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| | History for USS Leary - DD 879 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | LT Clarence F. Leary, USNRF, X O of the USS CHARTON HALL, on 20JUL1918, entered the hold in an effort to save the ship and crew; he later died as a result of burns and smoke inhalation. |
 | | The first USS LEARY (DD-158) was launched on 18DEC1918; on Christmas Eve, 1943, while on convoy duty, she was hit by a torpedo and sunk. |
 | | The second USS LEARY was built by the Consolidated Steel Company at Orange, TX where her keel was laid on 11AUG1944; in June of 1945, the ship was converted from DD 897 to DDR879. |
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