] with the [[Submarine Chaser Training Center]]. In March 1944, she joined a [[tanker (ship)|tanker]] [[convoy]] at [[Galveston, Texas]], Between 1 July 1944 and 3 June 1945, she ranged [[Atlantic]] sealanes guarding seven convoys ca

...dy of a [[North Africa]] bound convoy. She returned to New York 18 January 1944. ...ed safely to [[Lisahally]], Northern Ireland, returning to New York 12 May 1944.

...s for the operations in [[Italy]]. ''Camp'' returned to Norfolk 24 January 1944 to begin a year and a half of convoy escort operations from [[New York]] to

...a convoy to Europe, and arrived in the [[Straits of Gibraltar]] 2 January 1944 to turn over the convoy to British warships. She then set course for [[Moro ...riving [[Lisahally]] 17 April. She returned to New York 3 May. From 21 May 1944 to 11 June 1945, she made nine more round trips escorting convoys from New

Between 4 October 1943 and 19 March 1944 ''Douglas L. Howard'' escorted three convoys to [[Casablanca]], [[French Mo

In January 1944, the SAVAGE was assigned as one of six ships composing Escort Division 23 o On 1 April, 1944, Convoy UGS 36, whose escort included the SAVAGE, was attacked by thirty en

...m [[Tompkinsville, New York]], to the [[Virginia Capes]] area. On 17 March 1944, she sailed from Norfolk for Tompkinsville; arrived there the next day; and

...e'' and [[CortDiv]] 51 from 23 October to 21 November and from 26 December 1944 to 16 January 1945. The escort spent February conducting antisubmarine and

...marauding German [[U-boats]]. Departing [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 26 February 1944, the hunter-killer group, aided by a [[Canadian]] [[corvette]] and [[United

...n]] [[submarines]] were encountered; and they returned to New York 18 June 1944. ''J. Richard Ward'' was assigned school ship duties at Norfolk during July 1944, and in August was assigned to another hunter-killer group. This unit, head

After returning from convoy escort duty 22 February 1944, ''Keith'' underwent extensive refresher training and participated in antis

...range, Texas]], and [[Galveston, Texas]], ''O'Reilly'' left on January 18, 1944, for shakedown off [[Bermuda]]. This was followed by a ten-day availability

|Ship commissioned= 12 January 1944 ...tober 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ray P. Reynolds; and commissioned 12 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. J. W. Higgins, Jr., [[USNR]], in command.

...centered on the aircraft carrier [[USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)]]. On 9 April 1944, the ''Pope’s'' task group sank the U-515 off [[French Morocco]], and on

On the night of 8 April 1944, planes from ''Guadalcanal'' attacked a surfaced German [[U-boat]]. The U-b

*[[USS Fiske (DE-143)|DE-143 USS ''Fiske'']] - sunk August 2, 1944 by [[Unterseeboot 804|U-804]] north of the [[Azores]] *[[USS Leopold (DE-319)|DE-319 USS ''Leopold'']] - torpedoed March 9, 1944 by [[Unterseeboot 371|U-371]] south of [[Iceland]]

...earl Harbor, and overhaul. She returned to active operations on 6 December 1944 at [[Kossol Roads]] in the [[Palau Islands]], where she conducted [[Marine

...ida. She carried out her training activities there into the winter of 1943-1944. One event highlighted her service during this period: On 13 November 1943, ...and the Curtiss [[SC Seahawk]]. Her peak month of operations was November 1944, when she conducted 279 launchings and qualified 58 aviators.

|Ship caption=USS ''Bering Strait'' (AVP-34) on October 1, 1944 |Ship launched=January 15, 1944

...on, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 6 October 1944, two days before [[ship commissioning|commissioning]]. |Ship launched=11 March 1944

...n, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 3 November 1944, two days before [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]]. |Ship launched=13 May 1944

|Ship completed=May 1944 ...do boat tender]] [[USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)|USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8)]] 1944-1946<br/>Served as [[U.S. Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|

|Ship caption=USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8) on 20 May 1944, three days after [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] |Ship commissioned=17 May 1944

