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53 relations: Adak, Alaska, Alaska, American 21-inch torpedo, Ammunition ship, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-submarine weapon, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Mindoro, Battle of Ormoc Bay, Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, Bremerton, Washington, California, Cape Fear River, Ceremonial ship launching, Confederate States of America, Convoy, Cruiser, Depth charge, Destroyer squadron, Dual-purpose gun, Guam, Hawaii, Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Iwo Jima, Japan, Jayapura, Kamikaze, Leyte, Lieutenant, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Okinawa Prefecture, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Roanoke River, San Clemente Island, Service star, Ship commissioning, Solomon Islands, Torpedo, Torpedo tube, Ulithi, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy reserve fleets, United States Seventh Fleet, William B. Cushing, Wilmington, North Carolina, ... Expand index (3 more) »
- Maritime incidents in 1962
Adak, Alaska
Adak (Adaax), formerly Adak Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States.
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Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
American 21-inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21-inch torpedoes in service with the United States.
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Ammunition ship
An ammunition ship is an auxiliary ship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for naval ships and aircraft.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).
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Anti-submarine weapon
An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
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Battle of Mindoro
The Battle of Mindoro (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindoro) took place during World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines, from 13–16 December 1944, during the Philippines Campaign.
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Battle of Ormoc Bay
The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21 December 1944, at Ormoc, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Cape Fear River
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) blackwater river in east-central North Carolina.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
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Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship.
Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.
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Destroyer squadron
A destroyer squadron is a naval squadron or flotilla usually consisting of destroyers rather than other types of vessel.
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Dual-purpose gun
A dual-purpose gun is a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets.
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Guam
Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf (Paglusob sa Golpo ng Lingayen), 6–9 January 1945, was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II.
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Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (い, literally: "Sulfur Island"), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Jayapura
Jayapura (formerly Hollandia) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua.
Kamikaze
, officially, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks.
Leyte
Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines.
Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II.
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Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km2) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and the Bremerton Naval Complex.
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Roanoke River
The Roanoke River runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States.
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San Clemente Island
San Clemente Island (Tongva: Kinkipar; Spanish: Isla de San Clemente) is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California.
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Service star
A service star is a miniature bronze or silver five-pointed star in diameter that is authorized to be worn by members of the eight uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons to denote an additional award or service period.
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Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
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Ulithi
Ulithi (Wulthiy, Yulthiy, or Wugöy; pronounced roughly as YOU-li-thee) is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about east of Yap, within Yap State.
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
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United States Navy reserve fleets
The United States Navy maintains a number of its ships as part of a reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet".
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United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy.
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William B. Cushing
William Barker Cushing (4 November 184217 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the during a daring nighttime raid on 27 October 1864, for which he received the Thanks of Congress.
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Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.
5-inch/38-caliber gun
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.
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See also
Maritime incidents in 1962
- French submarine Créole (Q193)
- German trawler V 102 Cressida
- HMS Rothesay (F107)
- HMS Sansovino (F162)
- List of shipwrecks in 1962
- MV Gwendoline Steers
- MV Nyon
- Project Coldfeet
- Quest (ship)
- RFA Green Ranger
- SS De Grasse
- SS Inchmay (1943)
- SS Matelots Pillien et Peyrat
- SS Palmyra (1944)
- ST Kowloondocks
- Soviet destroyer Boyky (1936)
- Soviet submarine B-37
- Soviet submarine S-350
- Tuaikaepau
- USS Amesbury
- USS Aspro (SS-309)
- USS Chub
- USS Fullam
- USS Goldfinch (AM-77)
- USS Howorth
- USS Ira Jeffery
- USS Thomas A. Edison
- USS Thurston
- USS Wadleigh
References
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