USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
USS Willard Keith (DD-775), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. Willard Keith (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944, at San Pedro, California, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith. The ship was commissioned on 27 December 1944, Comdr. in command.
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USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
USS Willard Keith (DD-775), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. Willard Keith (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944, at San Pedro, California, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith. The ship was commissioned on 27 December 1944, Comdr. in command.
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1972-07-01
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1944-12-27
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1972-07-01
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1944-03-05
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Per Angusta Ad Augusta, Latin for "By Narrow Paths to High Places"
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1944-08-29
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Scrapped 1977
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1972-07-01
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*6 × /38 cal. guns,
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Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro
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1944-12-27
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Colombia
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1972-07-01
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Scrapped 1977
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DD-02
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1944-03-05
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1944-08-29
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Per Angusta Ad Augusta, Latin for "By Narrow Paths to High Places"
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Willard Keith
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