USS Gleaves
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uss-gleaves-261-17600875
title:
USS Gleaves
text:
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves class of destroyers. She is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Albert Gleaves, who is credited with improving the accuracy and precision of torpedoes and other naval arms. Gleaves was launched by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 9 December 1939, sponsored jointly by Miss Evelina Gleaves Van Metre and Miss Clotilda Florence Cohen, granddaughters of Admiral Gleaves; and commissioned 14 June 1940, at Boston Navy Yar
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Gleaves-class destroyer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gleaves
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date modified:
2023-04-25T11:44:09Z
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