USS Laffey DD-724 - "The Ship That Would Not Die"

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USS Laffey DD-724 - "The Ship That Would Not Die"

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Warship Guide - USS Laffey DD-724
USS Laffey was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bartlett Laffey who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces in March of 1864. Like her namesake 81 years prior, Laffey would also make a valiant stand herself in the waters off Okinawa in April of 1945. Here, she would earn the moniker of "The Ship That Would Not Die" after she withstood one of the most ferocious kamikaze attacks of the Pacific War on a single ship. Today, Laffey is a National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
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@user-tb6tz8vo4k Ай бұрын

Come visit this museum ship. And while your at Patriots Point, visit the museum ship Yorktown.

@DerekChristopherNordbye-go6oo Ай бұрын

This was my uncle's ship!! He was a mess cook aboard her during Korea!! His GQ station was a 40mm. Bofors gun mount aboard her!!! WHOA!!! I had no idea what she did during WW2 AND, KOREA!!! 😭😭😭😭 Thanks, Uncle Harry!!! HOOYAH, SHIPMATE!!! Anchor's Aweigh!! Fair winds and, following seas, venerable sailor!!!

@ColKorn1965 Ай бұрын

I loved visiting the Laffey and the other vessels. Old Navy vets were hitting on my recently widowed mother as she came on board🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣It was priceless!!!!

@steveshoemaker6347 Ай бұрын

SHE IS A FINE SHIP OF WAR.....This is a excellent video about USS Laffey DD-724.....Thanks very much..... Old F-4 Phantom ll pilot Shoe🇺🇸

@derrickcochran4180 Ай бұрын

Thank you for another awesome post

@lonnieparsons6068 Ай бұрын

I toured her back in 2019. She is an impressive destroyer. Knowing her story ahead of time, you could just imagine the brave crew fighting to live and the Japanese pilots fighting to die.

@JosephDent-qd9ih Ай бұрын

So noted.

@102MQ Ай бұрын

Eagerly waiting for your next work. Keep up the excellent work!

@RetiredSailor60 Ай бұрын

I visited Patriots Point in 1983 while stationed on USS Semmes DDG 18...

@constitutionalUSA Ай бұрын

My favorite ship to visit

@flkoolguy Ай бұрын

What an amazing career. A tough ship.

@rolanddunk5054 Ай бұрын

The torpedo tubes mounted on the casing top look very high.

@user-ey8df9ss2i 2 күн бұрын

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@user-ey8df9ss2i 22 сағат бұрын

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@user-ey8df9ss2i 2 күн бұрын

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@jeffbroadway4704 Ай бұрын

WHEN YOU GET THROUGH VISTING LAFFEY AND YORKTOWN TAKE A 2HR RIDE UP THE COST AND VISIT A REAL PEACE OF HISTORY BB55 NORTH CAROLINA

@kristelvidhi5038 Ай бұрын

USS Franklin CV-13 survived the worst damage a ship had ever received in the War and she was scrapped, yet this Rubber Duck gets to be a museum?

@Greg-tk3sf Ай бұрын

I recommend Flanders Buttocks cream for your ailments.

@kristelvidhi5038 Ай бұрын

@@Greg-tk3sf huh?

@WilliamKinser Ай бұрын

Don't complain they scraped the Enterprise

@kristelvidhi5038 Ай бұрын

@@WilliamKinser but Midway wasn't scrapped and she's only the third most historically famous CV after Enterprise and Franklin.

@frankdamato8405 Ай бұрын

Inappropriate comparison, and comment..🙄😒⚓🇺🇸

@charleslamontagne983 Ай бұрын

aujourd'hui, on peut voler une auto avec une clé numérique dans 20 secondes

@user-nn7mb4ip4l Ай бұрын

I agree, it's financially EASIER to preserve a Destroyer than a FLEET CARRIER.

@user-ey8df9ss2i 9 күн бұрын

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