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	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Ship History/Command Operations Reports
		Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 1
		Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2
		The Ships History Branch of the Naval Warfare Division researches and writes the multi-volume Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, available in many libraries in the United States and abroad.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs (465 words)

	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy.
		The volumes were completed in alphabetical order, so the service histories of ships still in service at the time of writing end at dates dependent on their names, and subsequent information must come from elsewhere.
		The description of each ship includes official dates and locations of various events, combat and peacetime activities, and some notable events in the life of the ship, plus the physical dimensions and armaments of the ship (if known).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships (377 words)

	Pecan Tree Books - Military Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division, Vol 1 1959, Vol 2, 1963 and Vol 3, 1968).
		Innumerable ships of the fleet are covered, old and new, as well as select confederate force vessls.
		Shipping is $8.00 media, please e-mail me if you want priority shipping or an international buyer.
	www.pecantreebooks.com /military7.html (152 words)

	DANFS - Manila Bay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		American naval and ground forces began a three-pronged invasion along northern New Guinea at Aitape, Hollandia, and Tanahmerah Bay 22 April.
		During the next 4 days she remained east of the embattled island as ships and planes of the Fast Carrier Task Force repulsed the Japanese Fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and inflicted staggering losses on the enemy, thus crippling the Imperial Navy's air strength permanently.
		In a series of masterful and coordinated surface attacks, an American battleship, cruiser, and destroyer force met and smashed enemy ships in the Battle of Surigao Strait, early 25 October.
	www.hostultra.com /~Exidor/USS_Manila_Bay/DANFS_Manila_Bay.html (1969 words)

	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy.
		The volumes were completed in alphabetical order, so the service histories of ships still in service at the time of writing end at dates dependent on their names, and subsequent information must come from elsewhere.
		The description of each ship includes official dates and locations of various events, combat and peacetime activities, and some notable events in the life of the ship, plus the physical dimensions and armaments of the ship (if known).
	www.tinosa.com /dictionary_of_american_naval_fighting_ships.html (468 words)

	Naval Historical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Naval Historical Center (NHC) is the official history program of the United States Navy.
		It is physically located at the Washington Navy Yard, and maintains a website of considerable value.
		The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Historical_Center (117 words)

	DANFS: USS Wright (CVL-49)
		She arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard soon thereafter and, from 1 November to 17 December, underwent post-shakedown repairs and alterations before she returned to Pensacola two days before Christmas, where she resumed her regular schedule of pilot qualification training under the operational control of the Chief of Naval Air Training, Commander Air Atlantic.
		After shifting to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on 17 October, for the final phase of preservation for inactivation, Wright was decommissioned at Puget Sound on 15 March 1956 and assigned to the Bremerton group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
		The command ship's medical officer was flown across to the Israeli ship and treated a seaman suffering from kidney stones.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CVL/cvl49.html (1610 words)

	DANFS: USS Waldron (DD-699) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unknown to the American Fleet, however, was the fact that the two Japanese warships had moved south to safer waters at Singapore.
		The raids went forward anyhow on 12 January, and the naval aviators still managed to rack up a stupendous score: 44 ships sunk, 15 of which were Japanese combatants and the remainder being merchant ships.
		Waldron was one of the ships assigned to cover the severely damaged carrier during the initial stage of her retirement from action.
	users3.ev1.net /~ronwells/history2.htm (2510 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography
		Naval History Information Center - a comprehensive source for naval history information.
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - histories of over 7000 US Navy vessels.
		Photo Galleries - over 3,000 ship photos from around the world, from historical ships to the present day.
	www.hazegray.org (215 words)

	A History of the USS New Jersey, BB-62
		This blow was coordinated with the assault on Kwajalein, and effectively interdicted Japanese naval retaliation to the conquest of the Marshalls.
		NEW JERSEY's final contribution to the conquest of the Marianas was in strikes on Guam and the Palaus from which she sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 9 August.
		Fitted with improved electronics and a helicopter landing pad and with her 40 millimeter battery removed, she was tailored for use as a heavy bombardment ship.
	www.bb62museum.org /history.html (4362 words)

	MILITARY FIREPOWER: NAVY & SHIPS
		Naval Historical Center site is full of resources regarding ships and naval activity from the early days of the United States to the present.
		One of the most famous ships of United States Navy, the USS Missouri (BB-63) is the fourth ship and second battleship to bear the name of the "Show me" state.
		Naval Technology is the web site for the defence industry serving the UK Navy and its allies.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_other_navy_ships.php3 (1603 words)

