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!Destroyer ...ongo'' and ''IJN Haruna''. Both sections had substantial [[cruiser]] and [[destroyer]] screens.

...lhena'' in tow. [[USS Navajo (AT-64)|USS ''Navajo'' (AT-64)]] relieved the destroyer the next day, and the tug continued on toward the New Hebrides with the car

...-4)|USS ''Ancon'' (AGC-4)]], 10 other auxiliaries, and an escort of nine [[destroyer]]s.

.... To counter the [[U-boat wolf pack]]s, the Royal Navy built hundreds of [[destroyer]]s, and smaller convoy escort vessels such as the [[Flower-class]] [[corvet

The suicide doctrine nearly worked. Destroyers and destroyer escorts, doing radar picket duty, were hit hard, as the inexperienced pilot

...ran with an escort of 10 [[destroyers]]. Shortly after midnight, screening destroyer [[USS Rowan (DD-405)|USS ''Rowan'' (DD-405)]] sighted a torpedo wake and pu

...], destroyers [[USS Johnston (DD-557)]] and [[USS Hoel (DD-533)]], and the destroyer escort, [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)]]. They had given their lives to b

...Commander Halsey's First World War service, including command of USS Shaw (Destroyer # 68) in 1918, was sufficiently distinctive to earn a Navy Cross." ...han other officers, the significance of naval aviation. In 1932, he left [[destroyer]] duty, in which he had spent all but one year of his sea duty. He first at

...for special interests? The father of a vigorous national government or the destroyer of genuine federalism? A defender of governmental authority or a dangerous

...ing the Cold War. These remain of great interest, since [[Sovremenny-class destroyer]]s that carry them have been sold to China, and China may be manufacturing

...ademy graduation today, required sea duty, he became an especially young [[destroyer]] commander. In 1907, however, he ran the [[USS Decatur|USS ''Decatur'']] a

...37, US naval ships started intercepting communications, beginning with the destroyer USS Hatfield (D-231). It anchored at La Rochelle-Paris and started operatin

...can destroyer "Greer" on 4 September 1941 and the U-boat torpedoing of the destroyer "Kearny" on 16-17 October 1941 as pretexts to extend naval warfare in the A

The Gulf of Tonkin incident, in August 1964, involved DESOTO patrols by destroyer equipped with intercept vans, backed up with carrier air patrols and additi

...agreement with the United States to exchange basing rights for old U.S. [[destroyer]]s, further strengthening the Royal Navy. The Germans were not skilled in

...ned up on a [[Nakajima B5N|''"Kate"'']] which had dropped its bombs near a destroyer and then passed over the transport group. Hit by machine gun fire from the

...up of a CATOBAR (usually) carrier, one or more [[cruiser]]s, two or more [[destroyer]]s, one or more attack [[submarine]]s, and a supply ship. The submarine(s)

...l waters. These were called the DESOTO patrols, and used overt U.S. Navy [[destroyer]]s, with a van packed with electronics and technicians mounted on their dec ...e DESOTO and 34A operations were part of the same programs, and, if so, if destroyer-sized vessels represented an escalation. Later on the 2nd, the Chairman of

...of [[World War II]] naval vessels, which houses the USS Massachusetts, the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and the submarine USS Lionfish. The city's mai

RADM Jesse Oldendorf arranged the PT boats as the first swarm, followed by destroyer squadrons prepared for torpedo attack. A line of battleships capped the T o The next set of swarms were three destroyer squadrons, making squadron-sized torpedo attacks starting at 0300, and cont

...pleted the unloading procedure on [[2 March]] and, screened by a pair of [[destroyer]]s, got underway for Saipan in company with three other transports.

...can destroyer "Greer" on 4 September 1941 and the U-boat torpedoing of the destroyer "Kearny" on 16-17 October 1941 as pretexts to extend naval warfare in the A

...was an 1920-vintage [[Clemson-class]] destroyer, which was the first U.S. destroyer sunk as a result of German action. She was on a "[[neutrality patrol]]", es

...fighter); Stukage schwader (StG) (dive-bomber); Zerstoerergeschwader (ZG) (destroyer); and Lehrgeschwader (LG) (training). The Geschwader in turn controlled se

...and]]. Screened by a [[battleship]], three [[heavy cruiser]]s, and seven [[destroyer]]s, the convoy included ''Almaack'', a transport, a storeship and an oiler,

...s been a high priority for bin Laden personally. In 1999, an attack on the destroyer ''USS Sullivans (DDG-68)'' failed when the suicide boat sank just after lau

...ip and sink it with a torpedo, but the torpedo would probably miss a small destroyer. They could circle and sink subs with a new defensive weapon, the depth cha

...he British lost three battle cruisers, three armored cruisers, and eight [[destroyer]]s, while the Germans lost one battleship, one battle cruiser, four light c

}}</ref> Still, the U.S. continued to harass Rabaul by air, and with a destroyer raid, into 1944.

...February 1940, Churchill personally ordered Captain [[Philip Vian]] of the destroyer HMS <i>Cossack</i> to board the German supply ship <i>Altmark</i> in Norweg ...oncluded the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]], by which fifty American [[destroyer]]s were transferred to the Royal Navy in exchange for free US base rights i

The [[Gulf of Tonkin incident]], in August 1964, involved two-destroyer DESOTO patrols equipped with intercept vans, backed up with carrier air pat

...a British admiral, where his American counterparts might be more blunt. A destroyer captain, knowing the admiral's eyes were upon him, decided to dock at high