...ttle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 30 March 1944, the day before she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] |Ship commissioned=31 March 1944

...een [[Saipan]], [[Ulithi Atoll]], and the [[Palau Islands]] until November 1944, then returned to seaplane tender duty, in the Palaus until January 1945, a

...ed this dangerous duty, often sailing unescorted, into the early months of 1944, occasionally sailing to [[Casablanca]], [[French Morocco]] as well. ...rginia]], on 17 November 1944.]]''Humboldt'' was at Casablanca in late May 1944 when she heard that a [[Germany|German]] submarine had [[torpedo]]ed [[esco

===First tour 1943-1944=== ...[[Treasury Islands]], and at [[Nissan Island|Green Island]] until 16 June 1944.

|Ship image=[[Image:USS Rockaway AG-123 1944.jpg|300px]] |Ship caption=''Rockaway'' (AVP-29) on 6 October 1944, shortly after her main armament was reduced to a single 5-[[inch]] (127-[[

...eparted for Brisbane on 21 December 1943, remained there until 10 February 1944, and then steamed into a succession of New Guinea ports on the way to her n ...]], and other ports. She took up "Black Cat" operations again on 25 August 1944 from [['Eua|Middelburg]] and later [[Morotai]].

...le, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 31 January 1944 |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1944}}

|Ship completed=August 1944 ...[[seaplane tender]] [[USS Barataria (AVP-33)|USS ''Barataria'' (AVP-33)]] 1944-1946

...on, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 21 August 1944 |Ship flag={{USN flag|1944}}

...nated AGC-18 in 1943, ''Biscayne'' served in the [[Mediterranean]] in 1943-1944, seeing action in the amphibious landings in [[Operation Avalanche (World W

...hibious warfare|Amphibious]] [[flagship|command ship]], AGC-18, 10 October 1944 ...ibious force]] [[flagship]] off [[Anzio]] on 21 January 1944 or 22 January 1944 during [[Operation Shingle]]. A [[PT boat]] is alongside her.]]Beginning on

|Ship completed=June 1944 ...orpedo boat tender]] [[USS Willoughby (AGP-9)|USS ''Willoughby'' (AGP-9)]] 1944-1946

|Ship caption=USS ''Willoughby'' (AGP-9) on 24 June 1944, six days after [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] |Ship commissioned=18 June 1944

|Ship launched=15 January 1944 |Ship completed=July 1944

|Ship completed=March 1944 ...vy]] [[seaplane tender]] [[USS Yakutat (AVP-32)|USS ''Yakutat'' (AVP-32)]] 1944–1946<br/>Served as South Vietnamese [[patrol vessel]] [[RVNS Tran Nhat Du

|Ship launched=11 March 1944 |Ship completed=October 1944

|Ship launched=13 May 1944 |Ship completed=November 1944

|Ship commissioned=26 February 1944 ...and launched on 28 December 1942, the ship was commissioned on 26 February 1944, and almost immediately afterward transferred to the [[Soviet Union]], unde

==Coast Guard, 1944== ...ves. Her name was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 22 January 1944.

|Ship acquired=17 January 1944 |Ship commissioned=18 January 1944

|Ship acquired= 7 April 1944 |Ship commissioned= 7 April 1944

|Ship reclassified= ATF-85, 15 May 1944<br/>[[USNS]] ''Lipan'' (T-ATF-85), 1972 ...tug) on 13 April and operated in the [[Solomons]] during the first half of 1944.

...four cargo ships, and arrived in [[Espiritu Santo]] at the end of January 1944. ==1944==

From 31 December 1944 to 4 June 1945, ''Escape'' again operated out of [[Bermuda]], during this t

|Ship commissioned= 22 November 1944 ...; fitted out at New Orleans; and placed in commission there on 22 November 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] Fred J. Statts, USCG, in command.

