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Description When the USS Nicholas (DD-449) was commissioned on 4 June 1942, the event was significant for the US Navy. It marked the entry into service of the first of 175 Fletcher Class destroyers. These destroyers represented a landmark design that would serve with distinction through the 2nd World War.
Facts PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1- Book---"Fletcher DDs In Action", by Jerry Scutts
Features Color By: Don Greer and Tom Tullis
Number of Pages: 49 Illustrations: Joe Sewell and Robert Harrison Black and White photographs with captions (brief description of picture) Read about Guadalcanal Debut, the Kula Gulf, Empress Augusta Bay, the Phillippines, and more . . . This book takes you from 1942 to the postwar era View the Fletcher Class DD (1950), the DDE (1959), and the DDE (1967) Includes color illustrations of USS Haraden (DD585), USS Renshaw (DDE499), USS Jenkins (DDE447), and more. Related Items
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