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Originally Posted by Bubsyouruncle
My father's bother became a swabbie (like that?) in 1937. I think. No references available.
Served on fleet tugs and there stuff.
A CFC for most of the war in Mississippi (USS BB41).
Was there for the last exchange between battleships.
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Your Uncle's ship fired the historic last salvo between battleships during the battle of the Surigao Strait. Transferred from the Atlantic Fleet after Pearl, the Mississippi was on station in the Pacific for the remainder of the war, suffering two separate kamikaze attacks, and a main turret expolosion that killed 43 men. She was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. You can well be proud of your uncle, and we all thank him for his service.