...[[antiaircraft]] guns, plus in some units 2 × [[depth charge]] racks<br/>1944: Either 2 × 5-inch (127-mm) guns and 4 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns or 1 × ..., and [[Operation Dragoon]] in southern [[France]]. Redesignated AGC-18 in 1944, she then served in the Pacific in 1945, serving at [[Iwo Jima]], in the [[

| production_date = 1943-1944 ...1943. Of the total number of 174 guns, 155 were produced in 1943 and 19 in 1944. The guns were distributed to units in small batches soon after they were c

...e. Owing to the increase in U.S. and British bombing raids during 1943 and 1944, the majority of these guns were used in their original anti-aircraft role, ...Germans manufactured relatively few of them (556 in all) and, in February 1944, fielded only 279. Improvements in reloading further raised the firing rate

|Ship launched= 25 March 1944 |Ship commissioned= 26 December 1944

|Ship launched= 30 March 1944 |Ship commissioned= 18 November 1944

|Ship commissioned= 26 June 1944 |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)

|Ship commissioned= 9 June 1944 |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)

|Ship commissioned= 5 May 1944 |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)

|Ship commissioned= 10 July 1944 |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)

|Ship commissioned= 12 August 1944 ...way for brief duty with the Naval Operating Base, [[Bermuda]], 29 November 1944. During December she operated from [[St. George's Bay]], sweeping the chann

...ne 1943. She was sponsored by Mrs. V. Ludwig; and commissioned 11 February 1944 with Lt. D.&nbsp;H. Elliot in command.

|Ship commissioned= 31 March 1944 |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)

|Ship laid down= 12 May 1944 |Ship launched= 4 September 1944

...n waters. A convoy escort mission took ''PC-586'' to [[Saipan]] on 23 July 1944.

...ing out at the Naval Station, ''Pierre'' departed New Orleans on 6 January 1944 and arrived three days later at the Submarine Chaser Training Center, [[Mia ...welve escort voyages from New York to [[Guantánamo Bay]] and back, 31 May 1944 to 10 May 1945. After overhaul at the Marine Basin Co., and the Naval Front

...ly protected) and also lacked effectiveness against the [[Tiger tank]]. In 1944, the aircraft served in the [[Far East]], mainly firing [[High Explosive|HE

...e, to [[Northern Ireland]]. No 120 was ever fired at an enemy aircraft. In 1944 the gun was renamed as the '''120&nbsp;mm Gun M1''', as metric naming becam Several batteries of 120mm guns were stationed around London in 1944 and 1945 to combat the V1 "Buzz Bomb".

...o'', ''Mississippi'', ''Idaho'', ''Tennessee''), and the [[Battle of Guam (1944)|Battle of Guam]] (''New Mexico'', ''Idaho'', ''Tennessee'', ''California''

...ew production started in 1942 and produced 1178 before production ended in 1944. The Flak 37 was known as '''37 ITK 37''' in Finland. .... Although the weapon was complete in 1942, production did not start until 1944. About 928 single and 185 double versions were produced by end of the war.<

|image=[[Image:USS Guam (CB-2) firing main battery, 1944-45.jpg|300px]] ...S|Guam|CB-2}} firing her 12"/50 guns during a training session sometime in 1944&ndash;1945.

...roduction of mobile guns larger than 105&nbsp;mm was prohibited. In August 1944 there were 450 such cannons available. As a result only a few were built an

...evada'' shelled Normandy during [[Operation Overlord]] in 1944. Throughout 1944 and 1945, ''Pennsylvania'' hit many different Pacific islands during their ...rd ''Arizona'' were removed and installed aboard ''Nevada'' in the fall of 1944.<ref name="14/45 II"/> The aft turrets from ''Arizona'' (numbers 3 and 4) w

[[Image:M5 director.jpg|thumb|left|200px|title|M5 gun director 1944]] * TM 9-2300 standard artillery and fire control material. dated 1944

...American forces during the [[Operation Dragoon|Rhône Valley campaign]] in 1944.<ref>François, p. 75</ref>

*[http://hnsa.org/doc/fiveinch25 5-INCH GUN MOUNT MARK 40, OP 1029, 1944. Manual for submarine gun & mounting] Made available online by Historic Nav

| production_date = 1933-1944 ...ns, 7,62 ItKk/31 VKT and an improved 7,62 ItKk/31-40 VKT, between 1933 and 1944.<ref name="Lappi_85">{{Citation

...05-22}}</ref> Twelve were in Luftwaffe service between April and September 1944.<ref>Gander and Chamberlain, p. 153</ref>

...even were in German service in August 1943, declining to twenty by October 1944.<ref>Gander and Chamberlain, p. 153</ref>

...turret|turret]] layout, started production with this gun in the spring of 1944. When later tested against German armor, it was found that the tank gun dev

[[Image:M7 director.jpg|thumb|upright|right|M7 gun director 1944]] ...t was turned on, at which point the engagement continued as in the day. In 1944 the system was dramatically upgraded with the addition of the [[SCR-584]] m

...9-05-23}}</ref> Twelve were in German service between August 1943 and June 1944.<ref>Gander and Chamberlain, p. 153</ref>

|image=[[File:HMAS Stuart Bow 1944 AWM 301350.jpg]] |caption="B" gun on [[HMAS Stuart (D00)|HMAS ''Stuart'']], 1944

...on Flower class corvette [[HMCS Kenogami (K125)|HMCS ''Kenogami'']] circa. 1944 - 1945

The '''B-20''' was created by [[M.E. Berezin]] in [[1944 in aviation|1944]] by chambering his [[Berezin UB]] 12.7 mm machine gun for the 20 mm rounds

[[File:M5 director.jpg|thumb|M5 gun director 1944]]

|design_date=1944 ...submachine gun|PPS-43]] were studied in detail. Two designs were tested in 1944, one from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori and one from Husqvarna Vapenfab

...'']] sank six Japanese submarines in a matter of days with Hedgehog in May 1944.<ref name="proceedings">Lanier, William D. and Williamson, John A., CAPT US

During the battles in the summer of 1944, the Finnish tanks downed eleven Soviet aircraft and thus prevented attacks

...ss as an anti-barge weapon were used for the rest of the war. Beginning in 1944, the M9 model 37&nbsp;mm (1.46&nbsp;in) cannon was installed at the builder * TM 9-2300 standard artillery and fire control dated 7 Feb. 1944

...loaded onto a [[TBF Avenger]] aboard the [[USS Wasp (CV-18)|''Wasp'']] in 1944. The torpedo is fitted with breakaway wooden nose and tail protection which ...mdash;were prone to running on the surface, or not running at all. By late 1944, the design had been modified to allow reliable drops from as high as {{con

...#Variants|Mark 27]] homing torpedo ("Cutie") in the Yellow Sea in November 1944.<ref>Blair, p.788.</ref> ...kt (54 km/h, 33 mph) and a maximum range of 4,000 yards (3,650 m). By July 1944, an improved version capable of 40 kt (74 km/h, 46 mph) had appeared.<ref>B

...inst surface vessels. It saw service in the Pacific war from the summer of 1944. Lieutenant Commander [[Carter L. Bennett]]'s [[USS Sea Owl (SS-405)|''Sea

|production_date=1944—1953 ...eplacement for the [[Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23]] cannon. It entered service in 1944. The NS-23 round was derived from the [[14.5x114mm]] anti-tank round by nec

...">Johnson, Melvin M., Jr. ''Rifles and Machine Guns'' William Morrow & Co. 1944 appendix</ref> ...ish engineers in exile in the United Kingdom. The gun went into service in 1944, and was used well into the 1950s for, among other uses, on [[Cromwell tank

|service= 1944 - 1950s ...Polsten was apparently mooted in June 1941. It went into service in March 1944 alongside the Oerlikon. Both the Oerlikon and the Polsten used similar 60 r

...of any use at sea and were therefore mounted ashore. All were scrapped by 1944.

...le, so the Mk VI was deployed in static emplacements only. In service from 1944 to 1959.

...late to be used. They were used during the [[Continuation War]] of 1941 - 1944.<ref>[http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS3.htm#76ItK16 Jaeger Platoon: Fin

*[[Battle class destroyer|"1944" Battle class]] destroyer

...had two of these guns mounted on a twin Mark XIX on their foredeck between 1944 and 1976.

