USS Hambleton
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USS Hambleton was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Purser Samuel Hambleton.
USS Hambleton underway in February 1944
Hambleton after being torpedoed in November 1942.
Hambleton after conversion to a high-speed minesweeper.
Bombardment of Cherbourg
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The bombardment of Cherbourg took place on June 25, 1944, during World War II, when ships from the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy attacked German fortifications in and near the city, fi
USS Hambleton
…one and severely damaged another of the five German boats. After returning for provisions at Portland, England, Hambleton was back on the line for the Bombardment of Cherbourg 25 June. Hambleton departed Belfast, Northern Ireland on 4 July, and steamed to the Mediterranean, touching Oran, Algeria, 10 July and reaching Naples…
A heavy German coast artillery shell falls between USS Texas (background) and USS Arkansas while they duel with Battery Hamburg
Adm. Morton Deyo Bombardment Force
Gen. Omar Bradley, First Army (left) Gen. "Lightning Joe" Collins, VII Corps
Cherbourg port from land