USS Wiltsie (DD-716) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Irving Wiltsie. The destroyer entered service in 1946 and...
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1943. Captain Irving D. Wiltsie was the ship's first commander, and her crew was derived from the Bogue-class escort carrier USS Glacier, which had been...
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Irving Day Wiltsie (14 November 1898 – 24 November 1943) was a United States Navy captain who was killed in action in 1943 while commanding an escort...
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Blockade of Wonsan (section USS Walke incident)
but suffered no casualties. Wiltsie, USS McGinty, and USS Condor were also in action. USS Symbol, USS Murrelet and USS Edmonds received enemy fire near...
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Gearing-class destroyer (redirect from USS Woodrow R. Thompson (DD-721))
(DD-916) (formerly the USS Everett F. Larson) was scrapped in December 2021, leaving five survivors out of the ninety eight ships built. USS Joseph P. Kennedy...
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month, under the command of Stanley Thomas Counts, she deployed with USS Wiltsie (DD-716), keeping on the alert to spot downed pilots and to direct friendly...
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the United States Navy on a five-year lease in 1988. A depot for repairs, USS Hector followed the lease of these ships in April 1989. This was done due...
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then served an 18-month tour of duty in the South China Sea aboard the USS Wiltsie. Upon returning from his tour, Abernethy became an Operations Officer...
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From 1955-1957 he held the title of crypto security officer on the USS Wiltsie. Gruber became a professor at Duke after earning his Ph.D. in 1961. He...
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(1903) USS Wilmington (PG-8, CL-79, CL-111) USS Wilrose II (SP-195) USS Wilson (DD-408) USS Wiltsie (DD-716) USS Wimbee (IX-88) USS Winamac (YTB-394) USS Winchester...
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in 1959 PNS Tariq (D165), the former American Gearing-class destroyer USS Wiltsie (DD-716) launched in 1945; acquired by the Pakistan Navy in 1977; renamed...
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Korea. The ship received 30 rounds of 76 mm, 5 casualties, 4 June 1953. USS Wiltsie (DD-716) superficial damage after 1 hit from a shore battery at Wonsan...
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Korean forces from five carriers during the battle: USS Valley Forge with Carrier Air Group 5, USS Philippine Sea with Carrier Air Group 11, HMS Triumph...
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"Rear Admiral (Upper) Rodger W. Simpson". USS Simpson (FFG-56). Retrieved 2009-02-15.[dead link] "Irving Wiltsie". Military Times.com. Retrieved 2010-04-19...
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his next position as commander of the USS Wiltsie (DD-716) and in January 1962 became the commander of the USS Mullany (DD-528). In October 1963 took...
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company of the carrier force on 2 December, and screened by the destroyer Wiltsie, provided gunfire support for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Corps in the...
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site the way Drake and his crew saw it. One 1970s visit was aboard the USS Wiltsie (DD-716). The most recent expedition was co-sponsored by the Point Reyes...
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Battle of Makin (section Sinking of USS Liscome Bay)
force group commander, Rear Admiral Henry M. Mullinnix, Captain Irving Wiltsie, and Pearl Harbor Navy Cross recipient Cook Second Class Doris Miller....
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Henry M. Mullinnix, commander of the Air Support Group, Captain Irving D. Wiltsie and 642 officers and men died with the carrier that sank some 23 minutes...
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Harbor. She left for Subic Bay on 13 January with England, Dale, Hamner, Wiltsie, and Chevalier, putting into their destination on 26 January. On 1 February...
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USS Carpenter (DD/DDK/DDE-825) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Donald M. Carpenter (1894–1940)...
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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, she...
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his flagship Liscome Bay (CVE-56) (under the command of Captain Irving Wiltsie) commanding Carrier Division 24 and Task Group 52.3 (Air Support Group...
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USS Tappahannock (AO-43) was a Kennebec-class oiler in the United States Navy that served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She...
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Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 94. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2. "U.S.S. Abbot (DD 184), 1919-1940". U.S.S. Abbot. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012...
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3 escort carriers Liscome Bay (sunk by submarine 24 Nov) (Capt. I. D. Wiltsie killed 24 Nov) Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. M. U. Beebe) 16 Grumman FM-1 Wildcat...
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Museum ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946)...
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M. Mullinnix, and Liscome Bay′s commanding officer, Captain Irving D. Wiltsie — and 591 enlisted men, including Navy Cross recipient Cook Third Class...
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attack on Pearl Harbor Rear Admiral Henry M. Mullinnix, 51 Captain Irving Wiltsie, 45 American and Japanese ships fought the Battle of Cape St. George between...
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Failure of the 1960s. Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1-64177-037-8. "Charles H. Wiltsie, Attorney, Dies at 76" (PDF). The New York Times. May 10, 1935. p. 21....
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