The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the uss amherst pcer 853. Register with your account, search for ship by imo number or ship s name and click on upload photos above. In february 1970, amherst was decommissioned and transferred to south vietnam for service in the republic of vietnam navy as rvns. Show your military pride with the finest quality military patches, pins and gifts from all branches of the military. As they arrived there, she and san pedrobuilt sisters cowell, boyd and bradford formed destroyer divison 92 in destroyer squadron 46, the first squadron of 2,100tonners attached to admiral mitchers newlyformed fast carrier forces browns first operation was the raid on wake island in october 1943. In this list, the particular roles of some hospital ships are identified, e.
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Her keel was laid down as rochester on 3 february 1943 by the bethlehem steel company in quincy, massachusetts. Originally planned as pce853 but reclassified pcer853 in june 1943. A local patch collector is selling his collection and has one. The uss wright was the newer of the two ships both of which had been converted from previous designations northampton from clc1, cruiser, in 1961 and wright from cvl49, aircraft carrier, in 1963. Pcers 856, 857, and 859 missed wwii and saw virtually no service as they were intended. List of united states navy hospital ships wikipedia.
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However i i do need a navy hat saying uss amherst pcer853. Register with your account, search for ship by imo number or ship s name and click on upload photos. Uss amherst pcer853 pcer853 was laid down on 16 november 1943 at chicago ill. We shouldnt have any problem making a custom military license plate frame for you. She was renamed uss amherst pcer853 on 15 february 1956. Navy landing ship patches lst, lsd flying tigers surplus. Find people you served with from uss amherst pce 853. After shakedown training off san diego, brown arrived at pearl harbor on 6 october. Designated a patrol craft for escort and rescue pcer, the amherst was built in chicago. Lawe received two battle stars for her vietnam service. Participants include uss runner ss476, uss amherst pcer 853, uss havre pce877, uss ely pce880, uss farmington pce894, uss portage pce902 and uss daniel a.
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