Eisboch wrote:
"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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My Dad and his XO often told the story of a rogue that hit their DE
while on North Atlantic Convoy duty just prior to WWII. They often
laughed about being underwater for about two minutes before the DE
popped back up to the surface.

It was their favorite story while fishing - I never tired of hearing
it. :)
Having had two tours on DEs during my Navy experience, I can appreciate
the story without even hearing it.
What ships did you serve on?

My dad commanded the USS Camp DE 251 in the late around 69 to 71.

I was on the USS Lester (DE-1022) and USS VanVoorhis (DE-1028). Both were
built and commissioned in the mid 1950s.

The USS Camp was one of the few WWII vintage DEs that continued in service
thru the 60s. It was reclassified and recommisioned as DER-251, a radar
picket ship.

The USS Camp was also transfered, decommissioned from the US Navy and
commissioned in the South Vietnamese Navy, to the South Vietnamese Navy
as the Tran Hung Dou(?) HQ-1 commanded by Captain. Tran Van Triet. Vice
Adm. Chon SVN was at the ceremony and he listed to port due to the 30
odd medals on his left breast.

There were many types and configurations of destroyers and frigates at
the destroyer docks in Pearl Harbor in the late 60's and early 70's. I
was able to go on many tours of destroyers, frigates and submarines due
to my father being a CO and his USNA brotherhood.

Also, I watched the filming of many of the scenes in Pearl Harbor for
Tora, Tora, Tora.