	A History of Ships Named Enterprise
		The full entry for CVAN-65 from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is available on-line, but since DANFS was published in 1963, and the ship was commissioned in 1961, the entry is very short.
		"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships", U.S. Navy, 1963.
		"Ships of the Star Fleet" is sort of a late 23rd century version of "Jane's Fighting Ships", or perhaps "Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet".
	starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE (6524 words)

	USS Spangenberg DE-223 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She served temporarily as a school ship for student officers and as escort to coastwise merchant traffic before beginning duty with transatlantic convoys.
		In early 1945, orders came for the U.S.S. Spangenberg DE 223 and other ships of Task Force 66 to report for duty under the British Admiralty for anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort support group work in and south of the Irish Sea, where sinkings by German submarines were numerous.
		All bread and pastries used on the ship are baked on board by two bakers who work at night because there is no room for them while the regular meals are being prepared.
	www.jtasd.k12.pa.us /spangenberg/de223.htm (5402 words)

	History of the USS Benham
		Untill 2 July the ship operated with the CVE group and recovered valuable intelligence data on 27 June from the bodies of four Jap airmen floating near the wreckage of their plane.
		As screening vessel for Task Group 38.2 the ship participated in the Palau strikes of 6 and 7 September and the initial strikes on Mindanao and the Central Philippines commencing on the 9th and continuing through the 15th.
		The ship participated in the strikes on Camrahn Bay, Saigon, Hong Kong, Canton and Hainan during the middle of January, and when the group left the South China Sea, the Benham was the last ship to leave, being on picket station astern.
	www.geocities.com /ussbenham.geo/history.html (5467 words)

	Jewell (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, V. 3, 1968, p.
		Assigned to the 13th Naval District, she was taken to Section Base, Kodiak, Alaska, and placed in service there 4 September 1942.
		In 1946 the craft was assigned to the 13th Naval District in an Out-of-Service, in "Reserve" status, and was finally sold to a private purchaser 5 May 1950.
	www.datasync.com /~bouchard/meships/jewell.htm (114 words)

	about the Gambier Bay
		Meanwhile, the Japanese threw their entire fleet against American naval power in desperate gamble to destroy the largest concentration of American shipping in Leyte Gulf.
		Smoke was laid down to cover their running fight as the gallant destroyers docked in and out of the mist and smoke to charge battleship, cruiser, and destroyer formations point-blank until ordered back to cover the escort carriers with more smoke.
		Two enemy cruisers were sunk and much damage inflicted on the other ships of this overwhelmingly powerful surface fleet, turned back in the last analysis by the indomitable spirit of the men of the escort carriers and their screen of destroyers and destroyer-escorts.
	www.ussgambierbay-vc10.com /aboutGB.htm?ref=beyazmp3.com (1236 words)

	U.S. Government Bookstore: Browse by Subject: Naval History
		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, V. 1, Pt.
		This volume gives historical sketches of ships whose names begin with L and M. Includes appendices on: amphibious warfare ships, aviation auxiliaries, destroyer tenders, ships of the line, classification of naval ships and service craft, and errata to Volume 3.
		This volume covers ship whose names start with the letters "R" and "S", and in the case of submarines, the "R Boats" and the "S Boats." Appendices provide data on submarine chasers and Eagle boats, two types initially designed for antisubmarine operations in World War 1.
	bookstore.gpo.gov /subjects/sb-236.jsp (1662 words)

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		On 8 October, she contacted a convoy of four freighters, and defied the air cover guarding the ships to sink one of the cargo ships before bombs forced her deep.
		Patrolling between the Carolinas and New Ireland, she sank a cargo ship on 17 November, and on 22 November attacked a convoy of four freighters.
		She is credited with sinking 15 ships, a total of 80,580 tons of enemy shipping.
	www.auburn.edu /~benjadp/tour/DrumHist.html (965 words)

	Local News - Fremont News-Messenger - www.thenews-messenger.com
		After his ship’s crew gunned down two Japanese planes, the wing of a third kamikaze struck the ship and a fourth hit it in the middle.
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships said a 1:52 p.m.
		Crippled by his injury and on a sinking ship in the middle of a battle, he did the only thing he could and jumped in the water.
	www.thenews-messenger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/NEWS01/50924001/1002 (870 words)

	HyperWar: US Navy Ships, 1940-1945
		My aim is to eventually have a separate page for each ship, which includes the specifications, history, and one or more photographs.
		The U.S. Naval Institute has over 450,000 prints in the archive, half are ships, and at least half of those ships were from World War II.
		Historic Naval Ships Association List of Historic Naval Ships listed by location and by name.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html (912 words)

