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	Frank Friday Fletcher -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (November 23, 1855 – November 28, 1928) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (Click link for more info and facts about naval) naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Fletcher, born in (Click link for more info and facts about Oskaloosa) Oskaloosa, (A state in midwestern United States) Iowa, was a member of the (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. Naval Academy) U.S. Naval Academy class of 1875.
		Admiral Fletcher died in (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City 28 November 1928.
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	Frank Friday Fletcher - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (November 23, 1855 – November 28, 1928) was an American naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		He was the uncle of World War II Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher.
		Fletcher, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was a member of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 1875.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Frank_F._Fletcher (238 words)

	Encyclopedia: Frank Jack Fletcher
		Fletcher was the operational commander at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, prelude to the Battle of Midway.
		Fletcher was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on April 29, 1885.
		Fletcher became Aide and Flag Lieutenant on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in July 1914.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frank-Jack-Fletcher (2712 words)

	Fletcher
		Frank Friday Fletcher, born 23 November 1855 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1875.
		Fletcher retired to replenish at Espiritu Santo, arriving the day after the battle, and after patrolling against submarines off Noumea, sortied 30 November 1942 with a force of cruisers and destroyers to intercept a force of enemy transports and destroyers expected to attempt a reinforcement of Guadalcanal that night.
		Fletcher returned to Pearl Harbor 9 December 1943, and after a brief overhaul and training on the west coast, was ready for the attack on the Marshalls.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/f3/fletcher.htm (1537 words)

	Frank Friday Fletcher
		Fletcher was assigned to the battleship USS Maine when it blow up in Havana Harbor (was absent that night) triggering the Spanish-American War in 1898.
		Fletcher (DD-445) commissioned 30 June 1942 and arrived at Noumea, New Caledonia, 5 October 1942 from the east coast, and at once began escort and patrol duty in the Guadalcanal operation, bombarding Lunga Point 30 October.
		Fletcher herself was modernized and fought in Korea and Vietnam before decommissioning in 1969.
	www.ww2pacific.com /friday.html (351 words)

	Encyclopedia: Frank Fletcher
		Frank Friday Fletcher (1855–1928), namesake of the USS Fletcher (DD-445) (1942–1969)
		Frank Jack Fletcher (1885–1973), namesake of the USS Fletcher (DD-992) (1980– )
		Frank Fletcher was a top ranked Middleweight boxer of the 1980s who boxed Wilford Scypion, Juan Roldan and John Mugabi, among others.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frank-Fletcher (153 words)

	USS Fletcher Douglas Huggard recounts November 13, 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She was the first built and was the namesake of a class of destroyers that was destined to play a major role in the ultimate defeat of Japan.
		The Fletcher was one of them in spite of close range duel with a Japanese light cruiser and a brief exchange with a battleship.
		The Fletcher was named after Rear Admiral Frank FRIDAY Fletcher and, just to prove a point, the Fletcher went through the rest of war and ultimately earned 13 battle stars.
	www.ussfletcher.org /huggard.html (1441 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		USS FLETCHER was launched at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Kearny (NJ) on May 3, 1942 and was commissioned on June 30, 1942.
		Within days, FLETCHER was in action again, this time blunting a Japanese effort to reinforce her troops on Guadalcanal.
		The onset of the Korean War saw FLETCHER take on the role of carrier escort and shore bombardment specialist, alternating between cruises off the Korean peninsula and patrols of the Taiwan Straits, blunting the threat of a Chinese Communist invasion of Formosa.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd445-nl.htm (959 words)

	USS Fletcher DD-445 & DDE-445 Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The USS Fletcher DD-445 (1942-1969) was the lead ship of the most famous class of destroyers in the history of the United States Navy.
		Fletcher served with honor for the remainder of the War making a name for herself independent of her status as
		Whether it was the monotony of patrol duty, a flank speed night battle slugging it out with enemy destroyers, or a pitched battle with shore batteries, Fletcher took her licks and returned to the enemy more than she got.
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	Frank Friday Fletcher
		Frank Friday Fletcher (November 23, 1855 – November 28, 1928) was an American naval officer.
		As Commander of the 1st Division, Atlantic Fleet, he directed the landing at Veracruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914, with distinction for which he received the Medal of Honor.
		Frank Friday Fletcher was the uncle of the WWII Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/frank_friday_fletcher (251 words)

