Down to the Sea

by Bruce Henderson

  McKinstry, Albert LeRoy

  McQuerry, George P. *

  Mergenthaler, Elmer J. *

  Merritt, Roy L. *

  Miley, Frank B. *

  Miller, Cecil B. *

  Miller, Edward A., Jr.

  Monnig, Harold A. *

  Moore, David *

  Moore, John *

  Murphy, Hugh *

  Myers, Frederick P. *

  Naquin, Roy J. *

  Neal, Ralph D. *

  Neely, Clifford *

  Netolicky, George S. *

  Nevins, William B. *

  Nose, Allen J. *

  Oesau, Andrew J. *

  Orasi, Harold W. *

  Owens, Muriel G. *

  Paleski, Edward M.

  Pauer, Joseph A. *

  Payton, Russell *

  Penpraese, George H. *

  Pera, Aldo *

  Polhemus, John D. *

  Powell, Curtis T. *

  Powell, Luther K. *

  Powers, Dorman M. *

  Purvis, Joe E. *

  Reams, Charles H. *

  Redmond, James *

  Richards, Donald G. *

  Ridge, Edwin G. *

  Ringuiso, Francesco C. *

  Roberts, Harvey D. *

  Rosen, Samuel *

  Rosley, Albert, Jr.

  Rossi, Joseph A. *

  Rutter, James V. *

  Ryan, Harry J. *

  Sarli, Michael *

  Saxon, John J. *

  Scalese, James P.

  Schmidt, Frank A. *

  Scheider, Benjamin M. *

  Schnell, George F. *

  Schoen, Andrew S. *

  Schult, Howard A. *

  Schwartz, David E. *

  Schwarz, Paul F. *

  Sehnert, Maurice D.

  Selders, Everett E. *

  Sepanski, Alexander L. *

  Shepherd, Marion *

  Sherer, Edward G. *

  Shropshier, Louis H. *

  Shupek, John *

  Slagle, Benjamin E. *

  Slaughter, Layton W. *

  Small, Norman E. *

  Smith, Charles A. *

  Smith, Carl G., Jr. *

  Smith, Donald L. *

  Smith, Jerome H. *

  Smith, Robert E. *

  Snyder, Karl H. *

  Spotts, Virgil D. *

  Spradling, Frenchy *

  Springbett, William G. *

  Staffen, Howard F. *

  Stalder, Duane J. *

  Stein, Warren J. *

  Stepp, Edgar E. *

  Stevens, Max J. *

  Stevenson, Richard L. *

  Stewart, David L., Jr. *

  Stewart, Robert W. *

  Strand, Robert L. *

  Straszynski, Philip J. *

  Stromberg, Vernon A. *

  Stroup, Bernard C. *

  Sullivan, Francis M. *

  Sullivan, Robert A. *

  Sundbeck, Clarence V. *

  Svouros, George A. *

  Swerzbin, Ralph J. *

  Tagg, Henry O. *

  Tapovic, Peter *

  Tate, Ernest J. *

  Taylor, Robert J. *

  Thompson, Frank A. *

  Thompson, Thomas N. *

  Thorpe, Errol M. *

  Tighe, Rody J. *

  Traceski, Edward F.

  Tryon, Perry R. *

  Turner, Claude *

  Vinald, Willard H. *

  Vining, James O. *

  Votta, Gerald V. *

  Wallace, John J. *

  Waters, Earl V. *

  Weaver, Carl R. *

  Weiser, Edwin M. *

  Weissenborn, Wayne W. *

  Whited, Cleo P. *

  Widmeyer, Richard C. *

  Wildenhain, Leo J. *

  Wilhelm, William E. *

  Williams, James B. *

  Williams, Joel J. *

  Williamson, Burnis F. *

  Wilson, Frank E. *

  Wohlleb, Charles F.

  Woitkovich, John L. *

  Wool, Frank F., Jr. *

  Wright, Robert A. *

  Wright, William P. *

  Yaksich, George F., Jr. *

  Young, Frank F.

  Zaszdil, Ramon J.

  Zinamon, Morris L. *

  * Killed in Pacific typhoon of December 18, 1944

  Searchable Tearms

  Abbott, Keith N.

  Acuff, Jasper T.

  Ainsworth, Walden L.

  aircraft carriers

  Alaska

  alcohol and

  Aleutian Islands

  Japanese invasion of

  retaking of Attu and Kiska

  Allen, Eric

  Allen M. Sumner

  Ammen

  Anderson

  Andrea, James P.

  Andrews, Frank V.

  Antares

  Anzio

  Armstrong, Henry J., Jr.

  Attu

  invasion

  Australia

  AWOL crewmen

  Aylwin

  Azores

  Bailey

  Bali Strait

  ballasting

  Balliett, Floyd

  Bath, Maine

  Bath Iron Works and

  battleships

  Beaufort, Sir Francis

  Beaufort scale

  Bellino, Tom

  Benham

  Bermuda

  Big Blue Blanket

  Bismarck Sea

  Bismarck Sea

  Bogan, Gerald

  boot camp and

  Boston

  Bougainville

  Bowditch, Nathaniel American Practical Navigator

  boxing

  Brenner, James

  British Royal Navy

  Brooks, Edwin B., Jr.

