Archive for January, 2007
Coast Guard Manned Destroyer Escort Sinks Nazi U-Boat
Washington, D.C., August 5, 1944. A Coast Guard-manned Destroyer Escort won a stirring battle with a German U-boat in the Atlantic recently when it blasted the undersea raider to the bottom. Location of the action was undisclosed.
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under World War II.
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German Submarine Sunk
Washington, D.C., August 3, 1944. The sinking of a German submarine by ramming and gunfire off the Atlantic coast recently through a coordinated attack by three destroyer escorts, two of them manned by Coast Guard personnel and one by the Navy, was described today by Lieutenant (junior grade) William D. Draper, USCGR, of 1408 Owen [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under World War II.
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Navy Department and CINCPAC Communiqués August 1944
This article contains official CINCPAC and Navy Department Communiqués issued during August 1944.
Posted: January 20th, 2007 under World War II.
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Discovery of USS Perch (SS-176)
I just received this press release from Charles Hinman, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park. The lost Pacific War submarine USS Perch has been found!
Posted: January 19th, 2007 under Submarines.
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Remembering USS Scorpion SS-278
During her first three war patrols, Scorpion was credited with sinking 4 enemy vessels totaling 18,316 tons. While returning to Pearl Harbor from her first war patrol, Scorpion sighted and engaged a 100-ton patrol vessel, which she left burning to the waterline. She stalked, fired on, and finally torpedoed and sank a 600-ton patrol ship. [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2007 under Submarines.
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