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In this decisive action WASHINGTON and SOUTH DAKOTA engaged a Japanese force termed around the battleship KIRISHIMA. SOUTH DAKOTA suffered extensive topside damage, but WASHINGTON's accurate fire mortally injured KIRISHIMA. Set aflame and racked by explosions, KIRISHIMA was scuttled by her crew. The last major Japanese naval thrust at Guadalcanal had been turned back, and WASHINGTON had done what she had been designed to do -- sink one of her own kind in a gunnery action. WASHINGTON was the only American fast battleship to defeat another capital ship. WASHINGTON ACTION REPORT On the night of November 14-15 WASHINGTON was flagship...

In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. Then his mother learned where he'd been and revealed his secret to the Navy. With powerful engines, extensive firepower and heavy armor, the newly christened battleship USS South Dakota steamed out of Philadelphia in August of 1942 spoiling for a fight. The crew was made up of “green boys”—new recruits who enlisted after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor—who had no qualms about either their destination or the action they were likely to see. Brash and confident, the crew couldn’t get through the Panama Canal fast enough, and their...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 22, 2008 – Forty-eight business, civic and local government leaders visited the USS George Washington about 80 miles off shore from here April 20, and a lucky dozen got to spend the night on the ship. “It reminds me that the best and the brightest are right here representing our country,” said Neal Denton, a senior vice president of government relations and strategic partnerships for the American Red Cross, based in Washington, D.C. Denton and the other visitors are participating in the 75th iteration of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, a defense secretary-sponsored program...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 22, 2008 – Since the fourth grade, Wendy Wachtell’s son, Jameson, has wanted to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. She thought his desire would wane with age, like wanting to be a fireman in the fourth grade. But it soon became clear that was what he wanted, she said. Now, with Jameson a sophomore in high school, conversations and considerations for his future are taking a more serious tone. Naturally, she conceded, as a mother, Wachtell is concerned about her son joining a military force while the nation is at war. But, yesterday, as...

U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared now for a war against Iraq but could wait for months at a high state of readiness if necessary, the military's top officer said Wednesday. "We're ready now. The Iraqi regime should have no doubt," said Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Some have questioned how long the tens of thousands of U.S. forces now assembling in the Gulf region could keep their edge if President Bush decided to give diplomacy more time to persuade Iraq to disarm, as several U.S. allies and some in Congress...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 9/6/02 BREAKING: Kabul Explosion, BREAKING: Gaza murder of IDF USS George Washington,, Iraq tea house, Bethlehem/Gaza economy, Gaza TerrorCity, Nablus/Hebron/Jenin perps, Murderer in Ramallah, Palestinian murder of Rajaa Ibrahim Golan Heights Druze, Johannesburg Green/Red, Remembrance: Ottawa, US ===================== Kabul =================== BREAKING: In Kabul, a moderate explosion. At least 22 people dead. Pray for the US SF forces guarding the Afghan leader. ===================== Kandahar =================== In Kandahar, Afghan President Hamd Karzai spoke prior to the failed assasination attempt. He was saved by his US protectors. ========= USS George Washington ======= Somewhere in the...