	Fletcher dd 445 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Frank Friday Fletcher, born 23 November 1856 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1875.
		Out on patrol 11 February 1943, Fletcher was alerted by a smoke float dropped by a plane from Helena (CL-50), and sped to attack and sink Japanese submarine RO-102.
		After exercises off San Diego and in the Hawaiian Islands, she was imobilized at San Diego until placed in commission in reserve 7 August 1946 and out of commission in reserve 15 January 1947.
	www.navyhistory.com /destroyer/Fletcherdd445.html (1520 words)

	USS Fletcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Fletcher (DD-445), named for Adm. Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead ship in her class and served during World War II.
		USS Fletcher (DD-992), named for Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, is a Spruance-class destroyer, decommissioned and awaiting disposal as of 2004.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS%20Fletcher (121 words)

	Frank Friday Fletcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1887 he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance over the next six years, he made numerous contributions to gun mechanisms and gunnery practice, notably the Fletcher
		After consultation with Congress, President Wilson ordered Fletcher on April 21 to seize the Customshouse at Vera Cruz.
		He landed a regiment of Marines under the command of Colonel Wendell Cushing Neville, reinforced by Seamen to a total of 787 men.
	www.worldsfinestnavy.com /FrankFridayFletcher.html (397 words)

	Fletcher class destroyer: plastic ship kits to assemble. dd680, melvin, melvin II, dd680 melvin, model ships, ships, ...
		The first Fletcher class destroyer (DD/DDE 445) was designed in 1939 and commissioned June 30, 1942.
		Her blueprint design was followed by 174 more destroyers called the Fletcher class.
		After proving her abilities, Fletcher class destroyers were used extensively in all the theatres of World War II.
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	Frank Friday Fletcher, Admiral, United States Navy
		In 1887 he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance over the next six years, he made numerous contributions to gun mechanisms and gunnery practice, notably the Fletcher breech mechanism that increased the speed of rapid-fire guns.
		He is the uncle of Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, also a Medal of Honor recipient for actions at Vera Cruz in 1914.
		Citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /ff-fletc.htm (581 words)

	Frank Friday Fletcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Division, Atlantic Fleet, he directed the landing at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914, with distinction which won him the Medal of Honor.
		He served on the General Board until retiring on 23 November 1919, earning the Distinguished Service Medal for his meritorious service during World War I. Twice recalled for temporary active duty, he served in 1926 on a board studying the most effective use of aircraft in national defense.
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	www.tincansailors.com /ShipList/Namesake/n-Fletcher.htm (149 words)

	COMBATSIM.COM: Tin Cans At War
		The USS Fletcher DD/DDE 445, "first in Class" was designed in 1939 and commissioned June 30, 1942.
		Her layout was followed by one hundred seventy four more destroyers called the Fletcher class and became synonymous with the word "destroyer," though there were a dozen classes.
		The Fletcher Class was the basic medium for WWII boats.
	www.combatsim.com /memb123/htm/2001/07/tincansatwar (2176 words)

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		Subject: Admiral Fletcher Hi Rob He commanded the carriers during the invasion of Guadalcanal where his performance was abysmal.
		It was Fletcher who, in a move that will forever remain controversial, withdrew carrier support early [claiming a need to refuel, though there is evidence that his fuel supply was not critical], which contributed to the debacle at Savo Island and the subsequent need to withdraw the transports before they had finished unloading.
		Fletcher remained at sea until he received a minor wound when SARATOGA was torpedoed on August 31, 1942.
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	Fridays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fridays was the name of ABC's weekly late-night hour-long live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from 1980 to 1982.
		The program was ABC's attempt to cash in on the success of NBC's popular Saturday Night Live.
		Like SNL, each week, Fridays featured a different celebrity guest host, fake newscasts, musical guests and cast members performing comedy sketches, and spoofs of television shows and commercials.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/fridays.html (410 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		Therefore, the Fletcher-class is named after USS FLETCHER (DD-445), the first of this particular design of destroyer.
		A: USS FLETCHER was named after Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (1855-1928).
		There was another Admiral Fletcher who gained fame in World War II, but DD-445 had been built and launched by that time.
	www.usskidd.com /faq.html (1536 words)

	USS Fletcher - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		USS Fletcher - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/USS_Fletcher (143 words)

