Narwhal (SS-167)Narwhalwas one of a class of three large cruiser submarines that was built in the mid 1920s.Narwhalwas 14 years old at the time of the attack. She was undamaged at Pearl Harbor and was used primarily to support special missions and special operations forces in raids agains...
McCordat of St. Louis, MO. However, while Shiloh was still under construction, USS Chimo, one of the first of the Casco-class monitors to be launched, was found to be unseaworthy.关键词: Casco Class Monitor Maritime Commission United States Navy Reserve ...
In June 1975 she was redesignated a nuclear guided missile cruiser. Truxtun displaced 8950 tons with an overall length of 564 feet, a beam of 58 feet and a draft of 30 feet. She was capable of speeds in excess of thirty knots. She was equipped with Terrier, ASROC, 5 inch 54 caliber...
JOHNSTON soon observed GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73) under fire from a cruiser. "Commander Evans then gave the most courageous order I've ever heard, 'Commence firing on that cruiser, draw her fire on us and away from GAMBIER BAY'." JOHNSTON scored four hits in a deliberate slug match with a h...
3,360-ton passenger steamship turned heavy cruiser: USS Vanderbilt Though he again enjoyed British hospitality, Semmes tarried around the Cape no longer than was necessary to obtain coal and repairs. The Vanderbilt was hunting him (on Sept. 11th they passed just over the horizon from each ...
Hoel (DD-533), Light Cruiser U.S.S. Oakland (CL-95), Submarine S-44, and others. The first part of September was spent back at Mare Island undergoing their post shakedown cruise overhaul. On September 23rd, 1943 they departed San Francisco escorting Convoy #2311 to Pearl Harbor with U...