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		The Japanese submarine I-29 is sunk by the submarine USS Sawfish (SS-276) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
		The Japanese frigate Kursagaki is sunk by the submarine USS Guitarro (SS-363) in the Philippines.
		The Japanese minelayer Shirataka is sunk by the submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1944.html (14628 words)

	USS Buchanan (DD-484) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Buchanan (DD-484), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Franklin Buchanan, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy that became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
		Buchanan (DD-484) was launched 22 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss Hildreth Meiere, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan; and commissioned 21 March 1942, Lieutenant Commander R. Wilson in command.
		Buchanan was recommissioned 11 December 1948 at Charleston and underwent shakedown and refresher training with a nucleus Turkish crew aboard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Buchanan_(DD-484) (858 words)

	USS Buchanan (DD-131) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for (additional info and facts about Franklin Buchanan) Franklin Buchanan, was a (additional info and facts about Wickes-class) Wickes-class (A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) destroyer in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy.
		Buchanan was subsequently transferred to (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) Britain and served as HMS Campbeltown (I42).
		The first USS Buchanan (DD-131) was launched on 2 January 1919 by (additional info and facts about Bath Iron Works) Bath Iron Works, (additional info and facts about Bath, Maine) Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_buchanan_(dd-131)4.htm (1011 words)

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		USS Buchanan (DDG-14) List of destroyers of the United States Navy...
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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/14.html (924 words)

	1990
		BUCHANAN had the rare opportunity of firing a total of six tube-launched torpedoes, which proved to be an invaluable training experience for BUCHANAN's crew.
		On 3 April BUCHANAN was once again underway for the Pacific Northwest as a guest of the city of Tacoma Washington, her mission was to help celebrate Tacoma's 57tn Annual Daffodil Festival.
		BUCHANAN conducted numerous boardings of small craft in search of contraband and soon gained the reputation as one of the most aggressive law enforcement ship's on the west coast.
	annualhistory.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org /History90.htm (1167 words)

	1989
		BUCHANAN was assigned duties as AAW Picket Station and on 30 April the ship was enroute to Diego Garcia.
		On 20 May, BUCHANAN was back on station in the North Arabian Sea and on 27 May the ship was enroute to the Persian Gulf for a port visit in the state of Bahrain.
		BUCHANAN was underway again from 25 - 29 September for four days of local operations and on 7 - 11 October the ship was in San Francisco Bay for San Francisco's Fleet Week.
	annualhistory.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org /History89.htm (882 words)

	USS Buchanan DDG 14
		USS Buchanan at anchor in Seychelles in 1987
		Buchanan is one of three Adams class DDG's commisioned during the centennial of the Civil War that were named after Confederate naval officers.
		The USS Buchanan was named for Franklin Buchanan, a Captain in the United States Navy and an Admiral in the Confederate States Navy.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/cavendish/480/buchanan.html (937 words)

	Stories from WWII
		The USS Suwanee was decommissioned in Newport News, Virginia.
		The Buchanan and Monsen(destroyers), and the San Juan, a light cruiser were deployed to fire on Gavutu Island.
		I served on the USS Suwanee, USS Buchanan, USS Pondera and the USS South Dakota.
	www.hbo.com /apps/band/site/client/stories/curated_story.jsp?exid=473 (1733 words)

	USN Ships--USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131, later DD-131)
		Buchanan transited the Panama Canal in July 1919 to join the Pacific Fleet, serving along the West Coast until she was placed out of commission in June 1922.
		Buchanan was decommissioned in April 1937, as newer destroyers entered the Fleet, but was brought back to active duty at the end of September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II in Europe caused the United States to enlarge the Navy for neutrality enforcement purposes.
		USS Buchanan was named in honor of Admiral Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874), who was an important figure in the United States and Confederate States Navies.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/dd131.htm (963 words)

	USS Higbee DD 806 The Battle of Dong Hoi - Viet Nam - 19 April 1972
		USS Higbee DD 806 became the first U.S. naval vessel attacked by enemy MiG-17s, one of which dropped a bomb on the destroyer's stern, wounding four sailors.
		USS Sterett stood by, as Higbee fought her fires, completed her turn and proceeded out of the area, still with her rudder inoperative.
		The USS Higbee (DD-806) was back in Tonkin action minus her aft gunmount, but with her structural damages repaired, thanks to fast work by the Ship Repair Facility at Subic Bay, Philippines.
	home.att.net /~iris.gardner/subic.html (3772 words)

