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Seventy-one years ago today, USS HOLDER DE-401, an Edsall-class
Seventy-one years ago today, USS HOLDER DE-401, an Edsall-class destroyer escort was commissioned. She honored Ensign Randolph Mitchell Holder from Ja...

I was thinking today about some of the humorous DE stories Ive
I was thinking today about some of the humorous DE stories Ive heard over the years. Richard F. Davis of USS BANGUST DE-739 worked in the ships laundr...

Seventy years ago today the run of bad luck continued for the
Seventy years ago today the run of bad luck continued for the Royal Navy. Two days earlier on Christmas Eve the troopship S.S. LEOPOLDVILLE was torped...

This “Remember a Ship Sunday,” we look back at USS RAMSDEN
This “Remember a Ship Sunday,” we look back at USS RAMSDEN DE-382, commissioned 71 years ago today. She honored Marvin Lee Ramsden, who reported f...

The Remember a Ship Sunday we honor another unheralded DE, USS
The Remember a Ship Sunday we honor another unheralded DE, USS ROLF DE-362, commissioned 70 years ago today. She honored Robert Walter Rolf who was bo...

Monday, the start of week 9. The yard crew is cleaning out the
Monday, the start of week 9. The yard crew is cleaning out the drydock, working on the rudders, blasted and primed the new weld work, they painted out...