USS SPROSTON DD/DDE577
NOW HEAR THIS-----NEWS FROM AND ABOUT SHIPMATES
Updated December 1st, 2008
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Sailing into history - News article - CDR Michael Luosey receives Korean Order of Military Merit from Korean President Syngmon Rhee (1951). CDR Lousey was the Commanding Officer aboard the USS Sproston 0ctober 14, 1943-Feb 2, 1946. | Left to die - Lester Zook, Lieutenant on the Sproston in the mid 50's was one of only ten survivors of the USS Juneau, sunk during WWII. The Link provided is that of an interview given back when LT Zook was an SM1. |
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USS Sproston Awards From
the Navy Media Center's February 1962 issue of All Hands
magazine, pg. 43, "Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet,
Battle Efficiency 'E' for fiscal year 1961" was awarded to the
USS Sproston crew as well as the best Gunnery in DESRON 25
squadron award. The award reflected the skills of the Gunnersmates, Firecontrol Technicians, and Torpedomen of Fox Division and how they worked together as a team. It could only have happened if the "Sproston Team" launched their armament to the precise point in "space" and "time" in which the firecontrol equipment calculated that the target would be. This teamwork was most probably the result of the outstanding and demanding leadership of FTC William Fell, who was the Fox Division guru at that time and responsible for honing us to perfection. |
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![]() If you are interested in the history and "evolution of Navy chow, please read this interesting article from All Hands, November 1958. (Click on thumbnail image to see full story) |
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Harm's Way—Every Day: The Book of a
Destroyer (Tin Can) at Okinawa
by Harold "Bud"
Kalosky. A book about to be
published by one of our WWII shipmates
(Click on thumbnail image to for more information) Book
is available online from Barnes & Nobel booksellers [www.barnesandnoble.com]
A Review of Harm's Way—Everyday
by the National Association of
Destroyer Veterans can be found at
http://www.destroyers.org/Book%20Reviews/TCS%20Book%20Reviews/06-05-051br-harm's way_every day.htm
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![]() ASIA PACIFIC DEFENCE REVIEW Article detailing the USS Sproston's encounter with a Japanese submarine and the "Human Torpedo" or Kaitan that was stalking a troop transport off the Marshall Islands. (Click on thumbnail image to see full story) |
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Sea Bag Memories - the June-July 2006 issue of the National Sonar Association's newsletter, The Ping Jockey, presents an amusing look at life lived out of a sea bag. |
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Bennie Gomez Interview An Interview with Sproston shipmate, MM3 Bennie Gomez, 1943-1946 for the FLINT HILLS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WORLD WAR II VETERAN'S SERIES. |
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Arlington National Cemetery Obituary Announcement for USS Sproston Commanding Officer, Richard S. Harlan, 1953-1955. | Navy Cross Citation for USS Sproston Commanding Officer, Patrick Henry McGann, 1955-1957. |
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