1937-1950 U.S.S. English DD-696 Battleship Zippo-W/Box for Sale

1937-1950 U.S.S. English DD-696 Battleship Zippo-W/Box For Sale

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1937-1950 U.S.S. English DD-696 Battleship Zippo-W/Box:
$330.00

Up for offer we have A Vintage 1937-1950U.S.S. English DD-696 Battleship Zippo.The U.S.S. English (DD-696), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, named for Rear Admiral Robert Henry English, a submariner who commanded the cruiser Helena and was awarded the Navy Cross and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Rear Admiral English was still serving when killed in a flying boat accident in California 21 January 1943.English was launched 27 February 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey;sponsored by Ensign Eloise W. English, USNR(W), daughter of Rear Admiral English;and commissioned 4 May 1944, With Commander James Thomas Smith in command.Service History : World War II: English arrived in the Hawaiian Islands 3 September 1944 for final training, and service as plane guard during the qualification of aviators in carrier operations.On 17 December, she sailed from Pearl Harbor for Ulithi, where on 28 December she joined the screen for the aircraft carriers of Task Force 38 (TF) 38.She put to sea 2 days later for air strikes to neutralize Japanese bases on Formosa, Luzon, Okinawa, and the Indo-China coast in coordination with the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.English returned to Ulithi to replenish between 26 January 1945 and 8 February, then sailed to Saipan to meet the cruiser Indianapolis and escort her to a rendezvous with newly designated TF 58.She screened the carriers as they launched the series of strikes accompanying the Iwo Jima operation, hitting Tokyo both before and after the assault, Iwo Jima itself, and Okinawa. Korean War: Alerted for distant deployment upon the outbreak of the Korean War, English departed Norfolk 6 September 1950 for the Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Yokosuka, where she arrived 5 October.She supported the withdrawal from Hungnam, then proceeded with two corvettes of the Royal Thai Navy to shell Communist positions at Choderi and Chongjin.On 7 January 1951, one of the corvettes, HMTSPrase, grounded in a heavy snowstorm.After unsuccessful attempts to salvage her, English destroyed the corvette with gunfire.On 20 January 1951 English began duty as direct fire-support ship for a division of the Korean army, blasting positions at Kanson, Kosong, and Kangnung to support the Korean advance ashore.She served on blockade at Chongjin and Wonsan, where in 20 consecutive days on the firing line she silenced 20 attacks by Communist shore batteries.After a final period of service screening carriers on both coasts of Korea, she sailed from Yokosuka 11 May eastbound for Norfolk. Service, 1951-1970: English refuels from USSIndependence during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in October 1962.From her return to Norfolk 9 June 1951, English resumed local training operations, and in the winter of 1952 joined in cold-weather exercises off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.On 26 August 1952 she departed for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations in which she visited British ports, steaming on to a tour of duty in the Mediterranean from which she returned to Norfolk 5 February 1953.In the fall of 1954 she visited Lisbon, Portugal. On 31 October 1954, while at sea for a major fleet exercise, she was in collision with the destroyer Wallace L. Lind, but though English lost 50 feet (15m) of her bow, she suffered no casualties. Skillful seamanship brought her into port under her own power, and she was repaired in time to join in large-scale exercises in the Caribbean early in 1955.From May to August 1955, English made a good will cruise to ports of northern Europe, and between 28 July 1956 and 4 December 1956 served again in the Mediterranean, visiting Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.With the eruption of the Suez Crisis in October–November 1956, she aided in evacuating American citizens from the troubled area, and patrolled the eastern Mediterranean to serve with the Sixth Fleet.Returning to Norfolk in April she spent the remainder of 1959 and all of 1960 in conducting an intensive program of antisubmarine warfare exercises.English sailed for the Mediterranean and the Sixth Fleet in September 1961, returning to Norfolk nine months later.William Mahan was the Captain; J.B. Allen the Executive Officer.First port of call was Suda Bay, Crete.During her deployment she also called at Naples, Livorno, and La Spezia, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; and Toulon, France.In October 1962, English sailed and served duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Primarily acting as "plane guard" for the attack aircraft carriers Independence and Enterprise, she operated for over 30 days at sea without replenishment.English was decommissioned on 15 May 1970 and stricken from the Navy List the same day.
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