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As Sims slid beneath the waves, there was a tremendous explosion that raised what was left of the ship almost 15 feet (4.6 m) out of the water. Chief R. J. Dicken, in a damaged whaleboat, picked up 15 other survivors. They remained with Neosho until they were rescued by Henley on 11 May. Sims was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 June ...
USS Sims was named in honor of Admiral William Sowden Sims (1858–1936), who pushed for modernization of the navy. She is the second ship in the United States Navy to be named USS Sims . Sims was laid down on 7 September 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard , Portsmouth, Virginia ; launched on 6 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Anne H. Sims, and ...
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W.S. Sims was decommissioned on 6 September 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. She was transferred to Turkey on 21 December 1999 as a parts hulk. On 15 March 1991 at 2100 hours, the USS W.S. Sims suffered a boiler explosion. Following a BECCE (Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercises), the boiler was ...
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Additionally, one other ship was named Admiral W. S. Sims for the same man. The destroyer USS Sims (DD-409), served in World War II, sunk by the Japanese, 1942; The destroyer escort USS Sims (DE-154), commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1946. The Knox-class frigate USS W. S. Sims (later FF-1059), commissioned 1970, decommissioned 1991.
Electronic Arts has officially confirmed that a movie based on bestselling game The Sims is in the works from producer Margot Robbie, teasing that the adaptation will be a “nod to all of the ...