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USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II.She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service.
DD-183 JDS Ariake: USS Heywood L. Edwards: 10 March 1959 struck in 1974, scrapped in 1976 DD-184 JDS Yūgure: USS Richard P. Leary: 10 March 1959 struck in 1974, scrapped on 1 July 1976 Mexico E-01 ARM Cuauhtémoc: USS Harrison: 19 August 1970 Dismantled E-02 ARM Cuitláhuac: USS John Rodgers: 19 August 1970 Scrapped in 2011 Spain D21 Lepanto ...
DD-445 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey: 2 October 1941 3 May 1942 30 June 1942 15 January 1947 Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972 [2] 3 October 1949 [3] 1 October 1969 Radford DD-446 2 October 1941 3 May 1942 22 July 1942 17 January 1946 Sold for scrap October 1970 : 17 October 1949 10 November 1969 [4] Jenkins DD-447
May 1942 launch of USS Fletcher (DD-445) and USS Radford (DD-446) at Federal. 2 of the 4 destroyers launched on May 4, 1942. Federal made national news when around 16,000 workers went on strike at Kearny from August 7 to August 25, 1941.
The OMPF is an important document for service members to maintain, as the documents it contains are important for access to benefits such as the VA loan and the G.I. Bill. Copies may be requested from the National Archives [2] by service members and their families. The OMPF further contains demotions, forfeiture of pay as a de facto record of ...
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Elmer Charles Bigelow was born in Hebron, Illinois, on July 12, 1920.He enlisted in the Naval Reserve at Chicago, Illinois in September 1942 and received training at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, Illinois, and at Lawrence, Kansas, before being assigned as a Fireman Third Class on board the destroyer USS Fletcher (DD-445) in June 1943.