antisubmarine aircraft escort
111Naval aviation — Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917. Naval aviation is the application of manned military air power by navies, including ships that embark fixed wing… …
112USS Whale (SS-239) — USS Whale (SS 239), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 by the Mare Island Naval… …
113USS Sangamon (CVE-26) — The second USS Sangamon (CVE 26) was an escort aircraft carrier, converted from an oiler. She was one of twelve Cimarron class oilers built on a joint Navy Maritime Commission design later duplicated by the T3 S2 A1 type, was laid down as Esso… …
114USS Nicholas (DD-449) — USS Nicholas (DD/DDE 449) was a Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy, which served through most of World War II, and for 27 years and two more wars after. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas. Nicholas… …
115USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) — USS Hammerberg (DE 1015), a sclass|Dealey|destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Navy diver Francis P. Hammerberg (1920 ndash;1945), of Flint, Michigan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two… …
116USS Barr (DE-576) — USS Barr (DE 576/APD 39), originally a sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort, and later a sclass|Charles Lawrence|transport of the United States Navy named for Pvt. Woodrow Wilson Barr of Keyser, West Virginia. Barr was laid down on 5 November 1943 at… …
117USS Carpenter (DD-825) — following her FRAM I refit Career (USA) …
118USS Vigilance (AM-324) — was an , USS|Fortune|IX 146, and USS|Boreas|AF 8 to Majuro which they reached on 25 May. Vigilance departed Majuro at 0800 on the 26th to return to Hawaii, intercepted USS|Megrez|AK 126 en route, and relieved PC 548 of escorting that cargo ship… …
119USS Tunny (SS-282) — The USS Tunny (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS 282) was a Gato class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citation (US)s for her World War II service and five battle stars …
120USS Long (DD-209) — USS Long (DD 209/DMS 12), named for John Davis Long (1838 ndash;1915), Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, was a Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy. Long was laid down by the William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia on September …
