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	USS Fremont APA-44
		The 2007, 27th USS Fremont reunion is over and a great time was had in Niagara Falls New York.
		I think the ship they used to film on was the USS Olmstead or one of her class.
		The USS Fremont was decommissioned 3 September 1969.
	www.ussfremont.org (3107 words)

	CV-32 USS Leyte- A History
		Leyte joined Wisconsin (BB-64) on a good will cruise down the western seaboard of South America in the fall of 1946 before returning to the Caribbean18 November to resume shakedown operations.
		Leyte returnedto Norfolk 24 August and after 2 weeks of preparation departed 6 Septemberto join TF 77 in the Far East to support United Nations Forces in Korea.
		On 16 October 1953, at 1515, while still under conversion to an antisubmarinecarrier, Leyte suffered an explosion in her port catapult machinery room.Within minutes naval base and city fire trucks were on the scene.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CV32Leyte.html (458 words)

	USS Leyte (CV 32)
		USS LEYTE is badly damaged by an explosion and subsequent fire caused by the accidental ignition of hydraulic fluid in the port catapult machinery room while undergoing conversion to a antisubmarine aircraft carrier.
		USS LEYTE was laid down as CROWN POINT by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., 21 February 1944; renamed LEYTE 8 May 1945; launched 23 August 1945 sponsored by Mrs.
		LEYTE joined USS WISCONSIN (BB 64) on a good will cruise down the western seaboard of South America in the fall of 1946 before returning to the Caribbean 18 November to resume shakedown operations.
	www.united-states-navy.com /cv/cv32.htm (792 words)

	USS Fletcher DDE-445 deck log summary for the year 1950 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		0747 Fletcher proceeded to rendezvous with USS Radford DDE 446, and USS Catfish SS 339.
		USS Shelton DD 790 stood in and moored to bouy 20.
		USS Fletcher DDE 445 was assigned to Destroyer Div 31, Destroyer Squadron 3.
	www.ussfletcher.org /1950.html (11877 words)

	USN Ships--USS Leyte (CV-32, later CVA-32, CVS-32 & AVT-10)
		USS Leyte, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in April 1946.
		Leyte had just returned from the last of those tours in August 1950 when she was quickly prepared for another, taking her to the other side of the World to augment Naval forces during the Korean War.
		USS Leyte was decommissioned in May 1959, and simultaneously reclassified as an aircraft transport, with the new hull number AVT-10.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/cv32.htm (953 words)

	USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55)
		USS LEYTE GULF is one of the 27 TICONDEROGA class cruisers and got its name from that place in the Pacific where two battles between the American fleet and Japanese fleet were fought.
		LEYTE GULF served in the Arabian Gulf in 1991 in support of Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, where she launched Tomahawk cruise missiles against Iraq, and served as local Anti-Air Warfare Commander for a four Aircraft Carrier Battle Force.
		USS LEYTE GULF changed homeport on July 30, 1997, from Mayport, FL, to Naval Station Norfolk, VA. The guided-missile cruiser came to Norfolk under a realignment plan that allowed Carrier Group Eight's two cruisers to be collocated, to improve maintenance and training efficiencies.
	navysite.de /cg/cg55.html (1433 words)

	USS Leyte (CV 32)
		USS LEYTE is badly damaged by an explosion and subsequent fire caused by the accidental ignition of hydraulic fluid in the port catapult machinery room while undergoing conversion to a antisubmarine aircraft carrier.
		USS LEYTE was laid down as CROWN POINT by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., 21 February 1944; renamed LEYTE 8 May 1945; launched 23 August 1945 sponsored by Mrs.
		LEYTE joined USS WISCONSIN (BB 64) on a good will cruise down the western seaboard of South America in the fall of 1946 before returning to the Caribbean 18 November to resume shakedown operations.
	navysite.de /cv/cv32.htm (792 words)

	Sammy B Survivors: other ships
		The USS Copeland was transferred to the Egyptian navy in September 1996.
		USS LEYTE GULF was commissioned in 1987 as the ninth TICONDEROGA Class AEGIS cruiser.
		The USS LEYTE GULF commemorates the naval battle fought 23-26 October 1944 in the Philippines, virtually ending the Japanese Navy's capacity to fight as an organized force.
	www.de413.org /otherships.htm (1037 words)

	USS Gambier Bay
		With men in the water and the USS Gambier Bay sinking, the Japanese Cruiser Tone kept shooting.
		Pursued by a vastly superior enemy fleet, the coordinates at which the USS Gambier Bay was sunk were not correctly reported.
		On October 12, 1977, survivors of the USS Gambier Bay, VC-10 and their families returned to the Philippines to honor their missing and deceased that vanished during their last battle.
	www.ussgambierbay-vc10.com (593 words)

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		Leyte joined Wisconsin (BB-64) on a good will cruise down the western seaboard of South America in the fall of 1946 before returning to the Caribbean 18 November to resume shakedown operations.
		Leyte returned to Norfolk 24 August, and after 2 weeks of preparation, departed 6 September to join TF 77 in the Far East to support United Nations Forces in Korea.
		She was redesignated AVT-10 and decommissioned both on 15 May 1959, and was assigned to the Philadelphia group of the Atlantic R eserve Fleet with a berth in New York, where she remains into 1969.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv32.htm (522 words)

	CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures, Stories.
		The USS Kitty Hawk holds about 85 airplanes, more than 6000 military personnel, it carriers as much as 1.2 million pounds of conventional weapons, it has trucks, fairly large boats for the captain and the admiral, it can travel more than 32 knots and is one of most feared military machines in the world.
		The USS Kitty Hawk's length is 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters), its Flight Deck Width is 252 feet (76.8 meters) Width at sea level is 130 feet (39 meters).
		The USS Kitty Hawk is a long way right now from the state that gave it its name, but a Wilmington banker wants to give it a home here after it's retired.
	www.yellowairplane.com /USS_Kitty_Hawk.htm (1601 words)

	USS Fremont APA-44
		The USS Fremont and the Invasion of Saipan by Captain Emile L. Bonnot
		The Lukei entries began prior to the commissioning of the USS Fremont and on through the invasions of Saipan, Mariannas Islands, Palau, Ulithi, Philippine Islands, and Iwo Jima.
		The USS Fremont Action Reports are a first hand report of the Captain of the ship to the Commander and Chief, United States Fleet.
	www.ussfremont.org /diaries.html (526 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea and sank in 12 minutes.
		Never in the history of the U.S. military has the verdict of a court-martial been overturned, and there is no known process for doing so.
		Thus, by exonerating him for the loss of the ship and the death of 880 of her crew members, the Navy Department has at last conceded that he was innocent of any wrong-doing.
	www.ussindianapolis.org (410 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers, Part IV
		May 26, 1954 - At 0611, while USS Bennington (CVA 20) was cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in one of her catapults exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others.
		USS Hancock (CVA 19) had been recommissioned Feb. 15, 1954, Capt. W.
		Formerly CVE 90, the ship was reclassified as an Assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier on July 1, 1955, and converted to operate helicopters and to accommodate 1,000 Marine combat troops to be flown ashore in amphibious assault.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-hist4.html (1499 words)

	Ormoc Bay, Leyte: USS Ward (APD-16) Action Report
		The USS Ward (APD16) departed Leyte Gulf at 1330 6 December 1944 as part of The Ormoc Attack Group, Task Group 78.3, under command of Rear Admiral A.D. STRUBLE (CTG78.3) in the USS Hughes.
		It is not known whether or not the guns of the USS Ward damaged the two bombers which crashed in the sea.
		The damage control lockers on the USS Ward were loaded under the galley deck house on both the port and starboard sides.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/APD/apd16-Ormoc.html (3692 words)

	USN Ships--USS Leyte (ARG-8). Renamed Maui, May 1945
		USS Leyte, a 4611-ton internal combustion engine repair ship, was built at Baltimore, Maryland, under Maritime Commission contract as a "Liberty" type freighter.
		USS Maui decommissioned at San Diego, California, at the end of August 1946 and was laid up there.
		In June 1961 she was moved to the National Defense Reserve Fleet facility at Suisun Bay, California, and in September 1962 transferred to the Maritime Administration.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/arg8.htm (544 words)

	USS 'Phoenix' (CL-46)
		After the attack these three ships were ordered to join the heavy cruiser Minneapolis, and proceed westwards to meet the USS Enterprise and Task Force 16 - which were on their way back to Pearl Harbor after ferrying aircraft to Wake Island.
		On October 24 1944 - during the Battle for Leyte Gulf - Berkey's Task Group was organised as part of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's force, which was deployed to stop the advancing Japanese Southern Force in Surigao Strait, south of Leyte Gulf.
		From Leyte she went on to support the landings at Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf and Borneo.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_USS_Phoenix_.htm (561 words)

	The USS Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group -- 09/20/2001
		While some of the information about the ships in the battle group and their armament is classified, the Navy was able to provide a snapshot of the capacity of the force that departed the U.S. Wednesday.
		The USS Theodore Roosevelt is an aircraft carrier that "provides a wide range of possible response for the National Command Authority." The carrier's mission in a time of war is "to operate and support aircraft attacks on enemies, protect friendly forces and engage in sustained independent operations of war," according to the Navy.
		The maiden voyage of the Roosevelt was on December 30, 1988.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPentagon.asp?Page=\Pentagon\archive\200109\PEN20010920b.html (676 words)

	U.S.S. Alabama
		The USS DRUM (SS-228) was launched May 12, 1941 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire, sponsored by Mrs.
		She sailed for Surigao Strait September 9th on her 11th war patrol, and after two weeks in the Strait with no contact, was ordered north to the South China Sea.
		Here she patrolled during the Leyte landings and the decisive Battle for Leyte Gulf, sinking three cargo ships bound to reinforce Japanese troops fighting to keep the Philippines.
	www.ussalabama.com /html/drum (1126 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Leyte (CV 32)
		The third Leyte was laid down as Crown Point (CV-32) by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., 21 February 1944; renamed Leyte 8 May 1945; launched 23 August 1945 sponsored by Mrs.
		All told, Leyte's pilots accumulated 11,000 hours in the air while inflicting massive damage upon enemy positions, supplies, transportation, and communications.
		On 8 August however, she was ordered to be retained in the active fleet, and, redesignated CVS-32 on the same day, work was begun converting her to an ASW support carrier.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv32-leyte/cv32-leyte.html (654 words)

