USS Gilbert Islands (ex-St. Andrews Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built...
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Ellice Islands became Tuvalu in 1978, and the Gilbert Islands with Banaba (Ocean Island) became part of Kiribati in 1979. The Gilbert Islands sometimes...
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The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II...
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USS Annapolis (PF-15), a Tacoma-class frigate in service from 1944 to 1946, and sold to Mexico in 1947 USS Annapolis (AGMR-1), ex-USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)...
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The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean...
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today's amphibious assault ships. In the second conversion, in 1961, USS Gilbert Islands had all her aircraft handling equipment removed and four tall radio...
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against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against...
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A. (1997). The Loss of the USS Juneau (CL-52) and the Relief of Captain Gilbert C. Hoover, Commanding Officer of the USS Helena (CL-50). Callaghan-Scott...
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installations, including the Sakishima Islands with repeated bomb and rocket attacks. Later in June, the USS Gilbert Islands departed for Leyte, in the Philippines...
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Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid Santa Cruz Islands Guadalcanal (Third Savo) Rennel Island Jan. New Georgia-Rendova-Vaugunu Buka-Bonins Strike Gilbert Islands Occupation Kwajelein-Wotje...
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