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USS FINCH (DER-328) Edsall class Radar Picket in service 1943 to 1974. USCG service 1951 to 1954.

Converted to DER radar picket in 1955. Member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

 

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On 1/25/2017 at 3:51 PM, 10esee said:

USS SAVAGE (DER- 386)

 

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Nice one 10esee, Here's a different version I have

 

USS SAVAGE (DER-386) Edsall class in service 1943 to 1969. She was converted to a Radar Pickett in 1954

 

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Record Vietnam Service - Market Time Mother Ship

 

On 17 May 1965, Savage sailed for South Vietnam where she spent more time on station in Operation Market Time than any other DER. She guarded against sea infiltration by North Vietnamese and assisted land forces by providing naval gunfire support. She had no periods out of Vietnam service until October when she made a five-day visit to Hong Kong.
 
From October 1965 through October 1968 the ship made five more tours off Vietnam on Operation Market Time, operating 50–100 yards (46–91 m) offshore, searching junks and small fishing boats for Viet Cong weapons and infrequently providing naval gunfire support with her two 3-inch (76 mm) guns from 1 to 15 January,12 June to 16 September 1966, 24 August to 8 September 1967, 16 September to 12 October and 2 to 18 December 1968. She made Taiwan Strait patrols in June, September, and December 1967; and in July and October 1968.
 
During her 1967 and 1968 Market Time patrols, she also served as "mother ship" to 5 – 6 U.S. Navy PCF's (swift boats). All of Savage's officers (except for the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer) functioned as additional officers to the two crews per Swift Boat (daytime and nighttime) covering the Mekong River Delta and the Mekong River in the "brown water navy".
 
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On 1 February 1969 she arrived back in Pearl Harbor and entered the naval shipyard for restricted availability and upkeep. On 7 July 1969 she departed for San Francisco and deactivation at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. On 17 October 1969, she was decommissioned for the last time and joined the inactive reserve fleet.

 

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USS OTTERSTETTER (DER-244) Edsall class in service 1943 to 1960  Converted from destroyer escort to radar picket in 1951

Yet another typical Japanese made error patch - misspelling OTTER(S)TETTER

 

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USS BOWEN (DE-1079) Knox class in service 1971 to 1994

 

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USS BOWEN (FF-1079) Knox class in service 1971 to 1994

Gemsco 1975 DE to FF Redesignation patch

 

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5" Japanese made circa 1970's

 

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Cold War era patch and ballcap patch

 

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USS BOWEN (FF-1079) Knox class in service 1971 to 1994

 

1983 Beirut Crisis Gunline patch Commanded by CDR Arthur Drennan, US Naval Academy Class of 1964, Bowen was part of the Naval expeditionary force deployed off the coast of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. In early September 1983, U.S. Marines at the Beirut International Airport came under artillery fire. After repeated warnings, Bowen was ordered to fire in defense of the Marines. On 8 September 1983, Bowen opened fire with her 5" Gun, destroying several artillery pieces and a fire control tower in the mountains, 9 miles south-east of Beirut.

 

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Bowen's action received international media attention and cemented her place in history as the first Naval Warship to engage in hostile fire in the Mediterranean since World War II. In all, Bowen made 6 firing runs, firing a total of 75 shells at hostile targets. For their actions, Bowen's crew was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation, the Navy Expeditionary Medal and proudly adopted the slogan "First to Shoot in Beirut". In early October 1983, after one month on the "Gun Line", Bowen was relieved by the USS New Jersey (BB-62).

 

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USS HOWARD D CROW (DE-252) Edsall class in service 1943 to 1968.  Manned by the USCG during WWII, made 10 Atlantic convoy crossings.  On 11 February 1945 the "Crow" likely helped sink U-869.  Fleet weather ship in the Pacific 1945.

Reserve training ship during the Korean war, Berlin Crisis & Vietnam homeported at Fleet Sonar School Key West, Newport Rhode Island, and ResDesRon 34 at Galveston Texas

 

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On 6/17/2017 at 3:11 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Class leader USS KNOX (DE-1052) In service 1969 to 1992

 

 

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1975 cut edge FF Version of USS KNOX (FF-1052)

 

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Photo from my collection, USS KNOX (FF-1052) Off of Diamond Head and Waikiki, Oahu

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USS LOCKWOOD (DE/FF-1064) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993. Motto: Secure Against The Waves

 

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DE-1064 Patch circa 1970-1975 prior to her redesignation as FF-1064

 

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Photo and patches circa 1975 after redesignation as FF-1064

 

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Motto: Secure Against The Waves

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Motto: Secure Against The Waves

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USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG (DE-1030) Dealey class Destroyer Escort in service 1957 to 1972 made by Beta Royal Sales Co., NYC

This interim class of DE's had a short service life due to mechanical and other design problems.