	USS Spangenberg DE-223 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The San Francisco and the destroyer USS Buchanan were both hit, with almost 30 deaths and 50 wounded in a battle which lasted minutes.
		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.
		A submarine, the USS Croaker, is scheduled to arrive Thursday afternoon and be berthed beside the Spangenberg.
	www.jtasd.k12.pa.us /spangenberg/de223.htm (5402 words)

	DD 967 Elliot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The USS Elliot was commissioned in formal ceremonies on 22 January 1977, at Pascagoula, MS.
		LCDR Richard Elliot was killed onboard USS Manley (DD 74) on March 19, 1918 when her depth charges exploded in a collision with a British ship in the convoy Manley was escorting.
		USS Elliot (DD 146) was launched July 4, 1918 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-967.htm (7398 words)

	USN Ships--USS Buchanan (DD-484)
		USS Buchanan, a 1630-ton Gleaves class destroyer, was built at Kearny, New Jersey.
		Following a west coast overhaul, Buchanan took part in the invasion of the Palaus in September-October 1944 and in carrier operations against enemy targets in the Philippines, Formosa and South China Sea areas in December 1944 and January 1945.
		Buchanan returned to the United States in October 1945 and soon steamed around to the east coast.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/dd484.htm (997 words)

	March 2002
		USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14) is commissioned on February 7th in Seattle, WA and placed under the command of Commander David A. Webster.
		USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14) and USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) were alongside USS FIREDRAKE (AE-14) for a normal underway rearmament when this unusual even occurred.
		This transfer was part of a program the destroyer BUCHANAN had initiated and the dual coincidence had not been pre-planned.
	newsletters.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org /march_2002.htm (3090 words)

	USS Buchanan DDG 14
		BUCHANAN took part in operation Line Backer II taking part on strikes on Hiaphong Harbor clearing SAM sites so the harbor could be mined.
		Buchanan replaced barrels and repaired battle damage in Da Nang from USS Hector was First time in Vietnam war for US ship to be serviced in war zone.
		March 1985 – Buchanan was attacked while leaving Sidney Harbor by a Green peace activist with motorized hand glider and paint bombs.
	www.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org (1034 words)

	USS Buchanan (DDG-14) - The E-mail
		I was stationed on the Buchanan from 1976 to 1980 and served as an MM in varying rates.
		I was a Sonar Tech (STG) attached to both the USS Buchanan DDG-14 (1979-1980) and the USS Hoel DDG-13 (1982-1984).
		I commanded USS Buchanan from June of 1973 to June of 1975.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/ddg14/contents.htm (1682 words)

	HonoluluAdvertiser.com - Wireless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		He was taken there by the destroyer USS Buchanan.
		Daniel Henry, a relative of Bloom's, was skipper of the Buchanan.
		The Buchanan was to become the limousine for top brass of the Army and Navy.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /palm/2005/Feb/02/ln/ln54pbob.html (437 words)

	Buchanan
		The second Buchanan (DD-484) was launched 22 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N. J.; sponsored by Miss Hildreth Meiere, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan; and commissioned 21 March 1942, Lt. Cdr.
		On 22 January, while going to the rescue of the torpedoed oiler Cache (AO-67), Buchanan hunted down and sank the Japanese submarine RO-37 in 11°47' S., 164°17' E. During February the destroyer participated in various phases of the Bismarck Archipelago operation (15 February-1 March).
		Buchanan steamed to Charleston, S. for pre-inactivation overhaul and went out of commission in reserve there 21 May 1946.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/1250/buchanan.html (813 words)

	'Buchanan' related links at LinkHighWay.com
		Pictures of Buchanan Castle and the ancestral burial grounds of the Buchanans along with background on the Buchanan Clan.
		Buchanan Hollow Nut Company is a San Joaquin Valley farm and nut processing/packaging house specializing in organic pistachios and almonds.
		Buchanan and Co. Buchanan and Company is an agricultural risk management and commodity futures trading firm located in Manhattan, Kansas.
	linkhighway.com /?q=buchanan (942 words)

	RADM WARD
		In July 1955 he reported to Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey for a course of study in the Ordnance curriculum receiving a BS degree in electrical engineering and was selected for a third year of postgraduate education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		In the spring of 1963 he reported to the USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14) as the Executive Officer.
		A tour as a student at the Naval War College followed in August 1964 with subsequent assignment to duty as an instructor in the weapons department at the U.S. Naval Academy in the summer of 1965.
	www.ussberkeley.com /CO_04.htm (433 words)