  Brown and

  Brown Shipbuilding

  Brush

  Bryant, Harold L.

  Bryant, Leonard

  Bryson, Reid A. and

  Buchanan

  Buka

  Bunin, Alexander

  Burbage, Frank

  Burford, William P.

  Burke, Arleigh A.

  Busch, Martin

  Bush

  Cain, Frank A.

  Caine Mutiny, The

  Calhoun, Charles R.

  California

  Campbell, Bruce

  Candelaria, Joseph J.

  Cape Engano, Battle of

  Cape St. George, Battle of

  Carney, Robert B.

  at court of inquiry and

  Caroline Islands

  Carpenter, Doil T.

  Carrigan, Harlan K.

  Cascade

  Cassin

  Charles F. Ausburne

  Charrette

  Childers, Louie W.

  China Sea

  Clark, Joseph J.

  Claxton

  Cleary, Frank W.

  Cleveland

  Coghlan

  Cogswell

  Colahan

  Collett

  Colorado

  Columbia

  conn and

  Consolvo, Charles W.

  Constitution

  Converse

  cooks, Navy

  Coral Sea

  Coral Sea, Battle of

  Cotton, Robert L.

  Cowell

  Cowpens

  Coyne, Robert

  Curtiss

  Cushing

  Dale

  Darden, Robert J.

  Davis, Glenn B.

  D-Day

  Dean, Billy Bob

  deballasting

  DeBaun, George H.

  Decker, T. E.

  defense industry

  Denver

  depth charges

  DeRyckere, Archie G.

  destroyer escorts and

  destroyers; and; and

  Little Beavers and

  See also specific ships

  Dewey and; and

  Dobbin
/>   Donaldson

  Doolittle Raid

  Douhan, Pat

  Downes

  dress code

  Drummond, Kenneth L.

  “dungaree” Navy and

  Dyson

  Ellis, Robert H.

  Emery

  Empress Augusta Bay, Battle of and

  Eniwetok

  Enterprise

  Fabrick, Arthur L.

  Fair

  Farragut

  Farragut, David Glasgow

  Farragut-class destroyers; and; and; and

  stability testing on

  Felty, James

  Fenn, Evan

  Fiji

  Finch, Lester J.

  Fisher, Roland, D.

  5–inch guns and

  Fletcher-class destroyers; and

  floater nets

  Foote and

  Formosa

  Forrestal, James

  France

  Franchak, Michael

  Franks

  fueling

  Furry, R. E.

  Gaffney, John C.

  Gambier Bay

  Garrett, Bruce

  Gates, Herbert K.

  Gatlin

  General S. D. Sturgis

  Genest, Dayton

  George F. Elliott

  Germany

  Gerstley, Greil I.

  Gilbert Islands

  Giles, William J., Jr.

  Great Britain

  Guadalcanal campaign; and; and; and

  Guam

  invasion

  Guio, Joseph, Jr.

  guns, ship; and; and

  Hally, William

  Halsey, William F., Jr.; and; and; and

  court of inquiry and

  Leyte invasion

  Mindoro invasion

  1944 typhoon and

  1945 typhoon and

  Hammann

  Hancock

  Hartigan, Charles C., Jr.

  Hatsukaze

  Hawaii

  Heater, James P.

  helmsman; and

  Henderson Field

  Hickok

  Hickox

  Hill, John O.

  Hill, Robert

  Hoel

  Holland, Ben

  Hollandia

  Honolulu; and

  Hoover, John H.

  Hope, Bob, I Never Left Home

  Horkey, Franklin

  Horn, Peter H.

  Hornet

  Horton, John T.

  Hull

  Attu and Kiska invasions

  crew muster roll for

  Guadalcanal campaign

  handling characteristics

  Liscome Bay rescue operation; and

  Makin Island invasion

  in Marianas

  overhaul of

  sinking of

  survivors; and

  top-heaviness

  typhoon and

  Hull, Isaac

  Hunt

  Illinois

  Imperial Japanese Navy. See Japanese Navy improper-uniform charge

  Independence

  Ingersoll, Stuart H.

  and

  Iwo Jima

  Jambor, Joseph J.

  Japanese Air Force; and

  kamikaze planes

  Japanese Army

  Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor; and

  Battle of Cape St. George

  Battle of Empress Augusta Bay; and

  Battle of Komandorski Islands; and

  Battle of the Philippine Sea

  Guadalcanal campaign; and; and; and

  invasion of Aleutians

  Leyte invasion; and

  nighttime tactics

  submarines; and; and; and

  Java Sea, Battle of the

  John D. Edwards

  John Lykes

  Johnson, George

  Johnston

  jungle fighting

  Kamchatka Peninsula

  Kavieng

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kenny, William T.

