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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: BB design
Message-ID: <6591@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 May 89 03:57:02 GMT
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From: ulysses!nsscb!rolf!rolf  (Rolf A. Buchner)
In article <6546@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write:
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:From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)
:
:In article <6488@cbnews.ATT.COM> vrdxhq!vrdxhq.verdix.com!bsmart@uunet.UU.NET (Bob Smart) writes:
:the WWII destroyer USS Evans (which was sliced in two by the Aust. Carrier
:Canberra shortly after Vietnam) can give you insight (note: it was pointed
:out by one author who's name escapes me, that the bows of ships are
:still considered ramming devices, so don't they don't have some structure
:[armor]).
:
:The Evans and another destroyer came under air attack for something approaching
:18 hours.  Both survived numerous hits, but the Evans using 5 inch, 40 mm
:and 20 mm shot down over 70 planes. Saying nothing of the planes it didn't get.
:It is difficult to normally convey the concept of "heat of battle," but
:numbers like these .....


I would like to point out the the accident involving the USS FRANK E. EVANS
(DD-754) occurred on June 3,1969 (Asia date)/ June 2,1969 US date.

As a former crew member of the USS FRANK E. EVANS I also would like reference
to any material on the WWII activites of this ship.  



Rolf A. Buchner
AT&T NSSC
S. Plainfield, N.J.