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I once got to meet ADM Burke and got a interesting story about their Squadron Seal on the stacks of their destroyers, it was a Indian with a leather cover that was tied down when the ship entered port. Under the cover was a large object similar to a male's reproductive organ. LT Brad McInnis CDR Mike Kovack PO1 Jay Lefever Maj Marty Hogan MCPO Roger Collins LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Larry Knight Sr. SCPO David Lockwood PO1 John Y. CWO3 Dennis M. Capt Tom Brown CMDCM Gene Treants MCPO Roger Collins
The Little Beavers: A Tradition of Excellence
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CWO3 Dennis M.
LCDR (Join to see) Yep, very familiar sight alongside the Kearsarge in 1969. Exactly the same. Our return from WestPac that year was fairly somber since the loss of 74 sailors from the Battle Group!
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LCDR (Join to see) The Little Beaver Destroyer Squadron was the squadron of our Battle Group from my first Ship, the USS Kearsarge CVS-33 out of Long Beach. We went to Nam with this battle group and we came home minus one DD, the USS Frank E. Evans which was cut in half between the two stacks by the HMAS Melbourne. The bow half sunk in less than 2 minutes, and it took 74 men with it. This occurred June 1969 about 150 miles south east of Saigon.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
LCDR (Join to see) Some photos from our cruise of the collision. The last photo was the USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 coming alongside for unrep on Yankee Station from USS Kearsarge CVS-33.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
LCDR (Join to see) - Thanks to the efforts of a fellow little Beaver, the USS Everett F. Larson's DC crew, they rushed to tie Evans up along side and scrambled to secure sensitive material and also set up pumps and search for injured or killed. All the survivors were from the aft section. Only one body was recovered, 73 went down to meet king Neptune!
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