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McClintock, David, CAPT USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Marquette
Date of Passing Jan 11, 2002
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Last Known Activity:
Heroics of USS Dace and USS Darter featured in book, Cruisers For Breakfast, by John Mansfield, Jr.
Other Comments:
CO of USS Darter (SS-227) during Battle of Leyte Gulf (Oct 1944). Sank heavy cruiser Atago. Later ran aground at Bombay Shoal and forced to scuttle the boat.
Leyte Campaign (1944)/Battle of Surigao Strait
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October / 1944
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October / 1944
Description The Battle of Surigao Strait took place here on October 25, 1944, when the "cross the T" incident took place as American battleships fire their guns over Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura's Southern Force; nearly all of which, including the battleships Yamashiro and Fusi and others were sunk. Admiral Nishimura was killed in action when his flagship Yamashiro sank following actions against Jesse B. Oldendorf's battleships, all but one of which had been at Pearl Harbor.