...xed QF]] {{convert|31|lb|kg|sigfig=4}}, {{convert|35|lb|kg|sigfig=4}} from 1944<ref name=DiGiulian>DiGiulian</ref> ...r II]]. These submarine guns fired a heavier 35-pound projectile from late 1944<ref name=DiGiulian/>.

...> {{HMS|Spartan|95|6}}, a ''Bellona'' class cruiser, was sunk at anchor in 1944 by a Luftwaffe guided missile.<ref>Raven, Dido Class Cruisers</ref> In 1944, VT-fused shells for the gun became available, making the gun significantly

...th the modern autoloading [[Ordnance QF 6 pounder|6 pdr MkIIA]] until late 1944<ref>See Reynolds 'MGB 658'</ref>.

...x of fragmentation-incendiary and [[armor piercing]]-incendiary rounds. By 1944 ShVAK was supplanted by the 20-mm development of the Berezin UB 12.7-mm mac

...nearly 1000 rounds of 5" mechanical fuze ammunition per kill, even in late 1944.<ref>Campbell, Naval Weapons of WW2, P106</ref> ...’s battleships dismal performance in the [[Battle off Samar]] in October 1944.<ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-086.htm Overview of USN and I

...t successful use was by [[HMS Loch Killin|HMS ''Loch Killin'']] on 31 July 1944, when she sank [[Unterseeboot 333|''U333'']]. The system was credited with

...dles and manufactured by Husqvarna Vapenfabriks, with production ending in 1944. However, the Swedish military made no distinction in service between the

|service= 1944-1945

...engine land-based attack aircraft [[Nakajima G8N|G8N]], started in spring, 1944. It was called '''''Shisei Gyorai M''''' (Trial model torpedo M), or '''''2 ...aircraft having good maneuverability, at Yokosuka Naval airbase in January 1944. He found the releasing parameters of the tactic after 300 tests. The Imper

...Type 98 20 mm AA Machine Cannon|Type 98 20 mm]] guns. It was introduced in 1944 and approximately 500 guns were produced.

...A US military photograph of a captured dual gun emplacement on [[Guam]] in 1944.

...production was undertaken. A formal chemical synthesis was accomplished in 1944 by American chemists [[Robert Burns Woodward|R.B. Woodward]] and [[W.E. Doe ...ican Chemical Society|J Am Chem Soc]] | volume = 66 | issue = 849 | year = 1944}}</ref> Since then, several more efficient [[quinine total synthesis|quinin

...[[salicylic acid]]. Lehmann first tried PAS as an oral TB therapy late in 1944. The first patient made a dramatic recovery. The drug proved better than [[

...osum | journal=Onderstepoort Jour. Vet. Sci. Animal Ind. | volume=20| year=1944| pages=67}}</ref>. The [[LD50|LD₅₀]] of this compound is 0,5mg\k

...for [[Blind approach beacon system|Beam Approach]] Training. By the end of 1944, American types were available and all had been returned to the Royal Air F :In April 1944 six Oxfords were transferred to the Force Publique in the Belgian Congo, th

...BC|Director-General]] of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] from 1944 to 1952 and from 1952 to 1966 he was editor of ''[[The Times]]''. He was ma ...before=[[Robert W. Foot]] | title=[[Director-General of the BBC]] | years=1944-1952 | after=[[Ian Jacob]]}}

...[[vice president]] of the [[University of Chicago]] from 1937 to 1945. In 1944, he had entered into unsuccessful negotiations with [[Walt Disney]] to make

* ''How to Think About War and Peace'' (1944) * ''The Revolution in Education'' (1944, with [[Milton Mayer]])

...in pen]] nibs are frequently tipped with alloys containing ruthenium. From 1944 onward, the famous [[Parker 51]] fountain pen was fitted with the "RU" nib,

!1944 |The Stadacona Mine (1944), Ltd. || - || Rouyn ||Quebec

...ition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996, p.581.</ref> In 1944, a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company report found 42 cases of asbestosis

*"Safer Oregon", Volume 1, Number 1 (June 1944)

...coating of iron and steel to prevent corrosion<ref name="ReferenceA"/>. In 1944, 62% and in 1956 59% of the cadmium in the United States was used for this

...rd as professor emerita. She was included in the list of Men in Science in 1944 and received the [[Lasker Award]] in 1947. She died in 1970.

