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	USS Johnston (DD-557) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnston was laid down 6 May 1942 by the Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; launched 25 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Johnston took a hit which knocked out one forward gun, damaged another, and her bridge was rendered untenable by fires and explosions resulting from a hit in her 40 mm ready ammunition locker.
		Johnston's supreme courage and daring in the Battle off Samar won her the Presidential Unit Citation as a unit of "Taffy 3" (Task Unit 77.4.3).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Johnston_(DD-557) (1699 words)

	DD-557 Johnston
		The first Johnston (DD-557) was laid down 6 May 1942 by the Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 25 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		But Johnston took three 14-inch shell hits from a battleship followed closely by three 6-inch shells from a light cruiser: "It was like a puppy being smacked by a truck.
		Johnston took a hit which knocked out one forward gun, damaged another, and her bridge was rendered untenable by fires and explosions resulting from a hit in her 40-mm ready ammunition locker.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-557.htm (1561 words)

	DD-445 Fletcher
		The second group, beginning with USS Brownson (DD 518), had lower, squared-off bridges with an open walk-around area for better vision during antiaircraft action.
		Johnston received 4,700 pounds of incoming ordnance within the space of one minute.
		Commander Ernest Edwin Evans was the Commanding Officer of the USS JOHNSTON (DD-557), a Fletcher class destroyer which fought Japanese forces in the battle off Samar on October 25, 1944.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/dd-445.htm (2146 words)

	USS JOHNSTON-HOEL ASSOCIATION - About the USS Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		JOHNSTON was operating with "Taffy 3" (Escort Carrier Task Unit 77.4.3) comprising Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague's flagship FANSHAW BAY (CVE-70), five other escort carriers, three destroyers including herself, and four destroyer escorts.
		JOHNSTON's gunnery officer later reported "We felt like little David without a slingshot." In less than a minute JOHNSTON was zigzagging between the six little escort carriers and the Japanese fleet and putting out a smoke screen over a 2,500-yard front to conceal the carriers from enemy gunners.
		JOHNSTON's supreme courage and daring in the Battle off Samar won her the Presidential Unit Citation as a unit of "Taffy 3" (Task Unit 77.4.3) Comdr.
	www.ussjohnston-hoel.bigstep.com /generic10.html (1921 words)

	USS JOHNSTON-HOEL ASSOCIATION - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		JOHNSTON, on the other hand was commissioned after HOEL and didn't make it to the war in the Pacific until early 1944.
		JOHNSTON was assigned to the Marianna Islands Campaign while HOEL was on another assignment.
		HOEL and JOHNSTON along with the other escort vessels laid a very effective smoke screen and gave such an account of themselves that the Japanese thought the destroyers were cruisers and that the Destroyer Escorts were destroyers as well as believing that the CVE aircraft carriers were large, first line carriers.
	www.ussjohnston-hoel.bigstep.com (603 words)

	USS Hailey DD-556; My USN Years - ETCS Andrew H. Barr, United States Navy, Retired
		Destroyer Division 94, consisting of HAGGARD, FRANKS, HAILEY, and JOHNSTON was moving northwesterly up from the Solomons 16 May. About 2-1/2 hours before midnight they were steaming in scouting line some 125 miles east by north of Green Island.
		Johnston resigned from the naval service 23 June 1864 and died 23 April 1912 at St. Louis, Mo.
		This was a major surface engagement primarily of seven American DD and DEs against the formidable battleship/cruiser/destroyer force it opposed.
	members.cox.net /ironbarr3/dd556.htm (2827 words)

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		Johnston resigned from the naval service 23 June 1864 and died 23 April 1912 at St. Louis, Mo. I JOHNSTON DD-557 dp.
		We were the first destroyer to make smoke, the first to start firing, the first to launch a torpedo attack...." For the first 20 minutes, JOHNSTON was helpless as the enemy cruisers and battleships had her in range.
		The JOHNSTON was a fighting ship, but he was the heart and soul of her." In addition to the Presidential Unit Citation, JOHNSTON received six battle stars for service in World War II.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd557txt.txt (1684 words)

	USS JOHNSTON (DD 557)
		The most ably commanded destroyer of Taffy III, JOHNSTON was repeatedly referenced by the Japanese as a "heavy cruiser." She was credited as the first ship of Taffy III to attack Centre Force and charged the four ships of Cruiser Division Seven at 30 knots.
		JOHNSTON next helped protect escort carriers which were providing air support for the invasion and capture of the Palau Islands.
		JOHNSTON's Gunnery Officer, LT Robert C. Hagen, later reported, "...we felt like little David without a slingshot." Soon after contact, JOHNSTON was zigzagging between the escort carriers and the Japanese fleet, laying a smoke screen to hide the American task unit from the enemy.
	www.bosamar.com /usforces/dd557.html (1748 words)

