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Bell salvaged from Navy destroyer sunk in World War I
The ship’s bell from the first American destroyer ... D.C. The USS Jacob Jones was one of several Navy destroyers fielded during World War I. Commissioned in 1916, it was sent to European ...
US Navy commissions destroyer named after World War II hero
The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City and it was named after legendary World ...
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Bell salvaged from WW1 US Navy destroyer sunk off the Isles of Scilly
The ship's bell from a Word War One wreck has been raised from the sea bed off the Isles of Scilly. The USS Jacob Jones was the first US Navy destroyer to be lost to enemy action when it was ...
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Maurice Bell
He was drafted in the summer of 1943 and decided to sign on with the Navy because ... 5th Fleet. Bell witnessed the invasions of Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu and Iwo Jima from the ship's deck, as ...