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USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), launched as SS African Meteor, was an Arthur Middleton-class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.
USS Samuel Chase (AP-56) underway for sea departing Halifax, Nova Scotia harbor anchorage, 29 September 1942. From there her force became convoy AT23, cruising a long path of ocean miles and port stops before arriving at the Casablanca-Algiers assaults in early November.
Sep 2, 2015 · Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on 17 April 1741 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md. He was admitted to the bar in 1761 and was a member of the Maryland Assembly from 1764 to 1784. In 1774, he became a member of the Maryland Committee of Correspondence and a delegate to the first Continental Congress, and ...
USS Samuel Chase was a U.S. troop carrier that participated in the Allied amphibious operations in the Mediterranean and Normandy in 1944. It transported soldiers from the 1st American Infantry Division to Omaha Beach on D-Day and later joined the landing in Provence.
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Rear Admiral Morison’s evaluation notwithstanding, Operation Dragoon almost did not occur. The U.S.-British Quadrant Conference, held in Quebec in August 1943, which set the time frame for the 1944 invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord—“D-Day”), also discussed the proposed “Anvil,” a concurrent invasion of southern France. Anvil was viewed skept...
At this point, the Overlord follow-on operations in northern France were going so well that any dispersal and disruption of German forces that would have been brought about by an earlier Anvil/Dragoon were no longer essential. Opening another front against Germany remained an objective of Dragoon, but with the recaptured northern French ports worki...
As part of a general air offensive against southern France, Allied air forces had already begun bombing port facilities, coastal fortifications, bridges, and communications nodes in proximity to the landing areas at the end of April. These missions were conducted with steadily increasing intensity as of mid-May, with care taken not to give the Germ...
USS Samuel Chase was a destroyer escort that participated in the Allied invasion of southern France in August 1944. Learn about the strategic background, landing areas, assault forces, and naval operations of Operation Dragoon.
USS Samuel Chase was a transport ship that participated in the Allied invasion of southern France in August 1944. Learn about the operation, the ships, and the challenges of the Anglo-American alliance during World War II.
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The Samuel Chase, accompanying attack transports and LSTs of Assault Group O-1, sailed from England and were joined by five LCI(L)s from Flotilla 10 and 10 craft from the matchbox fleet. All safely arrived in the transport area, and the Chase's anchor dropped into the channel at 3:15 a.m. The remaining LCI(L)s from Flotilla 10 were dispersed ...
