USS Johnston information

Two ships have been named USS Johnston in the United States Navy in honor of John Vincent Johnston. USS Johnston (DD-557), was a Fletcher-class destroyer...

used to identify the wrecks of the destroyers USS Johnston at a depth of 6,469 m (21,224 ft), and USS Samuel B. Roberts at 6,865 m (22,523 ft), in the...

including USS Copeland (FFG-25), USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Hoel (DDG-13), and USS Johnston (DD-821)...

and the American destroyers USS Walke, USS De Haven, USS Laffey, USS Monssen, USS Barton, USS Cushing, USS Little, and USS Preston. The identification...

Samar, sinking or helping to sink the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and the destroyers USS Johnston and Hoel. The Japanese turned back after American air...

and USS Johnston Two destroyer escorts: USS Samuel B. Roberts and USS Eversole One PT boat: USS PT-493 Four other ships (including submarine USS Darter)...

the wreck. In 2021, Vescovo identified and surveyed the wreck of the USS Johnston (DD-557) at a depth of 6,456 metres (21,181 ft) in the Philippine Sea;...

the London Underground Johnston Press, a newspaper publishing company in the UK Johnston Model D1918 machine gun USS Johnston, two ships named in honor...

Colombia. In March 2021, during the expedition to document the wreck of the USS Johnston, the submersible DSV Limiting Factor recorded footage of a juvenile bigfin...

of darkness to avoid an expected air raid, and encountered the submarine USS Tunny, which fired six torpedoes at the battleship; five of them missed,...

four U.S. ships lost in the battle—USS Hoel (DD-533), USS Johnston (DD-557), USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), and USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)—then struggled...

Java Sea. On 2 March, south of Bali, Atago and Takao sank the old destroyer USS Pillsbury. On 4 March, Atago, Takao and Maya, together with the destroyers...

Hermes and USS Princeton, the cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire, the destroyers USS Sims, USS Meredith, and HMS Tenedos, the submarine USS Grayback...

aboard the USS Whippoorwill, which conducted the first survey of Johnston Island in the 20th century. Aerial survey and mapping flights over Johnston were conducted...

transferred to Maya. Later the same night, Maya and Atago also sank the destroyer USS Pillsbury. On 3 March, Maya was present at the sinking of the gunboat Asheville...

succeeding in sinking the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay, the destroyers USS Johnston and USS Hoel and destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts before withdrawing...