bombardment of kiska造句

• Bombardments of Kiska from 6 22 July were high points of her months in northern waters.
• Joining TG 16.17 on 30 July, she participated in bombardments of Kiska on 2 and 15 August 1943.
• She joined TG 8.6 for bombardment of Kiska on 7 August, and then took up patrol and escort work.
• Anti-aircraft guns, once active during the bombardment of Kiska, were silent when Allied planes flew over in the days leading up to the invasion.
• In August, under the command of Captain H . G . Sickel, she took part in the bombardments of Kiska, then covered the landings of 15 August which revealed that the island had been secretly evacuated.
• Her duties, during this period of Japan's strongest efforts to establish the northern end of her " ribbon defense " in the western Aleutians, were primarily those of convoy escort, but included shore bombardment of Kiska Island.
• Arriving Dutch Harbor 3 June, " King " operated on antisubmarine warfare ( ASW ) and screening patrols in the Aleutians throughout the summer, and fought with Task Group 8.6 during the bombardment of Kiska in August.
• She took part in the preinvasion bombardment of Attu 26 April; made several depth charge attacks on a Japanese submarine in that area 14 May for unconfirmed results; screened convoys on the northern and southern approaches around the Aleutian chain; and twice participated in the bombardment of Kiska, Alaska ( 2 and 12 August ).
• Sailing on 22 April, she arrived Adak on the 28th and joined TG 16.6, patrolling the approaches to the Near Islands and covering the southern approach to Kiska . " Raleigh " participated in the bombardment of Kiska on 2 August, blasting targets in Gertrude Cove, and shelled enemy positions again on 12 August, before heading for San Francisco and overhaul.
• An American naval bombardment of Kiska on 6 July 1943, the first in nearly a year, convinced Kawase that an American invasion was imminent, and that his submarines could never get the garrison off the island in time; he wrote, " We cannot be . . . dependent on the submarines any longer . . . the evacuation has to be completed as soon as possible before mid-July . " He decided to gamble on a bold move : Running the American blockade by steaming a surface force to Kiska in what the Japanese designated as Operation Ke-Go.