[Note: The above USS GURKE (DD-783) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS GURKE (DD-783) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] Vietnam Vets ...
On 15 March 1951 a seven-ship naval bombardment of the Wonsan district resulted in reported enemy casualties of some 6 000. The following afternoon shore batteries fired at the ships in the harbor and counter battery fire from the destroyers began in a matter of seconds. Gun positions were t...
Later, the military department named the tropical cyclone in alphabetical order (ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, etc.) of the English words. In the Second World War, American and female names named tropical cyclones. At the end of the 1970s, at the request of the American feminist movement, the ...
With the beginning of 1960 Ault was again deployed to the Mediterranean. During her seven-month tour with the 6th Fleet the destroyer became one of the first American warships to enter the Black Sea since World War II. She returned to Norfolk in September and commenced overhaul in December. ...