	USS Leyte (CVA-32) - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Shortly after the explosion on the Leyte, I was transferred to the Bennington.
		Leyte association,was looking to see if there might be something about our yearly reunions to find old shipmates out there on the net, who doesn't know about our gatherings and where to get more info.
		USS Leyte datein: 1948 dateout: 1952 Through this site I was able to re-establish relationships with old shipmates and re-kindle old memories.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_leyte.htm (1448 words)

	The Battle Off Samar - Main Menu
		This documents the action of Commander Ernest E. Evans, USN and USS JOHNSTON (DD 557) at Samar.
		USS JOHNSTON (DD 557) article, first published in The Saturday Evening Post, May 26, 1945.
		It is written from the perspective of four important players in the battles, including our own CDR Ernest Evans of the USS JOHNSTON.
	www.bosamar.com (1084 words)

	GROG
		General Douglas MacArthur's landing at Leyte Gulf on October 20th was anticipated to force the Japanese Imperial Navy into a "showdown" for the Philippines at Leyte Gulf.
		The USS Menhaden Tribe invites you bucks and squaws to attend her Commissioning Pow-Wow on the night of the Quarter Moon, June 15th, 1945, at their "English Lake Reservation" on Pale Face Trail 42 near Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
		Although the USS Menhaden (SS-377) is no longer with us physically, it is my sincere desire that her "Legend" will continue to live on in these pages.
	users.infomagic.net /~grog (5120 words)

	Leyte pictures and videos on Webshots
		FilAm Vets Rondalla busking for Leyte vicitms in Vallej...
		George and Juanito busking for Leyte mudslide tragedy a...
		278 - ox and pig (scenery of leyte from the bus)
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Leyte (348 words)

	Rear Adm. Spicer Welcomes USS Leyte Gulf to CSG 12
		Leyte Gulf is to be the strike group’s air defense commander, a position formerly held by USS Gettysburg (CG 64).
		While addressing the crew, Spicer said he expects Leyte Gulf to set the bar as the air defense commander.
		It served in the Persian Gulf in 1991 in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and moved its homeport to Norfolk, Va., in 1997.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=21268 (213 words)

	Navyhistory.com> Personal Experience> USS Leyte
		LtJg Fred Weber, my brother, flew from the Leyte in Korea, shot down a MIG over the Yalu and then retuned to Corpus Christi in 1951 and was killed flying a trainer plane in July, 1951.
		I served aboard the Leyte for a year beginning in May of 1950.
		The Air Group aboard in Korea was the same Air Group that went to the Med with us so when we got in combat we were already a smoothly functioning team.
	www.navyhistory.com /stories/Leyte.html (244 words)

	USS Leyte Gulf - NCC 99972
		Since the Leyte Gulf is a offensive vessel, it has been equipped with heavy weaponry that would make it appear as a threat.
		However, the Leyte Gulf is not always on a war mission, but is built to defend itself from almost any hostile.
		The other new defenses of the Leyte Gulf, other than multi-dynamic shield amplification and resonance capability (allowing the starship's shields to be more easily modulated and particle ionized), also include internal defenses.
	www.ucip.org /leytegulf/specs.html (2149 words)

	U.S. Navy Ships Visit Croatia, issued on March 6, 2004
		While in port, the approximately 400 crew members of USS Whidbey Island and 350 crew members of USS Leyte Gulf will have opportunities to sightsee, shop, and enjoy recreational activities in these two cities, as well as participate in other cultural exchanges with the citizens of Croatia.
		USS Whidbey Island, stationed in Little Creek, Virginia, is 609 feet long and 84 feet wide.
		USS Leyte Gulf, stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, is 567 feet long and 55 feet wide.
	www.usembassy.hr /issues/040308.htm (237 words)

	Leyte Mission - USS War Hawk - AP-168 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leyte was heavily defended by 20,000 Japanese troops.
		All total, the Leyte invasion was the largest invasion mounted in the Pacific to date.
		After the initial invasion of Leyte, she sailed back to Dutch New Guinea where she picked up a field hospital unit and returned to Leyte.
	home.pacbell.net /lesds/WarHawk/Leyte.html (459 words)

	USS Miranda Federation Starship Database (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Schematics were drawn and the USS Defiant was built as the prototype.
		As a result, the Defiant project was put on hold until the USS Defiant was assigned to Starbase Deep Space Nine three years later.
		In 2370 the USS Odyssey was destroyed in a disastrous encounter with the Dominion.
	www.ussmiranda.com /ships/defiant.htm (1057 words)

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