Destroyers of the Spanish Navy: Audaz Class Destroyers, Churruca Class Destroyers, Fletcher Class Destroyers of the Spanish Navy

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Audaz Class Destroyers, Churruca Class Destroyers, Fletcher Class Destroyers of the Spanish Navy, Furor Class Destroyers, Gearing Class Destroyers of the Spanish Navy, Uss Leary, Uss Noa, Spanish Destroyer Furor, Uss Mcgowan, Spanish Destroyer Pluton, Uss Converse, Uss Jarvis, Spanish Destroyer Terror, Uss Capps, Spanish Warship Destructor, Uss O'hare, Uss David W. Taylor, Spanish Destroyer Jos Luis Dez, Uss Eugene A. Greene, Spanish Destroyer Lepanto, Uss Furse, Spanish Destroyer Snchez Barciztegui, Spanish Destroyer Almirante Ferrndiz, Spanish Destroyer Almirante Ferrandz, Spanish Destroyer Almirante Valds, Spanish Destroyer Churruca, Spanish Destroyer Alcal Galiano, Spanish Destroyer Mndez Nez, Spanish Destroyer Jorge Juan, Spanish Destroyer Blas de Lezo, Spanish Destroyer Gravina, Spanish Destroyer Langara. Excerpt: USS Leary (DD/DDR-879) (radio call sign: "Home Run"), one of the longest-lasting Gearing-class destroyers, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Clarence F. Leary USNRF (18941918), who lost his life in the line of duty. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The USS Leary (DD/DDR-879) was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 11 August 1944. The ship was launched on 20 January 1945 and was christened by Mrs. Theodore S. Wilkinson, wife of Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson. The USS Leary was officially commissioned by the United States Navy on 7 May 1945. On 23 June 1945 Leary completed her shakedown off the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay and proceeded to her home port of Norfolk. After a brief overhaul to upgrade her to a radar picket destroyer, she departed for Boston, Mass where some fire control work was done. This work was interrupted by V-... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=545396