美国海军驱逐舰 年代纪 [完成]

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<p>第一部分:The Early Years 早期岁月</p><p><img alt="" src="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/dd1-bainbridge.jpg" border="0"/></p><p>Nov. 24, 1902 - The first U.S. destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DD 1), was commissioned. Bainbridge, was actually a torpedo boat destroyer, was 250 in length, displaced 420 tons, and had a speed of 29 knots. She carried a crew of 75.</p>
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<p>第一部分:The Early Years 早期岁月</p><p><img alt="" src="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/dd1-bainbridge.jpg" border="0"/></p><p>Nov. 24, 1902 - The first U.S. destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DD 1), was commissioned. Bainbridge, was actually a torpedo boat destroyer, was 250 in length, displaced 420 tons, and had a speed of 29 knots. She carried a crew of 75.</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/dd18-lamson.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></p><p>June 1, 1916 - The destroyer USS Lamson (DD 18) commanded under Capt. Frederick M. Wise, was joined by the USS Panter (AD 6) in landing marines on the port of Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. The landing was in response to a threatened insurrection on the island.</p>
<p></p><p>Aug. 29, 1916 - Congress approved President Woodrow Wilson's request for to build a navy equal to any in the world. The Naval Act of 1916 authorized 50 destroyers built over a three year period.</p>
<p></p><p>Apr. 6, 1917 - Congress overwhelmingly approved President Wilson's request for a declaration of war against Germany. Navy strength at this time was 4,376 officers and 69,680 enlisted. During the previous two and a half years, the United States held a "neutral" trade relationship with Great Britain with Germany continuously attacked American vessels around the British Isles.</p>
<p></p>May 4, 1917 - The first U.S. warships reached the European theater at Queenstown, Ireland. Commander Joseph K. Taussig's Destroyer Squadron 8 included USS Wadsworth (DD 60), USS Conyngham (DD 58), USS Davis (DD 65), USS McDougal (DD 54), USS Porter (DD 59), and USS Wainwright (DD 62). Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, the British commander asked Taussig when his squadron would be ready for service, he replied, " We are ready now, sir."<p></p>
<p></p><p>Sep. 16, 1917 - The first American killed in action during World War I was Gunner's Mate First Class Osmond K. Ingram. He was serving aboard the destroyer USS Cassin (DD 43) when he was blown overboard by a German torpedo. For his heroic deeds, Ingram was later awarded the Medal of Honor and became the first enlisted man to have a ship named after him.</p>
<p></p><p>Nov. 19, 1917 - USS Chauncey (DD 3) sank after it was rammed by SS Rose, a British merchantman. Chauncey lost 21 men including her captain. The collision occurred approximately 110 miles west of Gibraltar.</p><p><font size="2"></font></p>
<p></p>Dec. 6, 1917 - USS Jacob Jones (DD 61) was torpedoed and sunk by the U-53 near Sc illy Isles off the coast of Great Britain. Sixty-four crewmen were lost. The U-boat commander surfaced for prisoners, and radioed the position of the sinking destroyer to the U.S. naval base at Queenstown, Ireland. Thirty-five sailors were later rescued.<p></p>
<p></p>March 19, 1918 - USS Manley (DD 74) was severely damaged and 56 of her crew was killed after an accidental detonation of 18 depth charges when the ship rolled against the British auxiliary cruiser Motagua off the Irish coast.<p></p>