	DANFS: USS Buchanan (DD-484)
		Born in Baltimore, Md., 17 September 1800, Franklin Buchanan entered the Navy as a Midshipman on board Javain 1815.
		Admiral Buchanan died at his home "The Rest" in Talbot County, Md., 11 May 1874.
		Shortly thereafter, as part of TF 64.2, Buchanan assisted in the occupation of Funafuti Island in the Ellice Islands.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/DD/dd484.html (857 words)

	USS Coral Sea CVA-43 Pic's Page 4
		1968 USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - This one is taken somewhere on the waters between Subic Bay and the gunline while my own ship USS BUCHANAN DDG-14 was on SeaDragon patrol.
		It was at a period just as we came off SeaDragon, about April or May 1968 and we were assigned plane guard duty for awhile riding behind Coral Sea.
		May 1970 USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Steaming in the Tonkin Gulf, during her first deployment with A-7A Corsair II's.
	www.usscoralsea.net /pages/picscva434.html (633 words)

	Home Page
		On June 13, 2000 the USS Buchanan took part in the RIMPAC 2000 as a target ship at Pacific Missile Range Facility, North of the Hawaiian Island of Kauia.
		The USS Buffalo's MK-48 torpedo that was to have delivered the coup de grace malfunctioned.
		From the helicopter as the Buchanan was in her
	sinkex.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org (1067 words)

	CAPTAIN GIRVIN
		After his return from the United Kingdom, Captain Girvin was assigned to the USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14) as the Engineering Officer.
		His next assignment was C.O. of USS BERKELEY (DDG-15) from July 1987 to September 1989.
		In December 1990 he was assigned to temporary duty as Deputy Director for Operations on the staff of Commander, Middle East Force during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
	www.ussberkeley.com /CO_16.htm (322 words)

	USS Buchanan DDG-14, August 1999 Newsletter
		Reports of USS Buchanan's demise appear to be somewhat premature.
		He indicates that he couldn't get into the yard, but was told by the guard at the gate that Buchanan was, indeed, in the facility.
		There may be a connection between Buchanan and this city, and it is still be investigated.
	newsletters.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org /Aug99.html (3754 words)

	British Commandos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		No.2 Commando plus demolition experts from Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 12 Commandos launched a Combined Operations raid, Operation Chariot, with the Royal Navy on 18th March, 1942, which became known in Britain thereafter as The Greatest Raid of All.
		The destroyer HMS Campbeltown (formerly the 1919 decommissioned USS Buchanan) had 24 Mark VII depth-charges (4 1/4 tons) cemented below decks behind the forward gun support.
		The Campbeltown with 18 smaller ships sailed into port where she was rammed directly into the Normandie dry dock gates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Commandos (2031 words)

	The Mayport Mirror - ATG Has New CO - ATG Has New CO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Commissioned as an Ensign, he was initially assigned as Navigator onboard USS Agerholm (DD 826).
		After decommissioning Agerholm in December 1978, he was ordered to the commissioning crew of USS Harry W. Hill (DD 986) as Anti-Submarine Warfare officer.
		Upon graduating from Department Head School in 1983, McDonald reported to USS Buchanan (DDG 14) as Weapons officer and in April 1985 was next assigned to USS Antietam (CG 54) as commissioning Combat System officer.
	www.mayportmirror.com /pub/042403/p1s6m.htm (734 words)

	The News@Ellsworth American.com \|
		The U.S.S Idaho was one of the ships that accompanied the U.S.S. Missouri and the U.S.S. Buchanan in Tokyo Bay during the treaty signing.
		Harry Emerton in 1943 as a water tender for the U.S. Navy.
		The USS Buchanan transported Gen. Douglas MacArthur and other dignitaries out to the battleship Missouri to sign the papers.
	www.ellsworthamerican.com /archive/2005/06-09-05/ea_vet_06-09-05.html (706 words)

	Last Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Bridge, mast and ASROC of the USS WILSON (DDG-7) sitting on the pier after being cut from the ship.
		At sea aboard USS Sides, Oct. 8, 2002 — A Standard SM-1 missile is launched from USS Sides (FFG 14) at ex-USS Towers (DDG 9) during a live-fire missile exercise held near San Diego.
		Scrapping of USS Sampson (DDG 10) in Philadelphia in June 2003.
	www.charlesfadams.com /lastpictures/lastpictures.htm (433 words)

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