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	Tamiya 1/350 Fletcher Class Destroyer
		Development of the "Fletchers" began in October 1939; they were to be larger and more versatile than the "Benson" and "Livermore" classes, the last US Navy destroyers built under the limitations of the London Treaty.
		USS "Fletcher" herself was launched June 30, 1942, at the Federal Shipbuilding Yard in Kearney, New Jersey.
		USS "Fletcher" continued her good luck through the rest of the war, participating in many battles, and bringing her crew home safe.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/august/first-looks/fletcher.htm (594 words)

	Frank Friday Fletcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.
		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.
		USS FLETCHER would be stricken from the Navy List on August 1, 1969 and as scrapped in 1972.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd445-nl.htm (959 words)

	History, War & Politics 1775 -
		The USS Fletcher was the lead ship of the most famous class of destroyers in the history of the United States Navy.
		Fletcher played an important part in the surface action off Guadalcanal November13, firing guns and torpedoes in the general melee which sank two Japanese destroyers and damaged battleship Hiei, later sent to the bottom by carrier and Marine aircraft.
		Fletcher reached Manus, in the Admiralties, October 9, 1944 from Humboldt Bay to prepare for the invasion of Leyte, for which she sortied 12 October screening transports.
	groups.msn.com /HistoryWarPolitics1775/navalhistory.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=26918&LastModified=4675467973090799588 (1440 words)

	USS Fletcher (DD-445) — DANFS History
		The first USS Fletcher was launched 3 May 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
		Fletcher arrived at Nouméa, 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 retired to replenish at Espiritu Santo arriving the day after the battle, and after patrolling against submarines off Nouméa, 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.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussfletcher/danfs445.html (1408 words)

	USS Fletcher DD445 - Tamiya 1/700
		Fletchers are perhaps the best known of the US WW2 destroyers.
		USS Fletcher should be painted in a Measure 12 Modified scheme using 5-S Sea Blue,
		However, my references suggest that the USS Fletcher was one of the ones which had a variance in pattern on either side.
	smmlonline.com /reviews/models/tamiyafletcher700/tamiyafletcher700.htm (959 words)

	fletcher
		The early Fletchers retained the rounded bridge of the preceding Benson class destroyers, while later variants had a squared-off, open bridge.
		To both compensate for the additional top weight and preserve stability, one of the two quintuple torpedo tubes was deleted, and the MK 37 director atop the bridge was lowered six feet.
		This is not difficult as the Fletcher mast is a simple "T" that should take all of one minute to fabricate from brass rod.
	www.steelnavy.com /fletcher.htm (772 words)

	Tamiya 1/350 Fletcher w/ GMM PE details
		Fletcher (DD-445) was launched 3 May 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry-dock Co. Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs.
		The Fletcher was in three surface battles, sixteen shore bombardments and for its actions awarded 16 battle stars for the individual battle zones in which it was in "Harms Way".
		Fletcher was originally selected to be a living memorial in the Smithsonian institution at Washington DC.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/november/ships/fletcher.htm (1858 words)

	Fletcher class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Fletcher (DD-445) Underway at sea, circa the 1960s.
		The Fletcher class was the largest class of destroyer ordered, and was also one of the most successful and popular with the destroyer men themselves.
		The last Fletcher in service, BAM Cuitlahuac (ex-John Rodgers), left the Mexican navy in 2002, meaning that the total service life of the Fletchers stretched into the 21st century!
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fletcher_class_destroyer (474 words)

	Fletcher Facts
		The USS Pringle was a Fletcher Class Destroyer.
		The USS Pringle was one of a handful of early Fletchers that were designed to operate a OS2N Kingfisher float airplane.
		Fletchers were equipped with sonar equipment to detect submarines.
	www.usspringle.org /FletcherFacts.htm (939 words)

	USS Fletcher
		Fletcher (DD-445) was launched 3 May 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Kearny, NJ; sponsored by Mrs.
		This was the opening phase of the Battle of Guadalcanal, a 3-day air and surface action in which American naval forces fought so determinedly and tenaciously to hold control of the seas in the Solomons that the Japanese never again sent large naval forces into the waters around Guadalcanal.
		She sailed in support of the landings on the Russell Islands 21 February, bombarded Munda airfield on New Georgia during the night of 5-6 March, and continued to guard the movement of transports in the Solomons.
	www.destroyers.org /DANFS/h-dd-445.htm (1392 words)