<p></p>Sep. 8, 1923 - USS Chauncey (DD 296), USS Delphy (DD 261), USS Fuller (DD 297), USS Nicholas (DD 311), USS S.P. Lee (DD 310), USS Woodbury (DD 309), and USS Young (DD 312) ran aground on their way to San Diego at Point Pedernales, off Santa Barbara, CA. The ships were part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 11. There were only 22 lives lost in the wreckage.<br/>&nbsp;<br/>Dec. 6, 1923 - U.S. Asiatic Fleet destroyers were ordered to join other navies off Canton to assist in the protection of foreign lives and property during the Chinese civil wars.&nbsp; <br/><p></p>
<p></p><p>March 3, 1924 - USS Billingsley (DD 293) landed sailors and Marines at Tela, Honduras, to protect American property and lives.</p>
<p>第二部分:World War II (1941-1943)&nbsp; 二战岁月(1941-1943)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/dd424-niblack.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></p><p>April 10, 1941 - USS Niblack (DD 424) used depth charges against a German U-boat while conducting rescue operations of a torpedoed Dutch freighter. This was the first action taken by an American naval vessel against the Axis Powers.</p>
<p></p>Sep. 4, 1941 - USS Greer (DD 145), while patrolling south of Iceland, was attacked by the U-652. Greer had held the German U-boat in sound contact 3 hours and 28 minutes; had evaded two torpedoes fired at her; and with her 19 depth charges had become the first American ship in World War II to attack the Germans.<p></p>
<p></p><p>Oct. 17, 1941 - USS Kearny (DD 432) was torpedoed on her starboard side by a German U-boat while on patrol off Greenland but did not sink. The crew confined the flooding to the forward fire room enabling the ship to get out of the danger zone form power from the aft fire room. After regaining power in her forward fire room Kearny steamed to Iceland. Eleven men were killed and 22 other were injured in the explosion.</p>
<p></p><p>Oct. 31, 1941 - USS Reuben James (DD 245) was torpedoed and sunk with a crew of 115 by the U-552 while escorting a convoy from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was the first U.S. vessel destroyed by the Axis Powers.</p>
<p></p><p>Nov. 6, 1941 - USS Somers (DD 381) and the cruiser USS Omaha (CL 4) captured the Odewald, a German blockade runner, in the central Atlantic. The Odewald was disguised as the American merchantman Willmoto.</p>
<p></p><p>Jan. 20, 1942 - USS Edsall (DD 219) cooperated with Australian forces to sink I-124, a Japanese submarine. This was the first Japanese submarine to be destroyed by forces which included U.S. surface forces. </p>
<p></p><p>Jan. 24, 1942 - USS John D. Ford (DD 228), USS Parrott (DD 218), USS Paul Jones (DD 230) and USS Pope (DD 225) surprised a Japanese invasion force off Balikpapan, Borneo. The U.S. ships sank 4 of 12 transports and a patrol boat during the nighttime attack, known as the Battle of Makassar Strait.</p>
<p></p>April 26, 1942 - USS Sturtevant (DD 240) ran into an American-laid minefield off the Florida Keys. No one on board was notified of the field's location in the area.<p></p>
<p></p><p>March 26, 1943 - The Battle of Komanadorskis occurred in the Aleutian Islands. Several U.S. ships took part in the action which included USS Bailey (DD 492), USS Coghlan (DD 606), USS Dale (DD 353) and USS Monaghan (DD 354). </p>
<p></p>Oct. 6-7, 1943 - USS Chevalier (DD 451) sank during the Battle of Vella Lavella in the central Solomons. Japanese forces, including 9 destroyers and 12 small craft, went to evacuate 600 troops on Vella Lavella. Six American destroyers intercepted the evacuation forces sinking one destroyer, HIJMS Yugumo. The Japanese finally got their troops off the island using the small craft.<p></p>
<p></p>Oct. 9, 1943 - USS Buck (DD 420) was sunk by the U-616 off Salerno, Italy with the loss of 166 lives. Buck received three battle stars for her service in World War II. <p></p>
<p></p>Nov. 1, 1943 - USS Borie (DD 215) engaged in a nighttime battle with U-405. Borie succeeded in ramming the u-boat after an hour-long battle. The two ships were stuck together briefly while both crews exchanged small arms fire. Borie sank the next day due to her damaged bow. <p></p>
