Myriad misfortunes befell this storied ship, but her bad luck began with a Saint Patrick’s Day collision in 1942. By Captain Michael A. Lilly, U.S. Navy (Retired) August 2023 Naval History Magazine It was more frightening than when I was attacked by kamikazes!” said P. A. “Tony” Lilly about his experience on Saint Patrick’s DayContinue reading “The Luck o’ the Wasp”
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USS Fletcher (DD-992), the thirtieth Spruance-class destroyer, was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines.
She was commissioned in July 1980 and was deployed mainly in the western and southern Pacific, but also voyaged to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. She was the second ship in the U.S. Navy to bear this name but the first to be named after Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher. After her decommissioning in 2004,Continue reading “USS Fletcher (DD-992), the thirtieth Spruance-class destroyer, was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines.”
RFA Gold Ranger – an old favourite from Tawau patrols
Gratton Lyng, last surviving veteran of HMNZS Achilles, dies at 102
The last surviving World War II veteran of the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Achilles, which took part in the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in the South Atlantic in 1939, has died at the age of 102. The Achilles, with two British cruisers, damaged the Graf Spee and forced it to withdrawContinueContinue reading “Gratton Lyng, last surviving veteran of HMNZS Achilles, dies at 102”
Gratton Lyng, last surviving veteran of HMNZS Achilles, dies at 102
The last surviving World War II veteran of the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Achilles, which took part in the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in the South Atlantic in 1939, has died at the age of 102. The Achilles, with two British cruisers, damaged the Graf Spee and forced it to withdrawContinue reading “Gratton Lyng, last surviving veteran of HMNZS Achilles, dies at 102”
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