one single 5 in (127 mm)/38 dual-purpose gun mount; four single 3 in (76 mm) dual-purpose gun mounts; eight single 20 mm guns AA gun mounts
USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52/APA-24) was an Edward Rutledge-class troop transport (AP), later re-designated as an attack transport (APA). She was acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II, and was assigned the task of transporting troops to and from battle areas. Operating in dangerous Mediterranean waters on 12 November 1942, she was sunk after being struck by a German submarine’s torpedo at Fedala Bay, Morocco.
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USSEdwardRutledge (AP-52/APA-24) was an EdwardRutledge-class troop transport (AP), later re-designated as an attack transport (APA). She was acquired...
numbers assigned (USS Joseph Hewes and USSEdwardRutledge) had been lost. Another two transports sunk in 1942, USS George F. Elliott and USS Leedstown, were...
and damaged the American battleship USS South Dakota before being fatally crippled in turn by the battleship USS Washington under the command of then...
shell hits from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco that jammed her rudder. Subjected to a daylight air attack from the USS Enterprise, she was scuttled on...
killed John Penn class USS John Penn (APA-23), ex-AP-51 EdwardRutledge class USSEdwardRutledge (APA-24), ex-AP-52, torpedoed 12 November 1942 off Morocco...
arriving 30 November. Two of her fellow Aces, USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) (formerly Excalibur) and USSEdwardRutledge (AP-52) (formerly Exeter) were sunk by U-boats...
Nov: USSEdwardRutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton...
Nov: USSEdwardRutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton...
Nov: USSEdwardRutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton...
conservation". She was heavily bombed and sunk by US forces—including the battleship USS Nevada on 18 August, three days after Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion...
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