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Show TARGET SHIP . . . OBcial U. S. Navy Photograph i Holder of a Presidential Unit Citation, the 10-year-old destroyer USS Smith fought in seven "star" engagements in the Pacific, sank a large Jap lug ger, destroyed nine enemy aircraft, and received credit for one "pr obable" Jap submarine sunk. In the Battle of iSanta Cruz, an enemy torpedo plane crashed on her deck and made a raging inferno o f her forward topside but did not check her screening screen-ing activities. In the Battle of Ormoc Bay, the S mith fought off suicide planes for nine; days and emerged relatively undamaged. |