Episode 37 Part 2: USS PETTIT
Send us Fan Mail USS PETTIT (DE-253) was a Coast Guard manned, Edsall-Class destroyer escort which escorted convoys in the Atlantic protecting ships and chasing U-Boats. After V-E Day PETTIT also serv...
23 Aug 202433min
Episode 37 Part 1: USS PETTIT
Send us Fan Mail USS PETTIT (DE-253) was a Coast Guard manned, Edsall-Class destroyer escort which escorted convoys in the Atlantic protecting ships and chasing U-Boats. After V-E Day PETTIT also serv...
16 Aug 202429min
Episode 36: USS FREDERICK C. DAVIS
Send us Fan Mail USS FREDERICK C. DAVIS (DE-136) was an Edsall-Class destroyer escort which escorted convoys in the Atlantic protecting ships and chasing U-Boats. She was torpedoed while attacking U-5...
13 Juli 202434min
Episode 35: USS RIDDLE
Send us Fan Mail Earning 12 battle stars for her World War II service and surviving a Kamikaze attack, USS RIDDLE and her crew served with distinction during the war. She also went on to serve in the ...
17 Maj 202441min
Episode 34: USS GANDY
Send us Fan Mail USS GANDY (DE-764) and her crew displayed courage in the face of fear and acted diligently just as the ship’s namesake, Andrew Jackson Gandy, Jr. had aboard USS SAN FRANCISCO. The shi...
12 Apr 202416min
Episode 33: USS MENGES
Send us Fan Mail The story of USS MENGES (DE-320) demonstrates how meaningful these trim but deadly warships were. MENGES managed to save a multitude of sailors and fight against U-boats and Luftwaffe...
15 Mars 202418min
Episode 32: USS BEGOR
Send us Fan Mail USS BEGOR (APD-127) was built as a Destroyer Escort (DE-711) and quickly transferred into the High Speed Transport while under construction. APDs are a vital part of Destroyer Escort ...
16 Feb 202435min
Episode 31: USS BRONSTEIN
Send us Fan Mail USS BRONSTEIN (DE-189) was a cannon class destroyer escort. She was laid down on 26 August 1943 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., in Port Newark, New Jersey. She was launch...
19 Jan 202425min