	History
		Although sustaining heavy damage, with all torpedoes expended and her operational capabilities greatly impaired, JOHNSTON continued to protect a U.S. carrier force by attacking alone an advancing Japanese destroyer division comprised cf one cruiser and four destroyers.
		The fury of JOHNSTON's gunfire was such that the impending torpedo attack by the Japanese was launched in haste and consequently proved ineffective.
		The destroyer division then encircled JOHNSTON, concentrating all their fire-power at her until she sank, taking with her 191 sailors of her 327-man crew.
	home.earthlink.net /~desron37/evans/id1.html (470 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - In Harm's Way -- T.F 77.4.3 aka Taffy 3
		The Johnston and much of her crew would pay the ultimate price, but the beachhead would be saved.
		Evans brought the Johnston within 6,000 yards of the cruiser, scoring five hits before breaking off the attack when he sighted a squadron of Japanese destroyers led by the light cruiser Yahagi moving in on other carriers.
		The Johnston took hits from two cruisers off her port side, two ahead, several destroyers on her starboard, and a battleship astern.
	www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=4226 (2690 words)

	USN Ships--USS JOHNSTON (DD-557)
		USS Johnston, a 2100-ton Fletcher class destroyer built at Seattle, Washington, was commissioned in October 1943.
		Though she was lost in this action, along with most of her crew, Johnston's efforts were instrumental in saving most of the carriers and preventing the Japanese fleet from reaching the Leyte invasion area.
		He was Johnston's Commanding Officer from then until she was sunk in the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944, and was lost with the ship.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-j/dd557.htm (334 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In May while screening mine layers operating in the Buka Passage, she and the HAGGARD (DD-555), HAILEY (DD-556), and JOHNSTON (DD-557) of Destroyer Division 94 were sent on a submarine hunt.
		Next it was the JOHNSTON’s turn, and then at 0015 on 17 May the FRANKS dropped a full pattern that finished the job.
		In mid-September she was a part of the operations to secure Palau Island and Ulithi Atoll and in October joined Task Group 77.4 to participate in the Battle of Leyte Gulf where the JOHNSTON was sunk.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd554-nl.htm (816 words)

	Home Page
		DD-557 USS JOHNSTON was a Fletcher Class Destroyer laid down at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard on 6 May 1942 and Commissioned on 27 October 1943.
		The USS JOHNSTON earned the name GQ Johnny by its crew because the ship was constantly called to General Quarters by its tough skipper Comdr.
		During the battle, USS JOHNSTON was pummeled by 6 inch, 8 inch, and 14 inch shellfire.
	www.steelnavy.com /BWNFletcher.htm (1112 words)

	Edward M. Digardi -- World War II veteran, lawyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Digardi later wrote, the ship woke to the sound of the captain's voice announcing that they were being pursued "by a large portion of the Japanese fleet." Almost immediately, he said, splashes sounded around the carriers in the Johnston's task force as the Japanese opened fire from 17 miles away.
		Digardi watched as the Johnston sank, its captain aboard, and the Japanese destroyer dipping its battle ensign in honor as the Japanese crew saluted.
		In its official history, the Navy credits the Johnston's actions as instrumental in protecting the U.S. aircraft carriers and preventing the Japanese from moving into the Leyte Gulf, scene of the first U.S. landing in the Philippines campaign.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/01/BAGPUFH3CN1.DTL (757 words)

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		EVANS Ernest Edwin Evans, born 13 August 1908 in Pawnee, Okla., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1931.
		Commanding JOHNSTON, he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in action against a Japanese submarine on 16 May 1944, and in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought his ship gallantly until it was sunk, 25 October 1944, by the Japanese force superior in number, firepower, and armor.
		Commander Evans was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his material contribution to the decisive victory won in Leyte Gulf and shared in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his group for this action in which he gave his life.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/escorts/de1023.txt (432 words)

	Composite Squadron VC-10, USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)
		The following personnel were aboard the U. Heermann (DD 532) during the surface action and no information is available as to their whereabouts or condition: Note: As of this writing we know Dahlen was killed while aboard the Heermann, the two enlisted crew survived.
		The two planes that had been loaded with torpedoes, which took off later, proceeded to their attack at about 0800, and apparently made very good launchings against a BB, but there was no observation of results.
		The rockets carried by one plane were launched at a new type DD after the main attack had taken place with unobserved results.
	www.ouroldnavy.com /vc10all.htm (14768 words)

	NO HIGHER HONOR: Photo: DE 413
		None of the small boys mounted a gun that could pierce battleship armor, so their only weapon with a prayer of effectiveness was the torpedo.
		Johnston takes hits from three 14-inch and three 6-inch shells, which knock out one engine and cut speed to 17 knots.
		No Higher Honor is the first book to detail the extraordinary tale of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) and the crew's heroic efforts to save the ship after it hit an Iranian mine in 1988.
	www.navybook.com /nohigherhonor/pic-de413.shtml (1265 words)

	History
		The wolves and little wolves (DDs and DEs) are ordered in for their second attack.
		JOHNSTON, because of slower speed, after suffering hits in her earlier attack, joins on the tailend of the DEs.
		At 0940, the JOHNSTON coasted to a stop, all power lost the word was passed "abandon ship".
	usskadashanbaycve76.homestead.com /History.html (7704 words)

