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Of Fire, Ice and Guts: 3 January 1944

January 3rd, 2008 3 Comments

USS Turner DD 648 (April 1943)
0600L  Aboard the Gleaves-class destroyer USS Turner (DD 648) the crew is either moving to breakfast or to stations in preparation for a 0700 underway time for the Brooklyn Navy Yards for a scheduled refit and repair period.  Laid down in  November 1942 and commissioned in  April 1943, she is [...]

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