<p></p><p>Nov. 25, 1943 - The Battle of Cape St. George occurs when Captain Arleigh Burke's Destroyer Squadron 23 intercepted a Tokyo express transporting troops to Buka, just north of Bougainville. Burkes' destroyers sank three of the five Japanese destroyers. The other two left the area. DESRON 23 did not take a single hit.</p>
<p></p>Dec. 24, 1943 - USS Leary (DD 158) was sunk during an escort mission in the North Atlantic and became the third (and last) American destroyer to be sunk by a German U-boat.<p></p>
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<p></p><p>June 8, 1944 - Following D-Day, destroyers USS Glennon (DD 620) and USS Meredith (DD 726) sank after hitting German mines off the Normandy coast.</p>
<p></p><p>Oct. 25, 1944 - Destroyers USS Hoel (DD 533), USS Johnston (DD 557), and escort USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) sank during a raid against enemy battleships off the island of Samur. Only 86 of Hoel's complement survived while 253 officers and crew died with their ship.</p>
<p></p><p>Dec. 2-3, 1944 - Destroyers USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692), USS Cooper(DD 695) and the USS Moale (DD 693) attacked a Japanese convoy landing reinforcements at Ormoc Bay on Leyte. The destroyers were attacked by land bombardment locations but was able to sink the Kuwa, a Japanese destroyer. USS Cooper took a torpedo hit and sank with 191 sailors. </p>
<p></p><p>Dec.18, 1944 - USS Hull (DD 350), USS Monaghan (DD 354), and USS Spence (DD 512) capsized during a typhoon off the Philippine coast. More than 765 men drown as a result of the storm. Adm. Halsey faced a court of inquiry regarding the matter and was found to be principally responsible for failing not to get the ships out of the typhoon path.</p>
<p></p>April 6, 1945 - USS Bush (DD 529), USS Colhoun (DD 801) and other vessels sank after Japanese kamikazes attacked them off the coast of Okinawa. Both the Bush and Colhoun shot down several Japanese planes during the attack.<p></p>
<p></p>Apr. 12-13, 1945 - USS Mannert L Abele (DD 733) sank after being attacked by Kamikaze planes while other fighters and torpedo bombers attacked the fleet off Okinawa. <p></p>
<p></p><p>Apr. 16, 1945 - USS Pringle (DD 477) sank and USS Laffey (DD 724) was heavily damaged by six aircraft and four bombs during a kamikaze attack off of Okinawa. Laffey had all of her gun turrets destroyed and lost 103 men during the attack.</p>
<p></p><p>May 3-4, 1945 - USS Little (DD 803), USS Luce (DD 522) and the USS Morrison (DD 560) sank after a kamikaze attack of 124 planes off of Okinawa. Little received two battle stars for World War II service.</p>
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<p>第三部分:Korea, Vietnam &amp; Cold War 韩战,越战,以及冷战。&nbsp;</p><p></p>June 26, 1950 - USS De Haven (DD 727) and USS Mansfield (DD 728) evacuated 700 American and foreign nationals from Inchon, South Korea.<p></p>
<p></p><p>Feb. 19, 1952 - USS Shelton (DD 790) and Taupo, a New Zealand frigate, destroyed 45 enemy sampans off the east coast of North Korea. A few sampans made it to the beach only to be captured by a company of South Korea Marines commanded by 1st Lt. Joseph Bartos, USMC.</p>
<p></p><p>Aug. 17, 1955 - Admiral Arleigh A. ("31-knot") Burke became the 15th Chief of Naval Operations. He served in that position for three terms.</p>
<p></p><p>Sep. 10, 1960 - USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2), a new class of 4,500 ton general purpose destroyers was launched.</p>
<p></p><p>Feb. 20, 1962 - USS Noa (DD 841) recovered Lt.Col. John H. Glenn, Jr, USMC, after he made three orbits of the earth in Friendship 7. He traveled 81,000 miles at an altitude of 162 miles in 4 hours and 55 minutes.</p>