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A Legendary Missing World War II Destroyer Emerged From the Ocean After 82 Years

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went down at the hands of the ...
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30 people rescued from World War II destroyer after walkway collapses into water in South Carolina

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Firefighters in South Carolina were called to an unusual incident in which 30 people were reportedly trapped on a retired military vessel on Thursday. The Mount Pleasant Fire ...
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World War II destroyer USS Laffey returns to South Carolina home after $9 million in repairs

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- With the blare of air horns, cheers and a champagne toast, "The Ship That Would Not Die" returned Wednesday to its home at a maritime museum on Charleston Harbor on the ...
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Spruance-class destroyers launched 112 of the 288 Tomahawks fired in Desert Storm — the USS Fife alone fired 60

The Spruance-class destroyer was as large as a World War II cruiser—but Congress nearly killed the program because lawmakers thought the ship didn't look imposing enough next to heavily armed Soviet ...