[DOC] [TLE] Tin Can Sailors Ship's Store [PAR] The following day a large force of Japanese aircraft attacked. The two ships 
fought off these attackers, but now without damage to themselves. .... To do so, a 
group of retired senior naval officers were called on to take command of ... Robert 
A. Maher was a young sailor who served on the Navy destroyer USS Borie DD-
215... [DOC] [TLE] Early Destroyer History - Tin Can Sailors - The National Association ... [PAR] All warships are compromises as designers try to balance these factors. ... The 
addition of a weapons system, for example, may improve a ship's ... Now the 
mine, called a spar torpedo in this configuration, could be taken directly to its 
target. ... spar torpedo to attack the Confederate ironclad Ablemarle on the 
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Philippines, they run smack into a group of Japanese battleships, including the 
Yamato, largest of her fleet. ..... In an epic day of battle, these little ships attacked 
with what torpedos they had (just 10 ..... My father served in the Navy in World 
War II. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Leyte Gulf - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Leyte Gulf is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of 
World War II ... Formosa could also serve as a base for an invasion of mainland 
China, ... Sh-G 1 called for Vice-Admiral Jisabur Ozawa's shipsknown as 
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words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland .... the Japanese juggernaut 
of battleships and cruisers aiming to attack MacArthur's Leyte beachheads. ... 
group of surface ships ever put to sea by the Land of the Rising Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Download PDF - Navy [PAR] cia1 Department of Defense photos unless otherwise designated. Page 4. NO 
NEED to stow it under the mattress-Navy's new and modernized ships have more 
... He'd served in tin ... had given way to groups of four- ... den the heart of any tin 
can sailor. ..... Right: Tables and chairs make chess game easier for these sailors. [DOC] [TLE] Last Stand Tin Can Sailors | Video | C-SPAN.org [PAR] Feb 7, 2004 ... The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Mr. Hornfischer talked about his book, The 
... YOU KNOW, I WAS A TIN CAN SAILOR AND I GRADUATED FROM THE 
NAVAL ... FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY, ONE OF MY PROFESSORS CALLED 
AND ..... PROCEED TO ATTACK. ..... THESE ARE SHIPS THAT HAD. [DOC] [TLE] A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy's End of Alcohol at Sea - USNI ... [PAR] Jul 1, 2014 ... On July 1, 1914 the ships of the U.S. Navy officially became dry under General 
Order No. ... the USS Grapejuice Pinafore who oversaw a fleet of Navy ships 
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One thing that stands out in my mind is the recollection of a group of Sailors ... no 
other ship in the Navy that carries the badassery that goes with the name "
Destroyer. ... of these little ships -- although I admit to not knowing if Destroyers of 
the 21st... [DOC] [TLE] Destroyer Escorts in the Pacific - USS Slater [PAR] The ships provided defense for fleets of US warships. ... Destroyer escorts also 
served as radar picket ships during the Okinawa campaign, which was the ... 
virtually undefended, save for small groups of escort carriers, destroyers and 
destroyer escorts. ... 2 See Hornfischer, James D.

Question: Tin Can Sailors is the name of a group of sailors who served on these ships that defend warships from attack
Answer: destroyers