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0PEl-IATIUNS AND ENGAGEMENTS RUSSIAN CONVOY OPERATIONS 20 March 1942-21 .Iuly 1942 CAPTURE AND DEFENSE OF GUADALCANAL 21 August 1942-8 February 1943 GUADALCANAL QTHIRD BATTLE OF SAVOJ 12-15 November 1942 CONSOLIDATION OF SOUTHERN SOLOMONS 8 February 1943 --20 ,Iune 1943 GILBERT ISLANDS OPERATION 13 November 1.943--8 December 1943 KAVIENG STRIKE 1 January 1944 MARSHALL ISLANDS OPERATION 29 January 1944-3 February 1944 MARIANAS OPERATION 10 June 1944-27 August 1944 LEYTE OPERATION 10 October 1944-16 December 1944 y LUZON OPERATION 12 December 1944-22 January 1945 IW O .IIMA OPERATION 15 February 1945+16 March 1945 OKINAWA GUNTO OPERATION 17 March 1945-11 June 1945
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Closeup of Commissioning Ceremonies. MSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon themf' The WASHINGTON is a ship that meets all three conditions with honor. Many times has she been thrown into the balance, ill both Atlantic and Pacific waters, never has she been found Wanting. This is 110t the story of a War, or a fleet, or a task force. It is the story of a ship, but it typifies the way in which every ship in our Navy per- formed and fought. There had been a lapse of twenty years ill battleship construction. Some maintained that this type of ship was obsolete. Besides, America was too self-sufficient to get into any European War, but when the Pearl Harbor disaster aroused us from our slumbers, We Were grateful to those farisighted leaders who saw that tl ' l ie 1n1g ity battleships WHSl1ll1gl011 and North Carolina were already riding the waves. 10
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