USS Abner Read

USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read, who fought in the American Civil War. The ship fought in World War II, seeing action in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and in 1943 she survived hitting a mine that blew off her stern. After repairs, she returned to service and operated in support of Allied forces in the New Guinea campaign and the Battle of Leyte. She was sunk in an air attack off Leyte on 1 November 1944.

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DD-526; DD-526
speed 35 knot, length 114.8 metre, 
Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, United States Navy, 

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Location: 10.7833, 125.3667, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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  USS Abner Read ⓘ
  1942 Fletcher-class destroyer

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  USS Montgomery ⓘ
  1918 Wickes-class destroyer

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World War II Q362

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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keel laying

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USS Abner Read (DD-526) afire and sinking in Leyte Gulf on 1 November 1944 after being hit by a kamikaze (NH 63442)

USS Abner Read (DD-526) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 13 June 1943

Damaged USS Abner Read (DD-526) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), in October 1943

Plate XI USS Abner Read DD-526

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Abner Read	Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Montgomery	Wickes-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Abner Read (DD-526) afire and sinking in Leyte Gulf on 1 November 1944 after being hit by a kamikaze (NH 63442)		Commons
commons	image		USS Abner Read (DD-526) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 13 June 1943		Commons
commons	image		Damaged USS Abner Read (DD-526) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), in October 1943		Commons
commons	image		Plate XI USS Abner Read DD-526		Commons