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Holmes, wife of admiral holmes, commander in chief, atlantic fleet, and supreme allied commander, atlantic fleet. Fleet exercises off okinawa, and a port visit to pusan, south korea, at the end of july, were followed by refugee surveillance in the south china sea. Usnm interview of david bradley part four uss shields, uss. Chicago escorted kitty hawk cv63 to pearl harbor, conducting exercises with jouett cg29, lang ff 1060, and wabash aor5 along the way, before steaming on to subic bay on june. Shirts, mugs, caps and other items with ships patch andor name are available. Here uss gray and her task unit were joined by and had the unique opportunity to operate with three japanese destroyers. Help propublica research more than 700 navy ships that served. Uss lang ff 1060 usn original period piece fast frigate ship patch uss lang ff. Buy militarybest uss lang ff 1060 license plate frame. The uss lang was the ninth member of the knox class of escort destroyers and later, frigates. Navy frigate ship patches ff, ffg flying tigers surplus.
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