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	USS Wake Island (CVE-65) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.
		Wake Island's surface search radar was jammed by enemy transmission, and the escort carrier went to general quarters at 1714.
		Wake Island was then detached on 2 June and, escorted by Ralph Talbot (DD-390), proceeded to Kerama Retto for replenishment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Wake_Island_(CVE-65) (2851 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1944
		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.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1944_ww2.htm (14644 words)

	USS Pueblo (AGER-2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a United States ship, famous for being boarded and captured by small number of soldiers of Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1968, when the DPRK stated that she strayed into their territorial waters, in what is known as the Pueblo incident.
		On December 8, 1941, the river gunboat USS Wake (PR-3) was captured by Japanese forces while moored in Shanghai.
		The USS Pueblo is one of the primary tourist attractions in Pyongyang, North Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2) (1725 words)

	USS Bowfin - Submarines in Pearl Harbor 7th Dec.
		Bernard Clarey, a lieutenant on 7 December 1941 and executive officer of the submarine USS Dolphin, is a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack.
		USS Dolphin's duty crew had manned all our machine guns and small arms and men were shooting at the enemy planes as they passed about 400 yards astern of our position at the pier.
		Admiral Clarey was largely responsible for saving USS Bowfin from being scrapped or sunk as a target, for bringing her back to Pearl Harbor, and for her eventual restoration.
	www.bowfin.org /website/bowfin/sub_facts/subs_7dec/subs_7dec.htm (984 words)

	JAG Hit TV Show: Cmdr. Harmon Rabb and Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie investigate, prosecute, and defend members of the Navy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In November of 1944, USS Ellyson was reclassified as DMS 19, a high-speed minesweeper.
		The original USS Thomas Jefferson was a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN 618), commisioned in January of 1963 and finally decommisioned in January of 1985.
		The first USS Somers was a schooner that fought under Commodore Ferry on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and took part in the capture of the British Squadron on 10 September 1813.
	www.jagarchive.com /Miscellaneous/VesselsOfJAG.htm (3045 words)

	USS Wake Island (CVE 65)
		Decommissioned on April 5, 1946, the WAKE ISLAND was stricken from the Navy list on the 17th; and subsequently sold for scrap to the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., on April 19 1946.
		USS WAKE ISLAND (CVE 65) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1102) on 6 February 1943 at Vancouver, Wash., by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc.; launched on 15 September 1943 sponsored by Mrs.
		Four days later, WAKE ISLAND was detached and left Lingayen Gulf in TG 77.14--a force consisting of eight escort carriers and their screen to retire to Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
	www.navysite.de /cve/cve65.htm (2870 words)

	History of the USS Evans
		Shown at left are the USS Evans (right) and the USS Hadley during the epic May 11, 1945 battle.
		The USS Evans (DD552) was built in the Gulf Shipbuilding Company yards in Chickasaw, AL, and commissioned on December 11, 1943 at Mobile, AL.
		USS Departing from Balboa on March 3 with Task Group 12.3, consisting of the same ships as Task Group 29.8 less the USS Thomason, the Evans arrived at Pearl Harbor on March 16 for a period of tender availability, full power trials and gunnery exercises.
	www.ussevans.org /history.htm (2526 words)

	Wake Island Surrender
		Wake Island is an atoll only 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km) in size, located in the central Pacific between Hawaii and Guam.
		Wake is composed of three islets - Wake, Wilkes, and Peale.
		The Wake surrender was received by Marine officer, Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC, and the first American again to set foot on the soil of Wake, Colonel Walter L.J. Bayler, USMC, celebrated as "the last man off Wake Island," which he had left on 21 December 1941.
	www.desausa.org /wake_island_surrender.htm (1028 words)

	Wake Island: Dec. 7-23, 1941
		Along with Guam, Wake Island was one of the key American outposts in the central Pacific, a vital part of the supply line between Hawaii and the Philippines.
		A small atoll 2300 miles west by southwest of Hawaii, Wake was one of the first objectives of Japan's military planners.
		Composed of three small islands - Peale, Wilkes, and the main island Wake - the atoll was home to 450 Marines and sailors, as well as nearly 1500 civilians, including employees of Pan Am, which operated a hotel and seaplane station as part of its Philippine Clipper service.
	www.cv6.org /1941/wake/wake.htm (749 words)

	USN Ships--USS LEVY (DE-162)
		USS Levy, a 1240-ton Cannon class destroyer escort, was built at Newark, New Jersey.
		USS Levy was named in honor of Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy (1792-1862), a notable figure of the Nineteenth Century Navy.
		This page features our only views of USS Levy, all of which were taken on board the ship, and provides information on other photographs that may be available from the National Archives.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/de162.htm (753 words)

	ffoendorse
		Urwin's account is of the individual actions and dilemmas, the uncertainties of battle, the fog of war, under which each individual determines his own conduct and in fact, the outcome of battle.
		As a member of the Wake Island Detachment, this young Leatherneck turned into an artilleryman before dawn on 23 December 1941 and helped fire a damaged three-inch antiaircraft gun at a converted destroyer full of Japanese landing troops that ran itself aground on the atoll's southern shore.
		S2C Julian K. Sandvold, a sailor assigned to Wake's naval air station, was caught at the airfield by Japanese bombers on 8 December 1941.
	astro.temple.edu /~gurwin/ffoendorse.htm (401 words)