	USS Tutuila (PG-4)
		She was then taken under the jurisdiction of the Naval Attache attached to the American Embassy, Chungking.
		The attache delivered the ship to an authorized representative of the Republic of China on 16 February 1942.
		The ship was permanently transferred to the Chinese government on 17 February 1948.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/5047/PR4_Tutuila.html (941 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Destroyers
		This was the first action taken by an American naval vessel against the Axis Powers.
		Greer had held the German U-boat in sound contact 3 hours and 28 minutes; had evaded two torpedoes fired at her; and with her 19 depth charges had become the first American ship in World War II to attack the Germans.
		The U.S. ships sank 4 of 12 transports and a patrol boat during the nighttime attack, known as the Battle of Makassar Strait.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/destroyers/ddhist2.html (671 words)

	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Naval Hist picture - Webshots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Naval Hist picture - Webshots
		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Naval Hist
		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Naval History Division • Washington USS Missouri IV (BB-63) The 24th State, admitted to the Union 10 August 1821, Missouri was named for the Missouri River, and Indian name meaning "muddy waters." (BB-63: displacement.
	community.webshots.com /photo/31540651iMgGbGJzRc (136 words)

	Military History Books - online military history bookshop
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships includes all vessels commissioned into the US Navy since 1775.
		Each volume is profusely illustrated, includes full technical details of the ships, their histories, tabulated data on ship types, etc. Ships listed alphabetically.
		Full technical details of the ships, their histories, tabulated data on ship types etc. Appendices cover all carriers and ships that served the Coonfederate States Government.
	www.tmhbs.com /section_N_01.asp (681 words)

	USS Piedmont
		From the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," (1970) Vol.
		By early December, damaged ships began returning to Manus and destroyers SAUFLEY (DD-465) and KILLEN (DD-593), both severely damaged by Japanese suicide planes, were assigned to PIEDMONT for repairs.
		Decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1982, former PIEDMONT was leased to Turkey 18 October the same year and commissioned into the Turkish Navy 29 March 1983 as tender DERYA (A 576).
	home.earthlink.net /~usn17/uss_piedmont.htm (1405 words)

	Orono
		From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, V. 5, 1970, pp.
		Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Orono steamed north soon after fitting out to handle ships in the Columbia River area.
		She remained at Port Docks until late 1946, then shifting to Tongue Point to handle ships of the Columbia River Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet and to act as fire tug for the base.
	www.datasync.com /~bouchard/meships/orono.htm (184 words)

	Cable Laying & Repair Ships: ARC-1, ARC-5 & Nashawena
		The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for Yamacraw has a nice photo of the vessel as WARC-333 and largely points back to Trapper.
		Nashawena is the ship with most in common with Albert J. Myer and William H. Bullard origins -- she was built as the Army Signal Corps cable layer William A. Glassford.
		Cable ships are typically deep draft and the connection between the deep ocean cable and shore has to be accomplished by various inventive means, very often using barges of some type.
	patriot.net /~eastlnd2/o_arc.htm (1480 words)

	VOLADOR
		VOLADOR conducted a shipping reconnaissance patrol until the night of 27 September 1953 when she made rendezvous with and was relieved by submarine CAIMAN (SS-323).
		The submarine was saved from possible total destruction due to a spectacular pier fire at the shipyard on 9 and 10 November 1962 by the duty section led by the duty officer and the executive officer.
		She arrived back at Yokosuka Japan, on the 24th to learn that her deployment was being indefinitely extended because of mobilization response to the capture of environmental research ship PUEBLO (AGER-2) by the North Koreans.
	home.att.net /~ss490/VOLADOR.html (2948 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Ships (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Contains ship fact sheets, lists of homeports and hull classification symbols, status of ships, and planning yard assignments.
		Bud's Navy Fighting Ship History - Histories of various U.S. Navy ship classes.
		Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - Gives histories for virtually every U.S. naval vessel.
	dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships (267 words)

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		She was rated at 20.52 knots and was armed with six 6-inch guns, four 4.7-inch guns, ten 6-pounders, four 1-pounders, four machine guns, two field pieces, and three torpedo tubes.
		He also mentions that he hopes to fight them because he has had no chance to hear gun shots, except in practice.
		The games include an obstacle race, boon fight, shoe race, bottle royal, three- legged race on the dock, pie eating contest, and a boat race.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/tamucush/00150.xml (969 words)

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