Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The first USS Weiss (DE-378), was John C. Butler-class destroyer escort proposed for construction during World War II but never completed.Weiss was named after United States Marine Corps sergeant Carl Walter Weiss, who was killed in action during a battle on 1 November 1942 with Japanese forces near the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, when he charged an enemy machine gun position and destroyed it with a hand grenade.. }
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- USS_Weiss_(DE-378) comment "The first USS Weiss (DE-378), was John C. Butler-class destroyer escort proposed for construction during World War II but never completed.Weiss was named after United States Marine Corps sergeant Carl Walter Weiss, who was killed in action during a battle on 1 November 1942 with Japanese forces near the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, when he charged an enemy machine gun position and destroyed it with a hand grenade.".