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		An already airborne SH- 60B Seahawk helicopter from USS Hawes (FFG 53) was called upon to locate survivors in the water and guide boats to them.
		USS Nassau, with Commander, Amphibious Squadron 8 and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked is in its fourth month of a scheduled six month deployment to the Mediterranean.
		Serving aboard the Norfolk, Va. based amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, off the coast of Albania, Petty Officer Slezak was called away from his normal duties in the ship's Air Department to translate Polish and Russian during the non- combatant evacuation of civilians from Albania.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur97/eur97010.txt (1827 words)

	Cunningham, Winfield Scott
		The development of Wake Island as a naval air station and variations of the events that soon befell on its defenders is well documented.
		As these landings began, the bulk of the active defense on Wake fell to mobile forces comprised of Marines, sailors and civilians, for a major portion of the defense battalion's strength was immobilized at the three and five-inch guns.
		Commander John Woolley of the Royal Navy Reserve, Superintendent of the Wake Island contractors Dan Teters, and a Chinese boy named Loo who was from the area and ship boy on the USS WAKE rounded out the plotters.
	www.monticellowi.com /RichlandCo/Ancestors/CunninghamWinfredScott.htm (7590 words)

	USN Ships--USS Fiske (DE-143)
		USS Fiske, a 1200-ton Edsall (FMR) class escort ship built at Orange, Texas, was commissioned in late August 1943.
		During the last two months of that year, and the first five months of 1944, she was employed escorting convoys between the U.S. East Coast and the Panama Canal Zone, and across the Atlantic to North Africa.
		USS Fiske was named in honor of Rear Admiral Bradley A.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/de143.htm (430 words)

	USS GUAM SHIP
		The history of the USS Guam’s bell can be traced back to the island of Guam where, in 1927, the local Chamber of Commerce organized a campaign to raise funds to buy a plaque and bell for the original USS Guam, the gunboat deployed to the Yangtze River in China.
		The bell and plaque were officially presented to USS Guam’s commanding officer, LCDR R. Autry in 1929.
		During a visit to the island of Guam, Bill Banning,, a former US Marine, noticed the bell and plaque at the library and began his crusade to have the bell returned the USS Guam so that it could once again serve the proud ship for which it was created.
	members.tripod.com /~lph9/bell.htm (423 words)

	Welcome To Aircraft Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Much to my delight, I found that you have some COLOR film taken on the deck of the CVE-65 Wake Island, made in April 1945, when my dad was aboard.
		- F4F-4s of VF-6 aboard the USS Enterprise CV-6 prior to the Battle of Midway.
		- F4F-4s of VF-8 aboard the USS Hornet CV-8 prior to the Battle of Midway.
	www.aircraftfilms.com /f4fwildcat.htm (770 words)

	USS CHAFFEE DE 230 History
		The USS Chaffee set her first war cruising watch 31 May as she cleared the anti?submarine nets at the mouth of the Charleston Harbor and headed due east for the island of Bermuda.
		The Chaffee, after ascertaining the USS Marlin's ability to surface, proceeded at full speed to assist the stricken SC Coming abeam of the disabled SC the Chaffee made fast to the starboard side and quickly put four submersible pumps and two handy billies to work, checking the SC's grave loss of freeboard.
		Upon being detached by the Wake Island at the entrance of the swept channel to Narragansett Bay, the Chaffee and Holt rendezvoused with the USS MISSION BAY (CVE 59) escorting her on the return run to Norfolk, whereupon they were detached.
	www.desausa.org /de_photo_library/uss_chaffee_de_230_history.htm (5374 words)

	The Official USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Web Site
		His first was aboard the USS Saratoga (CV 3) in the gunnery, communications and engineering departments as a junior officer until 1940.
		He commanded the squadron throughout the period of hostilities, and was awarded the Navy Cross, "For extraordinary heroism in action against enemy forces during the Allied Invasion of Southern France in August 1944." Captain Bringle also received the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star from the Government of France for his part in the invasion.
		Another year and a half of sea duty as executive officer of the USS Hornet, 1953-1954, was alternated with 2 1/2 years of shore duty as head of the Operational Intelligence Branch of the chief of naval operations, and as the naval aide to the secretary of the Navy.
	www.kittyhawk.navy.mil /history/anniv/firstco.html (586 words)

USSFROST

The U-880 & U-1235 along with their crews were lost, following engagements less than one hour apart with USS FROST on 16 April, 1945.

USS Croatan Captain John P. Vest talks with U-490 Oberleutnant Wilhelm Gerlach 26 June,1944 after transfer from the USS FROST.

USS FROST memorabilia aboard the USS SLATER Museum, Albany, N.Y.

