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To: Blood of Tyrants

I love these threads. All of this happened long before I was born, but I am happy to report both of my children find this type of information important to remember. They both knew what this date represented and kept their flags flying.


34 posted on 06/06/2011 5:33:00 PM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking"..J.C. Watts)
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To: truthluva
Another bit of WW2 Trivia: What are the names of the capital warships (battleships, carriers, and cruisers) lost by the US Navy in the war?

Battleships
Arizona - Pearl Harbor, HI - aerial - Dec 7, 1941
Oklahoma - Pearl Harbor, HI - aerial - Dec 7, 1941

Fleet Carriers
Lexington - Coral Sea - aerial - May 8, 1942
Yorktown - Midway Island - aerial/submarine - June 7, 1942
Wasp - San Cristobal Island - submarine - Sept 15, 1942
Hornet - Santa Cruz Island - aerial/surface - Oct 27, 1942

Light Carrier
Princeton - Leyte Gulf - aerial - Oct 24, 1944

Escort Carriers
Liscome Bay - Makin Island - submarine - Nov 23, 1943
Block Island - Canary Islands - submarine - May 29, 1944
Gambier Bay - Samar Island - surface - Oct 25, 1944
St. Lo - Samar Island - kamikaze - Oct 25, 1944
Ommaney Bay - Sulu Sea - kamikaze - Jan 4, 1945
Bismarck Sea - Iwo Jima - kamikaze - Feb 21, 1945

Heavy Cruisers
Houston - Sunda Strait - surface - Mar 1, 1942
Quincy - Savo Island - surface - Aug 9, 1942
Vincinnes - Savo Island - surface - Aug 9, 1942
Astoria - Savo Island - surface - Aug 9, 1942
Northampton - Tassafaronga - surface - Nov 30, 1942
Chicago - Rennell Island - aerial - Jan 30, 1943
Indianapolis - Philippine Sea - submarine - July 30, 1945

Light Cruisers
Juneau - Guadalcanal - surface/submarine - Nov 13, 1942
Atlanta - Guadalcanal - surface/friendly fire - Nov 13, 1942
Helena - Kula Gulf - surface - July 6, 1943

51 posted on 06/06/2011 6:49:26 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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