 

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USS SAMPLE (DE/FF-1048) Garcia class destroyer escort/frigate in service 1968 to 1988

 

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USS SAMPLE (DE-1048) circa 1968 to 1975

 

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Reclassified FF-1048 in 1975, Philippine made patch

 

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USS PILLSBURY (DE/DER-133) Edsall class destroyer escort in service 1943 to 1960

 

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DER-133 Radar Picket from 1954 to 1960 - "Don't let the Continental Air Defense B*stards grind you down"

 

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USS GARCIA (DE-1040) Garcia class leader n service 1964 to 1989, a larger version of the Bronstein class destroyer escorts. 

Plankowners patch printed on felt circa 1964 which belonged to the CPO in the photo below.

 

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Plankowner CPO receiving a decoration from a Rear Admiral at the commissioning ceremony in 1964 and his three different sizes of (DE-1040) Destroyer Escort patches

 

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Cut edge 1960's patch which belonged to the CPO

 

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US made (DE-1040) 6" high merrowed edge patch

 

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US made 5" high patch

 

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USS GARCIA (DE-1040) Garcia class leader n service 1964 to 1989, a larger version of the Bronstein class destroyer escorts. Reclassified as FF-1040 in 1975.  Hilborn Hamburger version.

 

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USS GARCIA (DE-1040) 1974 Med Cruise 7" jacket patch

 

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The dark blue merrowed edge (FF-1040) Swiss Tex version sold in the ships' store circa 1975

 

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1980's version, unknown maker

 

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USS REASONER (DE/FF-1063) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993.

 

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USS REASONER (DE-1063) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993. 5" Patch circa 1970-1975

 

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USS REASONER (FF-1063) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993 - Asian made patch and rocker post 1975

 

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USS REASONER (DE-1063) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993.  Reasoner first deployed in 1973 to Southeast Asia and took part in Operation End Sweep (the removal of mines in Haiphong Harbor).  Hilborn Hamburger 5" patch circa 1970-1975 prior to reclassification as FF-1063

 

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USS HAROLD E HOLT (FF-1074) Westpac 1978, Knox class frigate (ex-DE-1074) Homeported in Pearl Harbor in service 1971 to 1992

 

 

I was also on the USS H. E. Holt, from 85 to 89 in Pearl. Great ship, great wespac cruises.

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USS COATES (DE-685) Rudderow class destroyer escort commissioned in 1944, served as school ship 1944-1946. Recommissioned 1951 serving with the Atlantic Fleet in Europe. She served as school ship at Key West early in 1957 and on 21 November 1957 was assigned to the 3rd Naval District as a Naval Reserve training vessel, operating from New York City. Through 1963, Coates conducted training cruises of various lengths in Long Island Sound and to ports in the West Indies and along the east coast. Her base was changed from New York to New Haven, Connecticut on 19 September 1960. Decommissioned in 1970.

 

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USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) Knox class fast frigate, commissioned as DE-1089 in 1973.

 

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Hilborn-Hamburger patch circa 1975 when she was converted from DE to FF

 

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USS LIDDLE (APD-60), ex-Buckley class (DE-206), Converted to Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport in 1944. In service 1943 to 1967

 

Liddle embarked 141 troops on 6 December for a flanking operation in the Leyte Gulf area. After landing her troops at Ormoc without casualty on 7 December, Liddle came under attack from Japanese aircraft. Though splashing five attackers, she was hit on the bridge by a kamikaze and seriously damaged, necessitating her return to San Francisco on 16 January 1945 for repairs. While she was being refitted, a sign on her quarterdeck read: "This Ship Lost 38 Officers and Men. She is Anxious to Get Back Into Action."

 

4 battle stars for WWII service - High Speed Gator Greyhound Patch circa 1960's

 

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USS BOWERS (DE-637/APD-40) Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport in service 1944 to 1958. USS Bowers earned four battle stars for World War II service.

 

STRUCK BY A KAMIKAZE  - Bowers was then assigned to anti-submarine screen duty six miles north of Ie Shima. At dawn on 16 April 1945, the destroyer escort shot down one attacking Japanese plane. Then at 09:30, two more planes came in, flying low and fast. Bowers maneuvered radically to avoid the planes as they split to attack the escort. The first came in dead ahead, but Bowers' guns brought it down. The second passed over the ship as her port guns came to bear. Despite the heavy gunfire, the kamikaze regained altitude, turned, and came in from a 45-degree angle forward. It crashed into the warship's flying bridge, spraying high octane gasoline over the bridge and pilot house. The plane's bomb penetrated the pilot house and continued down through the ship for 20 feet before it exploded and sprayed the deck with fragments. Fire fighting parties brought the flames under control in about 45 minutes; but 37 men from the ship were killed, 11 were reported missing, and many of her 56 wounded died later.  Photo:  USS Bowers (DE-637) arriving in the Kerama Islands after being hit by a Kamikaze, 16 April 1945 (80-G-315257)

