WWII Ships in Use or Existing

Gerard Heimann · Post by **Gerard Heimann** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:21 pm

I think that we all recognize that research these days seems to yield so much more information than ever before. For example, the Kriegsmarine's Fleettender, HELA (as Angara in the USSR navy) is for sale in Sevastopol. I also note that LST - 510, which participated in the D-Day landings, is in ferry service from Long Island, NY to Connecticut in the United States as the CAPE HENLOPEN.

How many other WWII boats are out there still be used in one capacity or another?

Gerard

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:49 am

A fair number of US ship ended up in foreign navies. Taiwan has still a few converted Gearing DD's according to this review. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... n/navy.htm The DE 766 Slater (Cannon Class) served in the Greek Navy for many years and has been restored as a museum ship in Albany NY. http://www.ussslater.org/

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:47 pm

Are there any Fletcher destroyers still one service (or at least existing, even on mothballs or something)?

Gerard Heimann · Post by **Gerard Heimann** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:12 pm

Karl, try the following message board to the Tin Can Sailors. Maybe they will have an answer.

Gerard

http://www.destroyers.org/Forms/message.htm

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:14 pm

Thanks Gerard!
The Tin Can sailors sent this reply:

There are no Fletchers in service nowadays. The following are Museums:
1. USS Kidd (DD-661) at Baton Rouge, LA
2. USS The Sullivans (DD-537) at Buffalo, NY
3. USS Cassin Young (DD-793) at Charlestown, MA.

The Sullivans? Perhaps it´s named after those Sullivan brothers who died all at the same time, don´t you think?

Kidd???
Cassin Young????

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:32 pm

http://www.hazegray.org/ Dictionary of American Fighting Ships

Coyote850 · Post by **Coyote850** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:20 am

Karl Heidenreich wrote:Thanks Gerard!
The Tin Can sailors sent this reply:

There are no Fletchers in service nowadays. The following are Museums:
1. USS Kidd (DD-661) at Baton Rouge, LA
2. USS The Sullivans (DD-537) at Buffalo, NY
3. USS Cassin Young (DD-793) at Charlestown, MA.

The Sullivans? Perhaps it´s named after those Sullivan brothers who died all at the same time, don´t you think?
Kidd???
Cassin Young????

Yes The Sullivans was named after the brothers.

Cassin Young:
Born 6 March 1894 in Washington, D.C., Cassin Young graduated from the Naval Academy 3 June 1916. His service ashore and afloat included command of Evans (DD-78), and at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, he was commanding Vestal (AR-4). His actions on 7 December 1941 illustrated graphically the high devotion to duty that is the goal of every naval officer. First he rapidly organized offensive action, personally taking charge of one of Vestal's antiaircraft guns. When Arizona's forward magazine exploded, the blast blew Cassin Young overboard, and although stunned he determined to save his ship by getting her away from the blazing Arizona. Swimming back to Vestal, which had already been hit and was to be hit again, Young got her underway, and finally beached her, thus insuring her later salvage. Such heroic exemplification of his profession was recognized by the award to him of the Medal of Honor. Captain Young commanded San Francisco in the heated battles of Cape Esperance and Guadalcanal with great distinction which resulted in the award of the Navy Cross to him, and the Presidential Unit Citation to his ship. He was killed in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:17 pm

Ulrich:

A fair number of US ship ended up in foreign navies. Taiwan has still a few converted Gearing DD's according to this review. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... n/navy.htm The DE 766 Slater (Cannon Class) served in the Greek Navy for many years and has been restored as a museum ship in Albany NY. http://www.ussslater.org/

I remember that the Argentina´s Navy purchased the Pearl Harbor veteran USS Phoenix and give her a new name: General Belgrano. This ship was sunk at the Falkland Islands War in 1982 when a torpedo from HMS Conqueror smashed her amidships. It was the greatest casualty in the war... Well, the Argentina Air Force returned the courtesy later and blew HMS Sheffield sky high (the name sounds pretty familiar, isn´t it?).

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:51 pm

Belgrano was the first surface warship to be sunk by a nuclear submarine I believe.