My Recollections of the Collision of USS Murphy (DD603) By Fredric E. Sheller, former Yeoman 2C, USNR (Occurred on October 21, 1943, at about 9:20 PM (2120 Hrs military time), approximately 100 miles out of New York Harbor.) (Collision was with the SS Bulkoil, American Tanker, as the Murphy and other ships were underway and […]
Month: June 2019
Letter from U.S. Navy Memorial
Dear Ms. Sautter, On behalf of the U.S. Navy Memorial I would like to thank you for the ship’s bell from the destroyer USS Murphy (DD-603) that you delivered to our Curator Jarrett Smith on November 21, 2018. The bell is nicely mounted for display with plaques covering 25 ship reunions from 1988 through 2012. […]