 

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Bowers slowly headed for the Hagushi anchorage under her own power. With the aid of the repair ship USS Nestor, Bowers was seaworthy again by 21 April. Three days later, she sailed in a convoy for Ulithi, whence she continued on via Pearl Harbor to the California coast. She arrived at San Diego on 24 May and was ordered on to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for conversion to a Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport. The warship entered the shipyard on 15 June and was redesignated APD-40 on 25 June 1945. Her conversion was not completed until after the war's end.

 

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This is her APD-40 patch circa 1951-1958  

 

After the War - UDT Training Ship - After her conversion was completed, the new high speed transport got underway on 19 September for training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She returned to Philadelphia on 25 October for the Navy Day celebration and then steamed to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she languished in limbo for more than a year before being decommissioned on 10 February 1947.

 

Recommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 6 February 1951, Bowers joined the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. After five weeks at Guantanamo Bay for training, she embarked upon a series of short training exercises for marines, underwater demolition teams(UDT's), and midshipmen. The high-speed transport operated off the east coast until March 1955, although she made a six-week cruise to the West Indies and a five-month cruise to the Mediterranean.

 

In November 1954, Bowers entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard for a three-month overhaul. Upon completion, she reported to the Commandant, 6th Naval District, at Charleston for duty as a naval reserve training ship. From March 1955 until December 1958 the warship embarked reservists for training cruises along the east coast and in the West Indies.

 

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USS THOMAS C. HART (DE-1092/FF-1092) Knox class in service 1973 to 1993. The last combat vessel to be commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard. Atlantic Fleet, Cold War, Iranian Crisis, Desert Storm

 

Thomas Charles Hart was born on 12 June 1877 in Genessee County, Mich. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1897. He served his initial tours of sea duty in Massachusetts (Battleship No. 2) and in the steam yacht Vixen, during the Spanish-American War. In the years before the First World War, Hart filled a variety of billets: as a junior officer in battleships, torpedo boats, and submarines; as an instructor at the Naval Academy; as aide to an rump't Secretary of the Navy; and as commander of the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla. By spring 1917, Hart was commanding the cruiser Chicago and the Sub Base at New London, Conn., while also acting as Chief of Staff to the Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet.
 
During WW I, he served as commander of Submarine Divisions 2 and 5, with Bushnell (AS 2) as his flagship. One division was based at Bantry Bay, protecting sea approaches to the British Isles; the second was based at Punta Delgada in the Azores, protecting routes to that vital island. In 1918 he was appointed Director of Submarines in the Office of the CNO. Serving as its head until 1922, Hart fought doggedly to improve the lot of the submarine force. His tenacity was responsible for the Navy's acquisition of surrendered German U-boats after World War I to learn the details of the technical innovations in the enemy craft. Receiving the Distinguished Service Medal for his service as Director of Submarines, Hart spent the ensuing years of the '20's and '30's in a succession of sea and shore billets. He studied at the Army and Navy War Colleges; commanded the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Divisions, battleship Mississippi (BB-42), and Submarine Flotilla 3; served as rump't Commandant of the 3d Naval District; Inspector of Ordnance at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI; and Commander of the Control Force. After a tour as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, he went to sea as Commander, Cruiser Division 6, in June 1934. Reporting to the General Board after this tour of sea duty, Hart became its chairman in 1937.
 
With the temporary rank of admiral, Hart relieved Adm. Harry E. Yarnell as Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet on 25 July 1939. For the next two years, Hart prepared the small Asiatic Fleet for war with Japan. He reduced the presence of his fleet in Chinese waters and concentrated it in the Philippines to await the onslaught. He also badgered Washington for reinforcements in the way of planes and submarines. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor catapulted the United States into World War II. The Americans, with their Filipino allies, fought a delaying action in the Philippines, while a mixed American, British, Dutch, and Australian (ABDA) military structure was set up to operate from Java in an attempt to hold the Japanese at the Malay Barrier. In command of ABDA naval forces, Hart directed this defense into mid-February 1942. By then, it had become evident that, despite ABDA, the Japanese were not to be denied. Despite the obstacles, Hart persevered in the face of "discouraging surroundings and complex associations" and earned a gold star in lieu of his second DSM for unfailing judgment, sound decisions, and moral courage. Transferred to the retired list in July 1942 with the rank of Admiral, Thomas C. Hart nevertheless continued on active duty with the General Board through 1944. From February to April 1944, he was chairman of the committee which conducted the "Hart Inquiry" into the Pearl Harbor attack, a duty which took him to the length and breadth of the Pacific Ocean area.
 
