USS Charrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish–American War. Entering service during World War II, she spent her career in the Pacific theatre. Placed in reserve following the war, Charette was transferred to the Kingdom of Greece in 1959 and renamed Velos (D16), remaining in service till 1991 before being preserved as a museum ship at Palaio Faliro, Athens.
USSCharrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the...
memorials: USS The Sullivans (DD-537) at Buffalo, New York USS Kidd (DD-661) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana Greek destroyer Velos (D16), former USSCharrette (DD-581)...
Museum ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USSCharrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946)...
Sampson Medal Spanish Campaign Medal Victory Medal In 1943, the destroyer USSCharrette (DD-581) was named in his honor. List of Medal of Honor recipients List...
of the Japanese submarines involved in the attack survived the war. USSCharrette and Fair sank I-21 on 5 February 1944 off the Marshall Islands.: 216 ...
destroyer Velos (D16) a Fletcher-class destroyer launched in 1942 as USSCharrette she was transferred to Greece in 1959 and renamed. She was stricken...
Battle of Okinawa 1942: USS Hutchins (DD-476) Battle of Surigao Strait; Battle of Iwo Jima; Battle of Okinawa 1942: USSCharrette (DD-581) Battle of the...
USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) was the second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II. Launched...
a set time, although electrical detonators were also occasionally used. USS Cairo was the first warship to be sunk in 1862 by an electrically-detonated...
water". Malay Mail Online. Retrieved 23 December 2017. "The Lonely Bull". USS Pueblo (Ager-2). Retrieved 2 October 2016. Pakistan Maritime Museum — Karachi...
conduct an antisubmarine patrol off Tarawa, and late on 4 February, joined Charrette to develop a contact previously made by the destroyer. Attacks by both...
(1962–1981) – The ex-USS Bradford Velos (D16) (1959–1991) – The ex-USS Charrette is preserved at Faliron Bay (Marina Floisvou) as HS Velos – museum of...
on 19 April and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 April, in company with Charrette, to conduct type-training exercises in the Hawaiian Islands. She departed...
Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 24 January 2012. "USS Barton War Diary". www.fold3.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019. "T.101 Class Landing...
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) was the twenty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named...
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...
the Acadian people. Antonine Maillet wrote a novel, called Pélagie-la-Charrette, about the aftermath of the Great Upheaval. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt...