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  Abner Read -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Abner Read (5 April 1821 - 7 July 1863) was an officer of the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy who distinguished himself in the (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865) American Civil War.
Read joined the wardroom of the sloop-of-war (additional info and facts about Falmouth) Falmouth in the fall of 1854, departed (additional info and facts about Norfolk, Virginia) Norfolk, Virginia, in her on 16 December 1854, and cruised through the West Indies unsuccessfully seeking information concerning Albany.
Read was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 July 1862, and on 18 April 1863, he led a boat expedition which landed near the lighthouse at (additional info and facts about Sabine Pass) Sabine Pass.
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 USS Abner Read (DD-526) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abner Read was taken under tow by USS Ute at 0355 and was pulled to Adak for temporary repairs.
Following a month of repair work in various Alaskan ports, Abner Read was towed by USS Oriole to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, where she was laid up on keel blocks on 7 October to receive extensive repair work.
Abner Read then moved on to Wewak and, on 12 May, bombarded Japanese batteries which had been hindering the efforts of American motor torpedo boats to destroy enemy barge traffic.
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 ABNER READ WEALTHY AND WISE FACT FINDER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Abner Read (5_April 1821 - 7_July 1863) was an officer of the United_States_Navy who distinguished himself in the American_Civil_War.
Read was born in Urbana,_Ohio, and studied at Ohio_University, but left that institution a year before graduating to accept a warrant as a midshipman, effective 2_March 1839.
Following a year of study at the naval school in Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania, Read was promoted to passed midshipman on 2_July 1845.
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 USS Abner Read (DD-526) - meaning of word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
She assumed patrol duties on 4 May and, on the llth, shelled targets on Attu Island supporting soldiers of the Army's 7th Division who landed and were assaulting that island.
''Abner Read'' was taken under tow by USS Ute (AT-76) at 0355 and was pulled to Adak for temporary repairs.
Following a month of repair work in various Alaskan ports, ''Abner Read'' was towed by USS Oriole (AT-136) to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, where she was laid up on keel blocks on 7 October to receive extensive repair work.
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 DD-526 DANFS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Abner Read (DD-526) was laid down on 30 October 1941 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Bethlehem Steel Co., launched on 18 August 1942, sponsored by Mrs.
Abner Read was taken under tow by Ute (AT-76) at 0355 and was pulled to Adak for temporary repairs.
Following a month of repair work in various Alaskan ports, Abner Read was towed by Oriole (AT-136) to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., where she was laid up on keel blocks on 7 October to receive extensive repair work.
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 USS Abner Read (DD-526) - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class">Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant commander Abner Read.
Abner Read was taken under tow by Ute">USS Ute at 0355 and was pulled to Adak for temporary repairs.
Following a month of repair work in various Alaskan ports, Abner Read was towed by Oriole">USS Oriole to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, where she was laid up on keel blocks on 7 October to receive extensive repair work.
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 Abner Read DD-526   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Abner Read (DD-526) was 1aid down on 30 October 1941 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 18 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
Following a month of repair work in various Alaskan ports,A,oner Read was towed by Oriole (AT-136) to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., where she was Iaid up on keel blocks on 7 October to receive extensive repair work.
A second destroyer, D–769, was assigned the name Abner Read; but her construction was cancelled on 12 September 1946.
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 DANFS: USS Abner Read (DD-526)
Abner Read--born on 5 April 1821 in Urbana, Ohio--studied at Ohio University, but left that institution a year before graduating to accept a warrant as a midshipman, effective 2 March 1839.
Read joined the wardroom of the sloop-of-war Falmouth in the fall of 1854, departed Norfolk, Va., in her on 16 December 1854, and cruised through the West Indies unsuccessfully seeking information concerning Albany.
Ready for duty again, Read took command of the newly acquired New London when she was commissioned at New York on 29 October 1961.
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 Definition of abner haynes
In the general engagement which followed, Abner was defeated and put to flight.
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''Abner Read'' was taken under tow by [[USS Ute (AT-76)U...
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 Abner Read -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Read was born in (additional info and facts about Urbana, Ohio) Urbana, Ohio, and studied at (additional info and facts about Ohio University) Ohio University, but left that institution a year before graduating to accept a warrant as a midshipman, effective 2 March 1839.
Yet, despite his painful injury, he remained on duty until New London returned to (additional info and facts about New Orleans, Louisiana) New Orleans, Louisiana, late in May for repairs.
(additional info and facts about USS Abner Read (DD-526)) USS Abner Read (DD-526) was named for him.
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 HyperWar: USS Abner Read (DD-526) in the Aleutian Campaign
ABNER READ was engaged in regularly assigned war operation.
Particular credit is due the Commanding Officers USS BANCROFT and UTE whose promptness and efficiency in taking ABNER READ in tow was directly responsible for keeping her off the beach towards which she was helplessly drifting, and in permitting her to reach the nearest base.
The USS Abner Read kept a deck log which was an official record of all significant events which took place on board the ship.
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 USS Claxton (DD-571) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Continuing her patrol in (additional info and facts about Leyte Gulf) Leyte Gulf to support the forces ashore, on 1 November 1944, Claxton suffered 5 dead, 23 wounded, and serious damage when a Japanese suicide plane crashed and exploded in the water alongside to starboard.
With all her after living spaces flooded, Claxton fought her own damage as she rescued 187 survivors of (additional info and facts about Abner Read (DD-526)) Abner Read (DD-526), also a (A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II) kamikaze's victim.
Repairs at (additional info and facts about Tacloban) Tacloban and (The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb) Manus prepared Claxton for her return to action on fire support, patrol, and escort duty in the (additional info and facts about Lingayen Gulf) Lingayen Gulf landings from 9 January to 18 January 1945.
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 USS Claxton (DD-571) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Continuing her patrol in Leyte Gulf to support the forces ashore, on 1 November 1944, Claxton suffered 5 dead, 23 wounded, and serious damage when a Japanese suicide plane crashed and exploded in the water alongside to starboard.
With all her after living spaces flooded, Claxton fought her own damage as she rescued 187 survivors of Abner Read (DD-526), also a kamikaze's victim.
Repairs at Tacloban and Manus prepared Claxton for her return to action on fire support, patrol, and escort duty in the Lingayen Gulf landings from 9 January to 18 January 1945.
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 USS Abner Read DD 526
We are seeking information on the USS Abner Read and her crews.
My father was an EM2 on the Abner Read when she went down off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
I'm contacting you because I know that this is an important story and because of the historical significance of the Abner Read, its being the first ship to be sunk by a Kamikaze attack.
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 DD-664 DANFS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
During the Battle of Surigao Strait on the 25th, she launched torpedoes splashed one enemy plane, and guarded the damaged Albert W. Grant (DD-649).
While patrolling off Leyte Gulf on 1 November, she rescued 70 survivors of Abner Read (DD-526).
During the Lingayen Gulf campaign, she shot down one enemy plane 6 January 1945, and rendered fire-support for the landings on the 9th.
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 Destroyer Photo Index DD-526 USS ABNER READ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Bow view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 13 June 1943.
Stern view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 26 June 1943.
Broadside view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 13 Jun 1943.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Abner Read   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Abner Read; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
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 Claxton DD-571   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay on the night of 1-2 November 1943, Claxton, with four cruisers and seven other destroyers, fired her torpedoes in an attack which turned back a Japanese force of four cruisers and six destroyers sailing to attack transports off Bougainville, sinking two and damaging four of the enemy ships.
Claxton towed Foote (DD 511), one of five American ships injured that night, into Purvis Bay, arriving 4 November.
Repairs at Tacloban and Manus prepared Claxton for her return to action on fire support, patrol, and escort duty in the Lingayen Gulf landings from 9 to 18 January 1945.
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 USN Ships -- by Hull Number: DD -- Destroyers, numbered from DD 400 through DD 599
DD -- Destroyers, numbered from DD 400 through DD 599.
This page provides the hull numbers of all U.S. Navy destroyers numbered in the DD series from 400 through 599, with links to those ships with photos available in the Online Library.
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures provided in the "Online Library of Selected Images" are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.
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 Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Fletcher DD 445
Custom built Fletcher Class Destroyer models from the USS Fletcher DD 445 to the USS Rooks DD 804 or any other of the 175 Fletcher Class Destroyers in between.
Custom built ship models such as the USS Fletcher DD 445 Destroyers are available as both investment and museum quality models.
All 175 Fletcher Class Destroyers from the USS Fletcher DD 445 to the USS Rooks DD 804 are available in a multitude of configurations, sizes and levels of detail.
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 List of destroyers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.
It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, DLGN.
CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers while under construction; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers by the United States Congress (though the fact that the DDG sequence resumes with DDG-51 Arleigh Burke argues that they were).
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 Descendants of Captain William Daniell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Rev. was born on 20 Mar 1793 and died on 15 Sep 1844, at age 51.
Abner Morton KILPATRICK was born in 1825 and died in 1831, at age 6.
He went off to Princeton for one year but then returned to Virginia to read law and enter the bar.
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February 28 - The destroyer USS Abner Read (DD-526) is damaged by grounding in the eastern New Guinea area.
November 1 - The submarine USS Ray (SS-271) lands men and supplies on the west coast of Mindoro in the Philippines.
The destroyer USS Abner Read (DD-526) is sunk by a suicide plane in Leyte Gulf.
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 U.S. Naval Chronology Of W.W.II, 1944   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
United States naval vessels damaged, Cherbourg operation: Battleship TEXAS (BB-35) and destroyers BARTON (DD- 722), LAFFEY (DD-724), and OBRIEN (DD-275), by coastal defense gun.
Submarine RAY (SS-271) lands men and supplies on west coast of Mindoro, P. United States naval vessel sunk: Destroyer ABNER ROAD (DD-526), by suicide plane, Leyte Gulf, P. 10 d.
Destroyers PAUL HAMILTON (DD-590) and HOWORTH (DD- 592), by suicide planes, 12 d.
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 Historie - USN_1943 - Válečné lodě druhé světové války
I think these ships were 148ft in length, which is less that...
Last Fletcher Class DD in service in the USN.
You say that HMS Broadway was lost on 09.10.1940.
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 Product1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
USS Barry DD - 933 at sea 9 Oct 1969
USS Chevalier DD - 805 18 Mar 1969
USS Colahan DD - 658 Broadside 24 OCT 1943
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 Fletcher Class Destroyer Models
Conway DD Cony DD Conner DD Cotten DD 669
Eaton DD Erben DD Evans DD Fletcher DD 445
Rooks DD Ross DD Rowe DD Saufley DD 465
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 Chinese ship challenges Australian navy flotilla [Free Republic]
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The two newest Russian DDs, and a few others a generation back, but most of their fleet has no ability to intercept incoming missles, to speak of.
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