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Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyers of the Colombian National Armada: USS Willard Keith, USS Waldron, ARC Caldas, ARC Santander

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Chapters: Uss Willard Keith, Uss Waldron, Arc Caldas, Arc Santander. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: USS Willard Keith (DD-775), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. Willard Keith (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944 at San Pedro, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith; and commissioned two days after Christmas of 1944, Comdr. Lewis L. Snyder in command. It is notable that the Navy had two contracts for destroyer escorts that were to be named USS Willard Keith; however, they both were cancelled before they were completed. The contract for the construction of USS Willard Keith (DE-754)a Cannon-class destroyer escort whose keel had been laid down on 14 September 1943 at San Pedro, California, by the Western Pipe and Steel Companywas cancelled on 2 October 1943. The contract for the construction of USS Willard Keith (DE-314)an Evarts-class destroyer escort laid down on 22 January 1944 at Vallejo, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yardwas cancelled on 13 March 1944. After shakedown training out of San Diego, California, Willard Keith operated temporarily out of the Pre-commissioning Training Center at San Francisco, California, as training ship for engineering personnel. During that time, she made weekly trips from San Francisco to San Clemente Island and back. It is rumored that, during one of these runs from San Clemente to San Francisco, the Willard Kieth encountered, depth-charged, and supposedly destroyed a sonar contact ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=279168


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157019213
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157019218
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: USS Willard Keith, USS Waldron, ARC Caldas, ARC Santander
  • Width: 229 mm


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