Tag: Destroyer Escort
USS Abercrombie
Sunk on purpose by Navy Skyhawks in 1968, she lies somewhere on the bottom of the Pacific off Baja, CA. But while she lived, as related in Little Ship Big War, The Saga of DE343, she was a microcosm of World War II and its civilian and professional sailors. Even down to her irascible captain [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2010 under Library, Sailing.
Tags: Cmdr Edward P. Stafford, Destroyer Escort, USS Abercrombie, World War II
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