USS Drexler
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USS Drexler (DD-741), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Ensign Henry Clay Drexler, a 1924 graduate of the Naval Academy who killed in a turret explosion on USS Trenton (CL-11) in October 1924, earning the Medal of Honor for his efforts to limit damage by placing a flaming bag of powder into an immersion tank.
Wikimedia, Wikidata
DD-741; DD-741 Drexier
Bath Iron Works, United States Navy,
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Location: 27.1, 127.633, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1944-09-03T00:00:00Z
1944-09-03T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1944-11-14T00:00:00Z
1944-11-14T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1944-04-24T00:00:00Z
1944-04-24T00:00:00Z
keel laying
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| object | watercraft | USS Bush | Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Colhoun | Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Drexler | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS English | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS William D. Porter | Fletcher-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) underway in 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Drexler (DD-741) refueling Feb 1945 | Commons | ||