	USS Vermont (BB-20) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Over the ensuing months, the battleship visited ports in Chile, Peru, Mexico, California, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, China, and in the Mediterranean Sea, before she returned to Hampton Roads again passing in review before President Roosevelt on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1909.
		During the voyage, Vermonts commanding officer, Captain Potter, was advanced to flag rank and took command of the division; his place was taken by Captain (later Admiral) Frank Friday Fletcher.
		Following her return to the United States, Vermont underwent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard from 9 March to 23 June and then rejoined the fleet off Provincetown.
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	Photo of Grave site of MOH Recipient Frank Friday Fletcher
		The senior officer for the engagement, Fletcher personally commanded all aspects of the assault, even landing with the members of his shore parties.
		On the morning of April 21, nearly 1,500 American combat troops were put ashore, Rear Admiral Fletcher valiantly leading them and even coming under fire himself.
		Though the United States occupied Vera Cruz for seven months following the initial landing, Rear Admiral Fletcher with his sailors and Marines, accomplished their mission in two days, and returned to their vessels within the same week.
	www.homeofheroes.com /gravesites/arlington/fletcher_frank_f.html (305 words)

	Battleships USS Vermont BB-20
		Over the ensuing months, the battleship visited ports in Chile, Peru Mexico, California, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia the Philippines, Japan, China, and in the Mediterranean, before she returned to Hampton Roads-again passing in review before President Roosevelt-on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1909.
		During the voyage, Vermont's commanding officer, Capt. Potter, was advanced to flag rank and took command of the division, his place was taken by Capt. (later Admiral) Frank Friday Fletcher.
		Following her return to the United States, Verinont underwent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard from 9 March to 23 June and then rejoined the fleet off Provincetown.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Vermont.html (1743 words)

	Into the Coral Sea - Chapter Six - "Convergence" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Refuelling at sea was a difficult evolution, but a fairly routine one, and it was certainly easier than coaling at sea had been, a generation before.
		The son now reaped the fruits of the father's labors - Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, father of Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, had helped develop the Fleet Train many years before.
		Wasp went first, coming smartly alongside Charlie Sugar - better known as the fleet oiler Neosho - and taking aboard first messenger lines, then hoses four inches in diameter, through which fuel oil flowed at a rate of fifteen thousand gallons per hour.
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	WW2, Pacific War
		Vice Adm Frank Jack Fletcher - Task Force Commander
		Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher -- the first Adm Fletcher
		Ship Types 1942 and 1945 - Brief description of ship types early and late in the war.
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	Frank Jack Fletcher, Admiral, United States Navy
		He died at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, on April 25, 1973 and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
		He was the nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, also a Medal of Honor recipient at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914.
		Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.com /fj-fletc.htm (724 words)

	MCCLURE MSS.
		Annette H. Doherty, Sir Robert Donald, Frank Nelson Doubleday, Russell Doubleday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Drummond, Frances Duncan, Mrs.
		Mary Evangeline (Walker) Landy, Clara Elizabeth Laughlin, Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, Alfred William Lawson, Frank Morrill Lay, John Joseph Leary, Arthur Hamilton Lee, Gerald Stanley Lee, William Hesketh Leverhulme, Charles Herbert Levermore, Joseph Leonard Levy, Theodore Graham Lewis, Mrs.
		Marie Adelaide (Belloc) Lowndes, David Lubin, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Frederick Henry Lynch, George Lynch, William Gibbs McAdoo, William McAndrew, Rose Macaulay, Howard Lee McBain, Thomas McClelland, Eleanore Amelia McClure, Mrs.
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	Photo # NH 95153 picture data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On board USS Wyoming (Battleship # 32), circa 16 September 1914, probably at the New York Navy Yard.
		Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger is at right, reading his orders as he turns command over to Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (right center).
		Looking on, in left center, is Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, aide for operations to the Secretary of the Navy.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/images/h95000/h95153c.htm (141 words)

	Military Monograph 49: American Artillery and the Medal of Honor (Book Excerpt)
		Naval and Marine officers accounted for thirty-nine of the fifty-six Medals of Honor won at Vera Cruz.
		Among them was the U.S. Task Force commander, Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, and the Marine Corps' legendary Smedley Darlington Butler.
		Another major difference between the Army and the Navy Medals of Honor was the reasons for which they could be awarded.
	mlloyd.org /gen/macomb/text/m_049_x1.htm (3932 words)

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