The ship carried the name of a hero killed at the Battle of Midway. Charles' mother christened her at Bethlehem Steel of Staten Island on April 12, 1945. She sailed the seas for 36 years until the Navy scuttled her on November 15, 1981. This is her story as told by the men that sailed har and remember her as they gather annually at the ship's reunions.
This action packed video includes: the dynamic evolution of the Navy's Destroyer Service; the story of Charles' heroism at Midway; a tour of the ship from bridge to berthing; the complete history of the ship from Bethlehem Steel to her adoption by the City of Athens, TN, as her final home port. It includes the story of her survival from the perfect storm of Ash Wednesday, 1962; her involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis; and combat footage from Vietnam.

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