13-1238: Lloyd Jones or Lloyd-Jones may refer to: People [ edit ] Sports [ edit ] Lloyd Jones (athlete) (1884–1971), American athlete in the 1908 Summer Olympics Lloyd Jones (figure skater) (born 1988), Welsh ice dancer Lloyd Jones (English footballer) (born 1995), English footballer Lloyd Jones (Australian footballer) (1906–1990), Australian footballer for St Kilda Writers [ edit ] Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author) (born 1955), New Zealand author Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer) (born 1951), contemporary novelist from Wales Lloyd Kenyon Jones , American newspaper journalist, lecturer and author Other [ edit ] Lloyd Jones (socialist) (1811–1886), socialist, union activist, journalist and writer Lloyd Jones (magician) (1906–1984), American magician, pharmacist, book dealer, and publisher Lloyd Jones (politician) (born 1937), American politician Lloyd E. Jones (1889–1958), U.S. Army general Surname [ edit ] Antonia Lloyd-Jones (born 1962), British translator of Polish literature Charles Lloyd Jones (1878–1958), chairman of David Jones Limited and chairman of
26-558: A radar picket of the North American Continental Air Defense System to deter surprise attack by locating and reporting aircraft headed toward North America , Mills sailed 3 April 1958 from Newport, Rhode Island , for Argentia, Newfoundland , to begin her first picket. She made 17 subsequent 3 to 4-week pickets on the barrier stretching from Newfoundland to the Azores through 28 July 1961, as well as one off
39-517: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lloyd Jones Mills USS Mills (DE-383) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . Post-war, she performed additional duties for
52-661: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lloyd Jones (athlete) Lloyd Peniston Jones (September 12, 1884 – May 1, 1971) was an American athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London . In the 800 metres , Jones finished third in his semifinal heat and did not advance to the final. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died in Bermuda . This biographical article about an American middle distance runner
65-462: The Mediterranean , Mills' convoy was attacked before dawn 1 April 1944, 56 miles west of Algiers by German torpedo bombers . SS Jared Ingersoll , a Liberty ship , was hit and set blazing. Mills picked up survivors who had abandoned ship, and sent a boarding party to extinguish her fires. British tug HMS Mindfull and Mills then towed Jared Ingersoll to Algiers. By V-E Day , for which she
78-1061: The Australian Broadcasting Commission David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) (1934–2022), British conductor David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones (born 1952), British Court of Appeal judge David Lloyd Jones (architect) (born 1942), British architect Edward Lloyd Jones (1844–1894), head of the department store David Jones Limited , or his son Edward Lloyd Jones (1874–1934), Shorthorn cattle breeder and chairman of David Jones Limited, or his brother Guy Lloyd-Jones (born 1966), British chemist Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922–2009), Oxford scholar Jake Lloyd-Jones (Documentary Maker), Australia Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones (born 1929), American politician Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1843–1918), American Unitarian minister and father of Richard Lloyd Jones (Tulsa Tribune) Jenkin Lloyd Jones Sr. (died 2004), owner and editor of
91-500: The Navy, including those of a radar picket ship and a safety and support ship for Operation Deep Freeze . Lloyd Jones Mills was born on 3 July 1917, in Rock Springs, Wyoming . He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as seaman second class on 4 December 1940. He was appointed aviation cadet on 6 March 1941, naval aviator on 22 August 1941 and commissioned Ensign on 19 September 1941. He
104-544: The States via Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal , she arrived Charleston, South Carolina , 22 March, sailed 25 April for Green Cove Springs, Florida , and decommissioned 14 June to go into reserve. Eleven years later, after installation of additional radar and electronic equipment and enlargement of her superstructure at Boston Naval Shipyard , Mills was reclassified DER-383 and recommissioned 3 October 1957. Assigned as
117-952: The Tulsa Tribune, son of Richard Lloyd Jones (Tulsa Tribune) Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981), British evangelical preacher and theologian Richard Lloyd-Jones (born 1933), Permanent secretary to the Welsh Office, Chairman of the Arts Council of Wales Richard Lloyd Jones (1873–1963), founder, owner and editor of the Tulsa Tribune Robin Lloyd-Jones (born 1934), author Places [ edit ] Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport , in Oklahoma See also [ edit ] Lloyd Jones Mills (1917–1942), American naval war hero Loyd A. Jones (1884–1954), American scientist who worked for Kodak Topics referred to by
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143-846: The southeast coast of the United States. Between 28 August 1961 and the end of 1963, Mills served primarily on the new Greenland - Iceland - United Kingdom Barrier designed to extend protection to the NATO allies. In 1964, Mills was assigned to Operation Deep Freeze , the U.S. Naval Force supporting scientific research in Antarctica . During the austral summer seasons of 1964–65, and 1966–67, and 1967–68, Mills took station to provide weather information and electronic navigational aid to aircraft ferrying men and equipment between Christchurch , New Zealand, and McMurdo Station , Antarctica . Each of these seasonal deployments required an 11,000-mile voyage via
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#1732844207745156-743: Was killed on 30 July 1942, in an airplane crash during the Aleutian Islands campaign and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement in action 1–15 June 1942. She was laid down 26 March 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas ; launched 26 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. James E. Mills; and commissioned 12 October 1943. After shakedown out of Bermuda , Mills trained nucleus crews for frigates and destroyer escorts off Norfolk, Virginia , until 10 January 1944 when she began transatlantic convoy escort duty. On her second voyage into
169-717: Was moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard , Mills had completed nine voyages on escort duty to the Mediterranean, Ireland , the United Kingdom , and France . Mills left New York City 30 May 1945 for the Panama Canal and Adak, Alaska , arriving 8 July. She served there as weather station, plane guard, and escort between Alaskan ports until sailing 20 August for occupation duty, arriving 9 September at Ominato Ko , Honshū . Briefly returning to Alaska 25 September to 17 November, Mills steamed west again to operate out of Taku and Tianjin , China , until 11 February 1946. Returning to
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