USS Irwin
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USS Irwin, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Noble E. Irwin.
USS Irwin (DD-794)
USS Canberra (CA-70)
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USS Canberra was a Baltimore-class cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed before launch to honor
USS Irwin
…latter enemy-held shore 14 October 1944, she shot down a torpedo bomber. She assisted in the escort of the bomb-damaged cruisers Houston (CL-81) and Canberra (CA-70) to safety, then again joined the screen of fast attack carriers giving direct air support to the liberation landings at Leyte, 20 October 1944…
USS Canberra underway on 9 January 1961
Canberra underway as part of Task Force 38 in 1944
Canberra firing a Terrier missile following her Boston class conversion
The caskets for the Unknown Soldiers of World War II (outer two) and the Korean War (center) during the ceremony aboard Canberra to select the World War II Unknown to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery