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- Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:31 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Survivor of USS Laffey DD459
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Survivor of USS Laffey DD459
My father, Kenneth Fitzgibbons (b. 2-28-20 d.4-12-13) told an amazing story of a survivor of the USS Laffey, DD 459. The USS Laffey was sunk November 13, 1942 off Guadalcanal in a sea battle described by others as a barroom brawl with the lights shot out. Admiral Daniel Callaghan on the USS San Fran...