USS Laffey

1943 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. 
DD-724, Laffey

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Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, Bath Iron Works, destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft, United States, United States Navy, World War II, 
See also USS Laffey (1941)

• National Register of Historic Places entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Naval Vessel Register^@
  

Location: 32.789722, -79.907778, KML, Other maps

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Leaflet

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer – Bath Iron Works – Battery Bingham – Battery Cheves – Battery Gadsden – Battery Huger – Battery Jasper – Battery LeRoy – Battery McCorkle – Battery No. 1 – Battery No. 5 – Battery Thomson – Battery Tynes – Battery Wilkes – Cannon Row – Castle Pinckney – Charleston Air Force Base – Fort Moultrie – Fort Palmetto – Fort Pringle – Fort Sumter – Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center – Fort Trenholm – Fort Wagner – H. L. Hunley – Joint Base Charleston – National Register of Historic Places – North Charleston Air Force Station – Patriots Point – United States – Unnamed Battery – Unnamed Battery No. 1 – [[Q2469889|]] – USS Yorktown – 

1943-06-28T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1944-02-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1975-03-09T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-11-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1951-01-26T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

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Frameless

Embroidered patch of emblem.

Photographed from USS PCE-851, on Okinawa Radar Picket Station Number One, after being hit by five kamikazes, two bombs, and some near misses, on 16 April 1945.

USS Hank (DD-702) and USS Laffey (DD-724) in drydock c1968

USS Laffey

USS Laffey DD-724

USS Laffey (DD-724) at sea, circa in 1945

USS Laffey (DD-724), Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

USS Laffey (DD-724), Patriots Point, 2007. NRHP N°.83002189

View directly from in front of the bow of the USS Laffey

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		National Register of Historic Places entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Naval Vessel Register@			Wikidata
incident	1943	keel laying			Wikidata
incident	1944	ship commissioning			Wikidata
incident	1975	ship decommissioning			Wikidata
incident	1943	ship launching			Wikidata
incident	1951	ship recommissioning			Wikidata
vessel		H. L. Hunley	shipwreck, attack submarine, museum ship, Confederate States Navy, human-powered submarine, preserved watercraft		Wikidata
base		Charleston Air Force Base	air base		Wikidata
base		Joint Base Charleston	air base, military base		Wikidata
base		North Charleston Air Force Station	military base		Wikidata
fort		Battery Bingham	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Cheves	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Gadsden	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Huger	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Jasper	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery LeRoy	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery McCorkle	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery No. 1	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery No. 5	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Thomson	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Tynes	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Battery Wilkes	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Cannon Row	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Castle Pinckney	fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Moultrie	National Park Service, fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Palmetto	fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Pringle	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Sumter	sea fort, Passport to Your National Parks cancellation location, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Trenholm	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Wagner	fort, destroyed building or structure		Wikidata
fort		Old Fort Dorchester State Historical Park	park, fort		Wikidata
fort		Unnamed Battery No. 1	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Unnamed Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
image		Embroidered patch of emblem.			Wikimedia
image	1945	Photographed from USS PCE-851, on Okinawa Radar Picket Station Number One, after being hit by five kamikazes, two bombs, and some near misses, on 16 April 1945.			Wikimedia
image		USS Hank (DD-702) and USS Laffey (DD-724) in drydock c1968			Wikimedia
image	1959	USS Laffey			Wikimedia
image	1964	USS Laffey DD-724			Wikimedia
image		USS Laffey (DD-724) at sea, circa in 1945			Wikimedia
image	2015	USS Laffey (DD-724), Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum			Wikimedia
image	2007	USS Laffey (DD-724), Patriots Point, 2007. NRHP N°.83002189			Wikimedia
image	2015	View directly from in front of the bow of the USS Laffey			Wikimedia

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