He sat his matriculation exam in 1944 and repeatedly the exams were interrupted by air raid warnings and trips to

| Christian evangelist; founded the school in 1944 as the Oakland Bible Institute

...[[red dwarf]] named after [[George Van Biesbroeck]], who discovered it in 1944 – the smallest and faintest star then known.

*''[[Stielers Handatlas]]'' (Germany, 1817-1944)

...pressure-volume diagram by [[Otto Frank (physiologist)|Otto Frank]] (1865-1944) | journal = Sudhoffs Arch | volume = 83 | issue = 2 | pages = 131–51 | y

...ne synthesis and he shed doubt (calling it a myth) on the earlier claim in 1944 by [[Robert Burns Woodward|Bob Woodward]] and [[W.E. Doering|William Doerin ...is of Quinine'' R. B. Woodward and W. E. Doering [[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]]; '''1944'''; 66(5) pp 849 - 849; {{DOI|10.1021/ja01233a516}}</ref> starting from [[i

...the 1920s and 1930s was found in a hotel room unconscious on September 26, 1944 after taking Seconal.

...and then the renascent [[Communist Party USA]].<ref>Gage, 295-308</ref> In 1944, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], successor to the BOI, investigate

...assinated prominent politicians as a strategy. For example, on November 6, 1944, [[Lord Moyne]], the British Minister of State for the Middle East, was ass ...unt of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944, By M.R.D Foot(1966)</ref> perhaps the largest coordinated attack of its ki

...Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]], engaged the Germans in a guerrilla war. By 1944 the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] was th

...story of the Reno era; the story of the Reno brothers'' by Robert Shields, 1944, Rare, out of print, ASIN: B0007HS6HU

}}</ref> The infected cattle cakes were to be dropped on Germany in 1944. However neither the cakes nor the bomb were used; the cattle cakes were in

| date= 18 April 1944

[[Image:Butter1web.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Churning butter (photo taken in 1944)]]

...Consumer Affairs]]. Retrieved October 15, 2005.</ref> It is U.S. law since 1944 that all raw-milk cheeses (including imports since 1951) must be aged at le

...Resonance", ''Bell System Technical Journal'', '''vol.23''', pp.415–433, 1944.

...nce", ''Bell System Technical Journal'', '''vol.23''', pp.&nbsp;415–433, 1944.

| date = October 1944 | date = September 1944

...wo were lost in delivery and replaced Egyptian 626s served from 1933 until 1944.

...installing a vertical camera in an Avro Anson V, Rockcliffe, Ont., 4 July 1944]]

...etween February and August 1942, to [[No. 286 Squadron RAF]] from November 1944 to February 1945<ref>Jefford 2001, p. 85.</ref> and to [[No. 613 Squadron R ...lst the School was based at [[RAF Sutton Bridge]] from April 1942 to March 1944. In this role, they pulled the drogue targets required for aerial gunnery

...own Farm, they left the Mohawk at Andover.<ref name="miles" /> In February 1944, the aircraft was delivered to No. 5 Maintenance Unit at [[RAF Kemble]] for

...or|M.16 Mentor]].<ref name="Jackson v3 p341">Jackson 1988, p.341.</ref> In 1944 a Nighthawk fuselage was fitted with the wings from a [[Miles Mohawk|Mohawk

...Air Force]] in exile in the United Kingdom - One aircraft in service from 1944 to 1945. ...Proctor IV built by F. Hills & Son at Manchester Barton Aerodrome in early 1944. Displayed at the Torbay Museum in 1976.]]

...flying in green/brown camouflage until the sole prototype was broken up in 1944. By that point, a more definitive development had been started, the [[Reid