Then it was finally bestowed to the new Gearing class destroyer DD-763, which you see above. This ship, DE-313 was canceled before it could be commissioned so his name was given to another ship (DE-373) which was also canceled. Lawe received the posthumousĭistinguished Flying Cross and was set to have a new destroyer escort named after him. The crews of five other planes never reached Midway, jumped on the way by Japanese zeroes. These six planes from VT-8 included one 32-year old AM3 William Clare Lawe, who, along with On June 4, 1942, the pivotal day of the Battle of Midway, a group of new TBM Avenger torpedo bombers headed to the isolated atoll to improve the base’s security. Warship Wednesday November 27th 2013 One of the Best Tin Cans
Period and will profile a different ship each week.
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time
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