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USS Basilone (DD-824)



USS Basilone (DD/DDE-824) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916–1945), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for “extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action....” in the defense of Henderson Field during the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign.



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