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		The Johnston and other destroyers, part of the thirteen ship Task Force, Taffy 111, were screening the American escort carriers when the attack came.
		Ammunition stores on the Johnston started to explode and fifteen minutes later she rolled over and sank.
		Memorials to the Hoel, Johnston and Roberts are located at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Hund2GMA/1944b.htm (4124 words)

	DANFS: USS Johnston (DD-557)
		John Vincent Johnston of Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the Navy in September 1861 as First Master in gunboat St.
		But Johnston took three 14-inch shell hits from a battleship followed closely by three 6-inch shells from a light cruiser: "It was alike a puppy being smacked by a truck.
		Johnston took a hit which knocked out one forward gun, damaged another, and her bridge was rendered untenable by fires and explosions resulting from a hit in her 40mm.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd557.html (1667 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Destroyers
		Dec.18, 1944 - USS Hull (DD 350), USS Monaghan (DD 354), and USS Spence (DD 512) capsized during a typhoon off the Philippine coast.
		Halsey faced a court of inquiry regarding the matter and was found to be principally responsible for failing not to get the ships out of the typhoon path.
		16, 1945 - USS Pringle (DD 477) sank and USS Laffey (DD 724) was heavily damaged by six aircraft and four bombs during a kamikaze attack off of Okinawa.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/destroyers/ddhist3.html (384 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		During the night of 16–17 May 1944, the HAGGARD was patrolling with the FRANKS (DD-554) and JOHNSTON (DD-557) when her sonar picked up an enemy submarine.
		Positioning themselves between their carriers and the enemy, the HAGGARD and her sister destroyers successfully dodged shells from enemy cruisers.
		The HAGGARD remained with the escort carriers during air operations supporting the Philippines campaign and then joined Task Force 38 for the December invasion of Luzon.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd555-nl.htm (935 words)

	Fallen Son & Daughters Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		BM2/c Walker was stationed on the USS Johnston (DD-557), located in Pearl Harbor.
		A letter from Lt. R.C. Hagen, the senior surviving officer of the USS Johnston wrote to Jack’s parents the following: “Jack was a fine man and a shipmate and a good sailor.
		He was admired by his fellow sailors for his good fellowship and courage, and he was regarded by the ship’s officers as a man we could be relied on in the performance of his duty.”
	www.state.sd.us /military/VetAffairs/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=1988 (270 words)

	The Carrier Project - The Saga of Taffy 3
		Early on the morning of 25 October 1944, Taffy 3 came face-to-face with a Japanese surface force of 11 destroyers, 2 light and 6 heavy cruisers and 4 battleships (including the Yamato, the largest battleship in existance), under the command of Admiral Takeo Kurita, that had broken through the American line.
		Survivors of the destroyer Johnston report seeing an officer on an unknown Japanese destroyer come to attention and salute as his ship passed the men in the water and the shattered hulk of their ship, giving tribute to the bravery of his enemy.
		The furious defense mounted by Taffy 3 convinced Kurita that he was facing heavier forces than he actually was, prompting his decision to turn and retire from the area.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/battle-samar.htm (1654 words)

	USS JOHNSTON-HOEL ASSOCIATION - Damage - DD 557 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Subject: Damage to the USS JOHNSTON in Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944, Report of.
		The following account is a chronological report of gun fire damage that resulted in the sinking of the USS JOHNSTON in the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944.
		All times are local time (-9 time zone) and are approximate only, as no record or logs were saved when the ship sank.
	www.ussjohnston-hoel.bigstep.com /generic.html?pid=13 (1479 words)

	Sea Stories - Chapter 4
		We were taught that a DD's main armament was not its six 5-inch guns, but its torpedoes.
		The one time they were exercised nothing worked and the torpedo officer caught public hell from the captain who in turn was under the magnifying glass of the embarked commodore.
		Subject: Having fun with the XO After we lost the USS Johnston at Leyte, I was reassigned, by the Bureau, to the YOG-63, she was almost finished in Portland, Oregon in early 1945.
	www.dd-692.com /sea_stories_-_chapter_4.htm (9608 words)

	USS Johnston reborn [Archive] - jolt.co.uk public forums
		To build a perfect replica of the USS Johnston, a Fletcher-class destroyer that distinguished itself in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II.
		The Johnston engaged Japanese cruisers in an attempt to protect six American escort carriers from certain destruction by a larger Japanese naval force.
		Porter himself is also a descendant of two important American naval figures: David Porter, the gifted captain of the USS Essex, a frigate that was one of the scourges of the seas during the War of 1812, and David Dixon Porter, an admiral who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War.
	forums.jolt.co.uk /archive/index.php/t-368121.html (406 words)

	The Battle of Samar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Taking one hit after another, the Johnston maintained a hot fire on the Japanese cruisers, shooting at ranges as short as 5,000 yards.
		For 50 minutes the "Sammy B," like a terrier barking at mastiffs, dodged in to fire at point-blank range her 5-inch guns against the 8, 14 and 18-inchers of the monster, steel-clad opponents.
		Little did he know that Sprague's practically helpless force was all that lay between them and the whole fleet of American transports and landing craft of MacArthur's army making a beachhead at Leyte Gulf.
	www.masscomm.txstate.edu /mcfaculty/england-mt/5304j/lohn/samar.htm (2027 words)

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