
The Destroyer has been called the "Grayhound of the Sea." Those that served on them were called "Tincan Sailors." This is created in memory of my late Father CPO Vernon M. Mathews(1941-2013). This project is open to all Navy and non-Navy personal who served.
For those who were U.S.Naval Corpsman .
West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state.Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 19 November 1921 sponsored by Miss Alice Wright Mann, daughter of Isaac T. Mann, a prominent West Virginian; and commissioned ...
The U.S.S.Mills DE/DER-383(1943-1970) was an Edsall Class destroyer escort .Name for Ensign Lloyd J.Mills(1917-1942) the Mills served in WWII and early Cold War and Operation Deep Freeze. Lloyd Jones Mills BIRTH 13 Jul 1917 DEATH 30 Jul 1942 (aged 25) BURIAL Old Sunnyside Cemetery Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington, USA MEMORIAL ID 144022553 · View Source Ensign Lloyd J Mills:
This project is for those who served on board the Farragut Class Destroyer U.S.S.Macdonough DLG-8/DDG-39 AKA Big Mac(1958-1992). Named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough JR (1783-1825).