Phillip Becker
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:38:05 -0400
Hello Richard
I am not sure that you are the page I am trying to contact.I
think that page is U.S. Navy ships 42 to 45.There is no E mail
address on that site. He lists all classes of ships and in some
cases what happened to them.
In any event just in case you are connected with that site I will
fill you in on two ships .
U.S.S. LUCE DD522 a Fletcher class destroyer was sunk on May 4 1945
by kamikasi planes while on picket duty off Okinawa with a loss of
150 men.I was a crewmember of the Luce but had been transfered some
time before that action.
U.S.S. Minivet AM371 a Raven class minesweeper was sunk after
hitting a mine while sweeping in the Tsushima straits on dec. 29,1945.
I was a crewmember on the U.S.S. Sprig AM 384 at the time and was
also involved in clearing mines in that area. Minivet lost 31 KIA.
History indicates that those men were the last fatalities caused
by enemy action in ww2 even tho the war was over at that time.
I hope you can use this info.I enjoy all USN stuff--keep up the
good work.
Rig the sweep gear! FLAGS
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 22:24:02 -0400
Hello Richard
There has always been much "discussion" about which U.S.N. ship
was first to enter Tokyo Bay, well you can take this to the bank.
The first ship in was U.S.S. REVENGE AM110 and it was so ordered
to be so by Admiral Bull Halsey. It goes that he said "The Japs had
Pearl Harbor and now we have our REVENGE !"
The second ship in was U.S.S. TOKEN AM 126 followed by U.S.S.
TUMULT (I was a passenger on this ship when my enlistment was up
from Sasebo Japan to San Pedro Calif.)
The third ship was U.S.S. POCHARD AM 375. All of these vessels went
in with sweep gear in the water to clear a channel and make safe
anchorages. Can you imagine the feelings--not knowing if the they
were going to open up with shore batteries and perhaps a couple of
die hard suicide pilots might decide to give it one more try.
The capitol ships that everyone reads about were all fussing
around in SAGAMI WAN bay waiting for the sweeps to make it safe.
All of the ships that were homeward bound had to fly the
HOMEWARD BOUND PENNENT which resembled a very big commissioning
pennent.It flew from the masthead to the fantail. Some of the ships
attached weather balloons to the end to keep it up. It had a bad habit
of breaking due to wind and weather and we , as signalmen, had to
repair it. As you probably know we had a sewing machine on board
used to make signal flags. I used ours on SPRIG to take in my
uniforms ---you know, that tailor made look!
You will find typing errors in my stuff mainly because I have
forgotten how to type and must use one finger.
Hope you can use this-------
Away all boats------FLAGS
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