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Well, Martyn was first but mikebatzel had a more complete list ...so

First response to this gets a go: Which Captain (name /ship) of Taffy 3 was referred to as "Chief"?

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Comdr. Evans of the USS Johnston, but never to his face.

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OK Mike! Absolutely spot on! Over to you!

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Thanks texson.
Keeping with the Johnston, and this should be easy, Which Japanese Battleship got closest to the Johnston during the Battle off Samar?

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IJN Nagato

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Negative Jeff, I have a different one.

Please give the Combined Fleet the chance to bloom as flowers of death. This is the navy’s earnest request. RADM Tasuku Nakazawa prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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IJN Kongo

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Correct Jeff. After being ordered to only fire on what can be seen for fear of hitting friendly ships, Lt. Robert C. Hagen said after the battle, "At 8:20, there suddenly appeared out of the smoke a 30,000-ton Kongō-class battleship, only 7,000 yards off our port beam. I took one look at the unmistakable pagoda mast, muttered, 'I sure as hell can see that!" and opened fire.

There where two Kongo class shipin the fight. Kongo and Haruna, Haruna had a damaged prop, and thus lagged behind most of the battle, leaving us with just Kongo.
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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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Here's an easy one for y'all.

What US ship, when entering a harbor, was greeted with a tongue in cheek message asking it not to fire, because the crew of the ship sending the message claimed it was of the same political party?

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This ship was sunk June 1945. A kamikaze dived for the ship and missed. Unfortunately, the bomb it was carrying sank beneath the ship and detonated, causing the ship to sink 3 hours later with no loss of life.

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USS William D. Porter

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On 12 November, she departed Norfolk and the following day rendezvoused with Iowa (BB-61). That battleship was on her way to North Africa carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Cairo and Teheran Conferences. During battle drills on the afternoon of the 14th, William D. Porter inadvertently fired a live torpedo at Iowa. However, the destroyer signaled Iowa in plenty of time to allow the battleship to turn hard to starboard, parallel to the torpedo's wake. According to eyewitnesses, President Roosevelt asked his wheelchair be moved to the rail so he could see the torpedo headed for the battleship. The torpedo exploded some 3,000 yards astern of the Iowa. William D. Porter completed her part in the mission and steamed west to Bermuda, where she arrived on 16 November. The crisis was over and so was Captain Walker's career. His final utterance to the Iowa, in response to a question about the origin of the torpedo, was a weak, "We did it."
Shortly thereafter, the brand new destroyer, her captain and the entire crew were placed under arrest and sent to Bermuda for trial. It was the first time that a complete ship's company had been arrested in the history of the US Navy. The ship was surrounded by Marines when it docked in Bermuda, and held there several days as the closed session inquiry attempted to determine what had happened. Torpedoman Dawson eventually confessed to having inadvertently leaving the primer in the torpedo tube, which caused the launching. Dawson had thrown the used primer over the side to conceal his mistake. Following this incident, ships would routinely greet the "Willie D." with "Don't shoot! We're Republicans!"
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On 10 June 1945, William D. Porter fell victim to a unique—though fatal—kamikaze attack. At 08:15 that morning, an obsolete Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber dropped unheralded out of the clouds and made straight for the warship. The destroyer managed to evade the suicide plane, and it splashed down nearby her. Somehow, the explosive-laden plane ended up directly beneath William D. Porter before it exploded. Suddenly, the warship was lifted out of the water and then dropped back again. She lost power and suffered broken steam lines. A number of fires also broke out. For three hours, her crew struggled courageously to put out the fires, repair the damage, and keep the ship afloat. The crew's efforts, however, availed nought; and, 12 minutes after the order to abandon ship went out, William D. Porter heeled over to starboard and sank by the stern. Miraculously, her crew suffered no fatal injuries.
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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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I hope I'm not jumping the gun here but to keep moving....

The US navy is currently building two new destroyers of a new class. The namesake of the new class began his career in WW2 on which ship?

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I didn't see your correct answer, Mike. Apologies all around, please.

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No need Jeff, I know you stay very busy with all those moderator duties of yours

Please give the Combined Fleet the chance to bloom as flowers of death. This is the navy’s earnest request. RADM Tasuku Nakazawa prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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The ship I'm looking for sank one ship during the war, before said person whose name i will not give for fear of giving away the answer, served on her. It was a carrier said ship sunk

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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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Zumwalt?

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Halfway there Jeff, Zumwalt is the name of the new class of destroyers due to be commisioned in 2013

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The namesake of the new class began his career in WW2 on which ship?
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USS Phelps.

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take her away Jeff

Please give the Combined Fleet the chance to bloom as flowers of death. This is the navy’s earnest request. RADM Tasuku Nakazawa prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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You can have it back, Mike. I'm not where I can find a good Q to ask.

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