	Congressional Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Renamed the USS Wake, the gunboat was captured by the Japanese in Shanghai on December 7, 1941.
		The second USS Guam was authorized by Congress on November 21, 1943.
		This is the passing of an era, a truly emotional moment for those who had the privilege to serve and to the people who hail from the island the vessel was named after.
	www.fas.org /man/congress/1998/h980805-guam.htm (690 words)

	The Yangtze Patrol and South China Patrol
		USS Panay, well marked and escorting neutral merchant ships, was attacked and sunk near Nanking by renegade Japanese air and ground forces.
		In late November, 1941 three of the five remaining American gunboats made a dash for Manila Bay from Shanghai and Hong Kong leaving the USS Wake at Shanghai and USS Tutuila at Chungking.
		Wake surrendered December 8, 1941 after being surprised and boarded at its mooring in the early morning.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/5047/YANGTZE.html (618 words)

	USS Guam - PR-3 - History Timeline
		The name Guam would be transferred to a new cruiser being built.
		Wake is ordered to close the Navy installation at Hankow, distribute the 80-tons of supplies among the American civilians remaining there, and sail to Shanghai.
		She is stripped and all but 10 of her crew are reassigned to Luzon and Oahu.
	www.ussguam.com /pr3/history.html (233 words)

	Kemp Tolley - Muse of the Yangtze River Rats
		On December 5, 1941 Lieutenat Tolley took command of the schooner USS Lanikai for a special mission ordered by President Roosevelt.
		Time spent in language school as well as two years assigned to the American Embassy in Moscow provided him with the material used in the volume relating to wartime in the Stalinist Soviet Union.
		The escape of the USS Lanikai provides interesting material relating to the early, dark days, of World War II in the Pacific as well as material relating to the politics leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/5047/Tolley.html (701 words)

	Grumman F4F Wildcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In February 1942 the USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise striked against the Marshall and Gilbert islands.
		Meanwhile the USS Lexington operated near New Guinea, for an attack on the Japanese base of Rabaul.
		The USS Lexington and USS Yorktown fought against the Zuikaku, Shokaku and the light Shoho in this battle, in an attempt to halt a Japanese invasion of Port Moresby on Papua.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/f4f.html (7894 words)

	Post-surface action Kamikaze strike photos 16 thru 20
		Remains of Japanese tail section on USS KITKUN BAY (CVE 71).
		TBM from USS ST LO (CVE 63) flies above wake of USS KALININ BAY (CVE 68).
		USS KALININ BAY (CVE 68) cleans up after kamikaze strike.
	www.bosamar.com /kami/kami4.html (109 words)

	USS Wake Island (CVE 65) Crew List
		I am the daughter of Fred Braug, though my dad is not cyber savy he is in great health and enjoying his retirement.
		Thomas P Murphy was my Dad's brother.I just found copies of radiograms which gives almost a full list of the action thru out the history of the Wake Island.
		Came aboard from TADCEN Camp Elliot, San Diego with classmates from EM School, Bainbridgen, MD Add yourself to the Crew List of USS Wake Island.
	navysite.de /crew.php?action=ship&ship=cve_65 (373 words)

	The USS Wake Island (CVE-65) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		the escort carrier USS Wake Island was commissioned on November 7, 1943.
		She held a compliment of 860 crew and 28 aircraft.
		On November 11, the Wake Island returned to the west coast, via the Panama Canal, and
	www.ron-karpinski.com /photo-archive/archive-pg-06x6.htm (538 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Escort carrier USS Wake Island of the Casablanca class
		USS Wake Island during the Second World War
		Sold 19 April 1946 and scrapped at Baltimore in 1947.
		the German submarine U-543 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south-west of Tenerife, in position 25.34N, 21.36W, by depth charges & a homing torpedo from Avenger aircraft (VC-58) of the US escort carrier USS Wake Island.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/2439.html (109 words)

	The Anchor Store Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		USS OKINAWA LPH 3 OR USS TERREBONNE PARISH LST1156
		Looking for anyone who served onboard the USS General M.B. Stewart (AP-140) transport
		Have photograph of Co. 220 at Naval Training Center San Diego 16 Aug 1950.
	www.theanchorstore.com /discus/messages/10/10.html (276 words)

	Wake Robin (USS Nightmare I)
		Wake Robin (USS Nightmare I) Rumor is that the USS Nightmare I (former Wake Robin) has left Pittsburgh and was towed down to Louisville.
		Re: Wake Robin (USS Nightmare I) Travis C. Vasconcelos 21-Jul-2003 23:21:25 (
		Re: Wake Robin (USS Nightmare I) Jane 21-Jul-2003 11:27:06 (
	www.steamboats.org /talkshop/messages/5475.html (170 words)

	USS Constitution Museum - Program Schedule
		Try swinging in a hammock, handling sails, and experience battle on her decks as you learn about "Old Ironsides'" history.
		The Museum will mark Boston's Harborfest, with performances of "True Tales of USS CONSTITUTION," an interactive theatrical production that introduces visitors to people from "Old Ironsides'" past.
		Celebrate Independence Day in the wake of USS CONSTITUTION as she travels to Castle Island for her annual 21-gun Salute to the Nation.
	www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org /events/schedule.html (271 words)

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