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NARA Photo 80-G-K-6067. Source: Naval History & Heritage Command Photographic Section
“ … and I would be grateful if you would pass this message to the skipper of FFG 47, and “The old-timers of DD 449 left a legacy of courage and fighting skill as an inspiration to FFG 47, a legacy which FFG 47 must strive to emulate.” — Admiral “Mick” Carney, former Chief of Naval Operations and President of Bath Iron Works, in a letter to Vice Admiral R.T.S. Keith (Nicholas’s third CO), read by William Haggett, President of Bath Iron Works at the commissioning of USS Nicholas (FFG 47), 10 March 1984. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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