On 09 February 1945, Hart retired from the Navy to fill an appointment as senator from Connecticut. He served in Congress until 3 January 1947 and did not seek reelection. Admiral Hart then returned to his family home in Sharon, Conn., and died there on 04 July 1971, at the age of 94.

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USS THOMAS C. HART (DE-1092) Knox class in service 1973 to 1993. The last combat vessel to be commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard. Atlantic Fleet, Cold War, Iranian Crisis, Desert Storm

 

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Destroyer Escort (DE-1092) Commissioning Patch circa 1973 prior to redesignation as FF-1092

 

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USS THOMAS C. HART (DE-1092/FF-1092) Knox class in service 1973 to 1993. The last combat vessel to be commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard. Atlantic Fleet, Cold War, Iranian Crisis, Desert Storm

 

The shield of the USS Thomas C. Hart (DE/FF-1092) symbolizes the mission of the first ship to bear Admiral Hart's name and recreates the substance of the Hart family crest. It was designed after consultation with the members of the ship's company. The horned stag, a "hart", is found on the family shield. The fleur-de-lis is also found on the coat of arms, and the three presented here represent faith, wisdom, and valor, as well as the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, the locale in which HART's keel was laid and the majority of her construction completed. The four stars represent the rank of Admiral attained by Thomas C. Hart. The compass rose surrounding the distinctive silhouette of the FF-1078 class ocean escort represents the Navy's world control of the seas and HART's capability to respond in the nation's service whenever and wherever she is needed. The Latin words Securitas, Pax, Victoria, are translated "Security, Peace, Victory". Their use was inspired by a passage from a speech delivered by President John F. Kennedy in June 1963: "Control of the seas means security, Control of the seas means peace, Control of the seas means victory."

USS THOMAS C. HART (DE/FF-1092) VETERANS ASSOCIATION http://www.thomaschart.org/index.html

 

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1973 DE-1092 and 1975 FF-1092 Patches

 

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Cut edge patch circa 1975 when she was redesignated from DE-1092 to FF-1092

 

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1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis "Persian Excursion" cruise patch

 

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1980's Cold War/Desert Storm era glue back patches

 

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USS DOUGLAS A. MUNRO (DE-422) Butler class escort destroyer in service 1944 to 1960

 

Douglas Albert Munro was born on 11 October 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in September 1939 and had achieved the rank of Signalman First Class by September 1942. On the 27th of September 1942, while leading a group of landing craft during the Guadalcanal Campaign, he participated in the evacuation of U.S. Marines from the beach at Guadalcanal's Point Cruz. Using his boat as a shield between the Japanese and the Marines, he enabled the operation to proceed successfully, but was killed by enemy gunfire. For his "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry", Signalman First Class Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

 

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  undated post-war photo (Note the "Homeward Bound" pennant streaming over the back of the ship. Douglas A. Munro departed Hong Kong on 05 Janary 1946 after serving in the Pacific since December of 1944. She arrived back in San Francisco on 01 February 1946.)

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USS LANSING (DE/DER-388) Edsall class destroyer escort in service 1943 to 1965. (USCG 1952-1954). Reclassified as DER-388 and convered to a radar picket in 1955 for DEWLINE service.

 

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USS WOODSON (DE-359) Butler class destroyer escort in service 1944 to 1962

 

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USS MEYERKORD (DE-1058) Knox class in service 1969 to 1991. Named for Advisor LT Harold Dale Meyerkord, KIA (NC), Reclassified FF-1058 in 1975

 

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Harold Dale Meyerkord was born 9 October 1937 at St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School at Newport, R.I. on 14 June 1960 and was assigned to the heavy cruiser Los Angeles (CA 135). He reported to the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 13 July 1964. He was Senior Naval Adviser to the South Vietnamese 23d River Assault Group, responsible for suppressing Vietcong terror in South Vietnam’s "rice bowl"; the group probed the Delta waterways, engaging Vietcong guerrillas in operations in which Lieutenant Meyerkord distinguished himself for coolness, resourcefulness, and concern for his men. While leading his assault group into Vietcong-held territory 16 March 1965, Lieutenant Meyerkord’s patrol was ambushed. Though wounded, he steadfastly returned the enemy’s fire until hit again, this time mortally. Lieutenant Meyerkord’s heroism was recognized by posthumous award of the Navy Cross. He was also awarded the Air Medal for completing 20 low-level aerial reconnaissance missions under enemy fire.

 

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On 8/4/2017 at 11:10 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

Garcia class of USS O'CALLAHAN (FF-1051) In service 1968 to 1988

 

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Hilborn Hamburger version of O'CALLAHAN circa 1975

 

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