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Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by DougC » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:04 am

It is the second USS Higbee. The first was DD-806.

Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by dragon53 » Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:14 am

The Navy names a destroyer after one of it's first nurses: the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee.

LINK: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2023 ... _230227.nl

Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by dragon53 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:04 pm

INCHHIGH:


There's this warship.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gabrielle_Giffords

Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by InchHigh » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:54 am

Thanks for that, I'll look out for it. His biography is excellent as well, "Never Call Me a Hero".

Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by dragon53 » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:04 am

INCHHIGH:

I have the bluray documentary WORLD WAR II: 360 which features the USS Enterprise in WW II and it features and interviews Kleiss in the Midway episode.

Re: USS Richard H. Best?

by InchHigh » Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:46 pm

Or Norman "Dusty" Kleiss for that matter, credited with three hits at Midway. Both Kleiss and Best earned the Medal of Honor that day IMHO, but "only" received the Navy Cross.

USS Richard H. Best?

by dragon53 » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:30 am

I'm surprised to find out the Navy never named a warship after Richard Best, who sank the carrier Akagi and possibly helped sink the Hiryu in the Battle of Midway.


LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Halsey_Best

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