	USS Nicholas (DD-449) in the 1960s
		USS NICHOLAS returned to her homeport of Pearl Harbor on 17 December 1962.
		Upon leaving the shipyard in June 1963, USS NICHOLAS began a heavy schedule of operations in preparation for Refresher Training, which began on 22 July 1963 and lasted for 5 weeks.
		USS NICHOLAS completed her eighteen month competitive cycle on 31 December 1963 and was nominated for and awarded the Battle Efficiency “E” for Destroyer Squadron TWENTY FIVE.
	www.ussnicholas.org /1960s.html (2278 words)

	The U.S.N. AT CORREGIDOR
		The USS Fletcher's Combat Action Report is courtesy of USS Fletcher Reunion Group, Webmaster Earl Faubion.
		Fletcher was not put out of action, and at 1415, she stood in toward YMS-48 in North Channel 1100 yards off the beach, Alasin Point, Bataan, which was dead in the water and afire from shell hits, to pick up survivors in accordance with orders from CTG 77.3.
		Also on D-1, USS La Vallette ("La Vadilly") was operating in support of minesweepers in the North Channel, and fouled a mine herself, sustaining major damage and losing six dead and 23 wounded.
	corregidor.org /chs_usn/usn.html (1064 words)

	USS Fletcher DD-445 & DDE-445 Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.
		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.
		The Spruance class destroyer USS Fletcher DD-992 (1980-2004) continued the Fletcher tradition, carrying with her the first Fletcher ship’s bell throughout her stellar career.
	www.ussfletcher.org (514 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		The Fletchers underwent changes as they evolved, and later destroyers of this class are often referred to as Square Bridge Fletchers.
		The rest of the kit is the same as the earlier Tamiya USS Fletcher kit.
		While this kit falls short of the new tooling that went into the new Tamiya USS Missouri, it is still a great value and when you consider it is half the price of competing DD's it is still a great kit for the money and great starting point for a late war Fletcher.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/dd/dd-797/700-tam/tamiya-cushing.html (446 words)

	USS Fletcher DD-445 command history 1967 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The FLETCHER owes a great thanks to the Sub Base for the use of their facilities as well as for the assistance which was received during this time.
		On the morning of 18 July, FLETCHER was underway for the Whiskey piers at Westlock to load and offload ammunition.
		On 30 October, FLETCHER was assigned towing exercises Z-G-S, with the USS EPPERSON (DD 719).
	www.ussfletcher.org /ch67.html (4148 words)

	USS Fletcher
		The USS Hopewell had originally gone to the rescue of this stricken craft but enemy shells landing on the destroyer had killed many men, it stopped the rescue efforts and had to retreat, passing us with its dead readily visible.
		In passing, another destroyer, USS La Vallette (DD-448) was ordered to finish firing at the still floating mines in the area we had left earlier, but the ship hit an uncut mine, opening a huge hole in its starboard side.
		A second destroyer, USS Radford (DD 446) was dispatched to rescue it, but then, also hit a mine in the same forward fireroom, starboard side as the La Vallette.
	corregidor.org /rock_force/usn/fletcher.htm (1270 words)

	469 Rescue
		Many of the survivors of the sinking of the USS DeHaven DD-469 owe their lives to the rescue efforts of the ships and sailors that accompanied them on that fateful day February 1, 1943.
		Most of the severely injured were immediately taken aboard the USS Nicholas DD-449 and put ashore at Lunga Point, Guadalcanal.
		The less seriously injured were taken aboard the USS Fletcher DD-445 from the two LCT's that plucked the survivors from the water.
	www.ussdehaven.org /469_rescue.htm (124 words)

	USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), Fletcher-class destroyer
		USS Fletcher, DD (DDE) 445, was the lead ship of one of the outstanding destroyer classes of World War II—with 175 ships, the largest class of destroyer ever built.
		Named for Medal of Honor winner and Atlantic Fleet commander Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, the first USS Fletcher was built side-by-side with Radford at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
		Arriving in the Solomon Islands in October, the “Fighting Fletcher” (whose hull numbers’ sum is 13) was the 13th in line with Task Force 67 (sum=13) at the “Friday the 13th” of November Battle of Guadalcanal, from which she emerged without damage and from which her crew derived the nickname “Lucky 13.”
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussfletcher (358 words)

	USN Ships--USS Fletcher (DD-445, later DDE-445)
		Commissioned at the end of June 1942, she was sent to the south Pacific war zone in October of that year to assist with the Guadalcanal campaign.
		Fletcher remained in the south Pacific for the next six months, during the final part of the Guadalcanal struggle and the early stages of the Central Solomons campaign.
		USS Fletcher (DD-445) was named in honor of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, USN (1855-1928), an important figure of the Navy of the Nineteen "Teens".
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/dd445.htm (981 words)

	DANFS: USS Fletcher (DD-445)
		Frank Friday Fletcher, born 23 November 1856 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1875.
		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 1925 on a board studying the most effective use of aircraft in national defense.
		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.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd445.html (1548 words)

	USS O'BANNON Photo Album
		Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD-449), while the ships were enroute to the landings at Vella Lavella, which took place on the same day.
		USS O'Bannon (DD-450) and USS Taylor (DD-468) anchored in Sagami Wan 27 August 1945 with Mount Fuji in background, viewed from USS Nicholas (DD-449).
		O'Bannon (DDE-450), USS Nicholas (DDE-449) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Gulf of Tonkin conducting sortees in Viet Nam
	thechiefsplace.com /obannon/OBannonPhotoAlbum.htm (1313 words)

	USS Hassayampa (AO-145) - "Finest Oiler in the Fleet, she was."
		USS Hassayampa (AO-145) - "Finest Oiler in the Fleet, she was."
		Photo taken from USS Fletcher while awaiting starboard replenishment station, c.
		Photo taken from USS Fletcher during underway replenishment, c.
	www.angelwind.com /hassayampa/photo_1968.html (49 words)

	US People--Bigelow, Elmer Charles
		Who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat action on board USS Fletcher (DD-445) during the Corregidor operation, 14 February 1945.
		USS Bigelow (DD-942) was named in his honor.
		Water Tender Bigelow was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat action on board USS Fletcher (DD-445) during the Corregidor operation, 14 February 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-b/e-biglow.htm (540 words)

	DD992.ORG :: View topic - Carson city reunion
		Reservations at the resort are now being taken, be sure to mention you are with the USS Fletcher Reunion to get the discounted group rate.
		Most of us 445 guys are starting to get on in years, I'm one of the youngest in the group, and eventually it is our hope to turn over the management reins to some of you.
		The 2007 USS Fletcher Reunion will be held in Oklahoma City from Sunday, September 23rd to Wednesday, September 26th at the Best Western Saddleback Inn & Conference Center.
	www.dd992.org /forum/viewtopic.php?p=6486 (1109 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Fletcher class Destroyers
		USS Luce (DD 522) (lost 4 May, 1945)
		USS Pringle (DD 477) (lost 16 Apr, 1945)
		USS William D. Porter (DD 579) (lost 10 Jun, 1945)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=93 (204 words)

	Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Fletcher DD 445
		She is but one example of the 175 ships built to be the largest number of destroyers in the US Navy inventory during that incredible era.
		Fletcher survived the war and was kept in reserve as part of a mobilization force.
		All 175 Fletcher Class Destroyers from the USS Fletcher DD 445 to the USS Rooks DD 804 are available in a multitude of configurations, sizes and levels of detail.
	thatravenmagic.com /fletcher.html (728 words)

	USS Fletcher DDE 445 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		He had a birthmark which was a white lock of hair on his forehead that was very distinguishing from his head of fl hair.
		He was on the Fletcher and the Pierce.
		Comments: The 2002 reunion of the USS Fletcher Reunion Group, Inc. will be held in San Antonio, Texas September 25-29, 2002.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_fletcher.htm (872 words)

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