Peter A. Huchthausen was a USS ORLECK sailor and author. He published an article in 2004 about USS ORLECK that David Slaughter pointed out on a Facebook post in US NAVY GEARING CLASS DESTROYERS Facebook page. If you do not belong to that closed group you should consider it. The site celebrates Gearing Class Destroyers [Read more…]
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My hat story. Back in late fall of 2014 my wife and I were having dinner at a local restaurant when I noticed a couple being seated a few tables away. A few minutes later another couple came in and sat at the same table. At once I noticed a familiar hat,a blue navy ball [Read more…]
Check out the Naval Gun Fire logs of USS ORLECK. When you get to the page you will see 628 logs for USS ORLECK. Select “view record” for the one you want to see and it should open to the data. ORLECK was there many times so plan to spend a lot of time [Read more…]
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The main question here is what was the color of the flight deck. Was it black or gray? (To enlarge pictures click on them and then you can scroll from one to the other as well.)