Some of those feats included: 10 of its pilots reached "Ace in One Day" status, over 1,400 enemy planes destroyed, and a considerable amount of its Hellcat pilots became aces. Rate S1.E8 ∙ USS LaffeyMon, Jul 21, 2008 The USS Laffey was in reality two great vessels with the same ...
Only one K-ship was destroyed due to enemy contact during World War II. On the night of July 18, 1943, theK-74was protecting ships through the Florida Straits. The crew picked up a contact onK-74’s radar and began searching the area for a U-boat. They quickly found theU-134silhoue...
Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 26 November 1914 - HMS Bulwark, pre-dreadnought battleships, destroyed by internal explosion HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the...
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She had the longest raiding career of any German commerce raider in either world war and was second only to Pinguin in tonnage destroyed. She began her career as the cargo ship Goldenfels. In late 1939 she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and converted into a warship. LAUNCHED: 1937, ...
Following the Doolittle Raid of 1942, in which American forces bombed Tokyo in retribution of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese high command became convinced that U.S. Pacific Fleet carriers had to be destroyed. A plan quickly evolved to force them into decisive combat against superior odds in Hawaiian...
Japan had hatched a plot to launch a surprise attack onPearl Harbor, so the attack began without warning and without declaring war onthe United States. The attack destroyed nearly 20 American ships and over 180airplanes. In total, more than 2,000 American people were killed and over 1,000...
The frigate sailed north and took shelter at Fezzano, near the port of La Spezia. The French had decided that since capture was inevitable, the frigate should be destroyed, and beached the ship in order to remove guns and stores. Six days after the capture of Modest...
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