My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Friday, August 23, 2013
USS Ramsay (DD-124)(DM-16)-- Part 2
Eight days later, the Ramsay, escorting a merchant ship, had two more submarine contacts and made two runs over it dropping depth charges. This created another oil slick, but no definitive kill.
Later, the ship planted defensive mines off Samoa. After that, the ship served off the Aleutian Islands by Alaska and then more Pacific duty before being decommissioned in 1945 and sold for scrapping in 1946.
The Ramsay was 314 feet long, had a crew of 133 and carried four 4-inch guns, torpedo tubes and depth charges.
--GreGen
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