  Kernodle, Michael H.

  Kimmel, Husband E.

  King, Ernest J.; and

  Kirishima

  Kiska

  invasion

  Knapp

  Knight, Austin M., Modern Seamanship

  Komandorski Islands, Battle of; and

  Korth, Howard J.

  Kosco, George F.

  court of inquiry on typhoon

  1944 typhoon forecast

  Kramer, William

  Krauchunas, Alphonso

  Kreidler, John

  Kwajalein

  Lamberton

  Lautoka

  Lawrence C. Taylor

  Leahy, William D.

  Lee, Willis A.

  LeHardy

  Lester, Roy

  Lexington

  Leyte invasion; and; and

  life jackets

  kapok

  Lindquist, August R.

  Lingayen Gulf

  Liscome Bay

  Little Beavers; and

  Lockhart, Wilbur M.

  Lumb, Alan

  Lunga Point

  Luzon invasion; and

  Lyman K. Swenson

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Mindoro invasion

  Macdonough

  Machias

  Mackenzie, Roderick

  Maddox

  Maine

  Majuro

  Makinami; and

  Makin Island

  Makin Island invasion

  Mansfield

  Marcus Island

  Mariana Islands

  Marks, James A.

  as court of inquiry defendant

  inept ship handling

  rescued at sea

  Marshall Islands invasion

  Martin, Francis “Burt”

  McCain, John S.

  McClain, William A.

  McCrane, Joseph C.

  McMorris, Charles H.

  Melvin R. Nawman

  Mercer, Preston V.; and; and

  Merrill, A. Stanton

  Mertz

  Midway, Battle of

  Mille Atoll

  Miller, Cecil

  Miller, Edward A.

  Mills, Jared W.

  Mindoro invasion; and

  Mitscher, Marc A.

  Model 93 “Long Lance” torpedoes

  Monaghan

  Attu and Kiska invasions; and

  Battle of Komandorski Islands

  crew muster roll for

  fuel

  Guadalcanal campaign

  Guam invasion

  Marshall Islands invasion

  sinking of

  survivors; and

  Tawara invasion; and

  typhoon and

  Monaghan, John R.

  Monterey

  Montpelier

  Moore

  Morgan, Roy

  Morison, Samuel Eliot

  Morrison, Melroy

  Morse code

  Moulton, Douglas

  Mugford

  Mullinnix, Henry M.

  Mullins, Lester C.

  Murray, George D.

  Musashi

  mutiny; and

  Myoko

  Nachi

  Nagaura

  Nagurney, Nicholas

  Nashville

  Navy Day

  Nelson, G. C.

  Nelson, Travis E.

  Nevada

  New Caledonia; and

  New Guinea

  New Hebrides

  New Jersey

  New York

  New Zealand

  nighttime tactics; and

  Nimitz, Chester; and; and

  court of inquiry on 1944 typhoon

  Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi

  Niss, Arnold

  North Carolina

  Nunn, Ira H.

  O’Brien

  officer of the deck (OOD); and

  Okinawa

  Oklahoma

  Omori, Sentaro

  onam
i; and

  Outerbridge, William W.; and

  Pacanovsky, George

  Pacific Fleet Weather Central; and

  Pacific War:

  Attu and Kiska invasions

  Battle of Cape St. George

  Battle of Empress Augusta Bay; and

  Battle of Komandorski Islands; and

  Battle of the Philippine Sea

  Guadalcanal campaign; and; and; and

  Guam invasion

  Leyte invasion; and; and

  Luzon invasion; and

  Marshall Islands invasion

  Mindoro invasion

  1944 typhoon and, see typhoon (1944)

  Tawara invasion; and

  Palau

  Panama Canal

  Papua New Guinea

  Parker, Charles W.

  Parker, Robert E.

  PC-464

  PC-476

  Pearl Harbor

  Pearl Harbor attack; and

  casualties; and

  midget submarines; and

  Pennsylvania

  Phelps

  Philadelphia

  Philippines

  Philippine Sea, Battle of the

  Phillips, Paul “Cookie”

  Pittsburgh

  Plage, Henry L.

  Plumley, William

  Portugal

  Prairie State

  Preston

  Price, Edward J.

  Purvis, Louis A.

  Rabaul; and

  radar; and

  Raleigh

  Ranger

  Reina Mercedes

  religion

  Reno

  Rex, Daniel F.

  Richmond

  Robert E. Keller

  Rodgers, Bertram J.

  Rogers, G. V.

  Rogers, Walker C.

  Rogers, William K.

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Rosley, Albert

  Rudyerd Bay

  Rust, Lloyd G., Jr.

  Saipan; and

  Salt Lake City; and

  salutes, hand; and

  Samar, Battle of

  Samaritan

  Samidare

  Samoa

  Samuel B. Roberts

  San Bernardino Strait; and

  San Francisco

  Sangamon

  San Jacinto

  Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of the

  Saratoga

  Savo, First Battle of; and

  Schultz, John R.

  seasickness

  Seattle