Word: uss
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...anti-sub action--and then an inspection tour of the French and Italian beach-heads occupied Morison in the winter of '44-'45, and then back to the Pacific. He arrived too late for Iwo Jima but on time to take in the action at Okinawa, on the battleship USS Tennessee. While he was on that ship, a kamikaze pilot provided him with his closest brush with death, narrowly missing him, Admiral Deyo, and Captain Heffernan on the suicidal plunge. After visiting the Phillipines, Morison planned to participate in the long-awaited Kyushu landing in October; the product of other...
Aboard the USS Midway in the East China Sea, Oct. 19--The U.S. Navy has withdrawn some of its ships from Formosa Strait since the Chinese Reds voluntarily silenced their guns Oct. 9, two U.S. 7th Fleet admirals disclosed Sunday...
...mystic also predicted the disaster which befell two Navy dirigibles, the USS Macon and the USS Akron. He says he foretold the month, year, and location of the demise of the former, but only the location of the Akron's similar fate--in each case six months before the accident. The Chief was also forewarned of the tornado which struck Worcester...
...joined when Lieut. (j.g.) Plympton St. George arrived from an earlier engagement. Though under continual heavy water bombardment, the CRIMSON succeeded in overwhelming St. George and his supporters. Umpires declared the CRIME victor in the maneuvers: 23-2. Both forces are still feeling the effects of the battle. USS THEM Jones, J.p lympton St. War Admiral, c hoo, Choo Train Monk, ocC lem Desperate Norman, ab olitionist Foooo, k Young Storey, jm B. T. Storey Mauretania, ss R. C. Storey Farb Barf Norman M. Hinerfeld '51 lf W. Pistol