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The explosion lifted the ship out of the water and broke her in two. Uss forrest royal dd872 operated on saigon river during june 1967. Dd870, thomas bir, cs1, 1969 to decom, tomusn8 at, wife put this in, shes making quilt of old patches, needs fechtelers ship patch, any out. That vessel was lost in may 1944, and a second vessel, dd870, was so called to perpetuate the name of the first vessel. We are a three generation, veteran owned, family business. Which navy shipsunits are agent orange eligible 1st lt. Fechteler dd 870 westpac book has a black cover with a gold embossed emblem of the fechteler. Site provides shipmate photos and stories, reunion news, and the ships history and badges.
Our team extensively researched ways to simplify the process of verifying whether coordinates from ship logs were inside the. Fechteler, 103k, augustus francis fechteler, born in prussia 1 september 1857, was a member of the naval academy. The best models of aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyer boats are found at. Grapple was able to patch her hole and continue operations, but three days later grapple was. Strength destroyer type surface vessels existingdisbanded decommissioned year 1945 1970 description.