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Members of the ‘Greatest Generation’ reflect on World War II service during presentation at NUWC Division Newport
November 25, 2024 — About 10,000 Sailors served aboard 130 landing craft support (LCS) ships during World War II. The last two surviving LCS Sailors, J. William Middendorf II and Eddy Desmond, visited NUWC Division Newport to share their stories on Nov. 18... MORE

Pearl Harbor Battle of Midway legacy continues
May 25, 2023 — Eighty-one years ago this week, Sailors and civilians turned the tide of the War in the Pacific. The shipyard each of us call home today played a pivotal role ensuring our Pacific Fleet was ready to surprise the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the Battle of Midway... MORE

USS Yorktown (CV-5) in Dry Dock 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 29 May 1942, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway.

Surviving a sinking ship—WWII vet, daughter share personal story
June 15, 2017 — Ernie Schramm is a former World War II Sailor and a PSNS & IMF retiree. He is also a survivor of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and, more uniquely, of a ship that sank during the battle... MORE

Brett Gillard poses with his mother, Peggy Gillard, and grandfather, Ernie Schramm, following graduation from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program. Brett and his mother are current employees and Schramm retired from the command in 1981. (Personal photo provided by Peggy Gillard)

NSWC Crane Recognizes 74th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 2015 — CRANE, Indiana - Monday, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) personnel gathered at morning colors to honor those who lost their lives in the surprise military strike on Pearl Harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the naval base on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, killing more than 2,300 Americans and crippling or destroying 18 American ships and nearly 300 airplanes... MORE

151207-N-QI541-018 - Sailors raise morning colors while Crane employees honor the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

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