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Bennington carrier decommissioning echoes memories of launch
The USS Bennington, the first fully built at Brooklyn Navy Yard, is to be decommissioned at Bremerton. Local veterans recall the February 26 1944 launching and the ship’s wartime service against Japan including battles around Tokyo and Okinawa. The article recounts the vessel’s construction, crew, notable actions, and a tribute to those who served aboard.
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Bennington
New York
Brooklyn) Navy Yard
Eldred
Noel Olin
Fred C. Martin
Daniel J. Keeler
Hugh Clark
T. N. Goddard
Teddy
Navy Yard
Artemus L. Gates
Navy
Air
Melvin J. Maas
Minnesota
House Naval Affairs Committee
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Cyron Melvin Barber
Rachell Stratton
Arthur P. Guerard
Radarman 2.C
Joyce Harwood
David Harwood
North Bennington
Long Beach
Calif
Burgoyne
Canada
Saratoga
Col
Braun
Vermont
New Hampshire
John Stark
Benningt
Lexington
Concord
Atlantic
Marine Island
Pacific
North
Central America
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Wake Island
Philippine
U.S. Army
South America
Panama Canal
Pearl Harbor
Ulithi Atoll
Caroline Islands
58.1
Ulithi
Japanese Home Islands, Volcano Islands
Okinawa
Tokyo
Gen. Doolittle
Benn
Gun
Radio
U.S
Yokosuka
Kerama Rhetto Islands
East China Sea
Hornet
San Jacinto
Belleau Wood
USS Bennington
Banner
USS
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Alice Harwood
Francis E. Morrissey
Bennington Village