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William H Williams

World War II · US Navy · Chief Petty Officer

Rank: Chief Petty Officer
United States of America

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Description
dreadnought
battleship
Wyoming class
United States Navy
the 25th state
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
main battery
km/h
mph
First World War
British
Grand Fleet
++Gleaves++++ class++
destroyers
Albert Gleaves
launched
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
commissioned
Boston Navy Yard
Iceland
Ireland
North Africa
U-boats
ONS 92
a large wolfpack
occupation of Iceland prior to US declaration of war
ON 18
++Newfoundland++
HX 154
ON 30
HX 164
ON 49
HX 171
ON 62
Benson-class
destroyer
World War II
Stephen Champlin
Bethlehem Steel Company
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Lieutenant Commander
++NS Argentia++
Newfoundland
Panama Canal Zone
New York
Casablanca

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