Kitchen knife a slotted metal blade attached to a handle. Also known as a Mezzaluna (Italian: "half moon") because of the shape, a mincing knife is a semicircular highly curved blade with a handle that allows the blade to be rocked back and forth repeatedly on a hard surface. This rocking motion is ideal for mincing and chopping. Some mincing knives are supplied with a wooden cutting board with a circular bowl-shaped indentation that matches the curvature of the knife. Some models have two blades that are parallel to each other to increase their mincing power. Large mezzaluna-like knives with shallow curves
USS Half Moon (AVP-26) other ships also suffered hits. Nevertheless, the convoy drove through, giving the Japanese planes a hot time with concentrated antiaircraft fire. During the convoy's three-day voyage, gunners on "Half Moon" and the other ships were at their stations around the clock, "Half Moon" accounting for at least two and possibly four of the attacking aircraft. The convoy arrived at Mindoro on 30 December 1944. Air attacks continued. On 4 January 1945 during one of these a large bomb skipped over "Half Moon's" fantail, falling to explode. "Half Moon" remained in Mangarin Bay tending seaplanes until returning to Leyte Gulf on