USS Wickes (DD-578)
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uss-wickes-dd-578-167-12243848
title:
USS Wickes (DD-578)
text:
USS Wickes (DD-578), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Lambert Wickes (1735–1777), who served in the Continental Navy. Wickes was laid down on 15 April 1942 at Orange, Tex., by the Consolidated Steel Corporation; launched on 13 September 1942, sponsored by Miss Catherine Young Wickes, the great-great-grandniece of Capt. Wickes; and commissioned on 16 June 1943. Departing New Orleans. La. on 13 July, Wickes sailed for Cuban waters an
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Fletcher-class destroyer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wickes_(DD-578)
date created:
2005-08-29T01:27:59Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:41:15Z
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13
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