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"First  USS Laffey  (DD 459) Launched October 30, 1941 Bethlehem Steel San Francisco Yard Commissioned March 31, 1942   Sunk late in the Sea Battle of November 12 & 13, 1942, off Guadalcanal   Resting in "Iron Bottom Sound" off Guadalcanal."

Index to the 459

"Second  USS LAFFEY  (DD 724) Launched November 21, 1943 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Commissioned February 8, 1944 Final Decommission March 29, 1975   Now proudly afloat at Patriot's Point, Charleston harbor, South Carolina."

"Probably no ship has ever survived an attack of the intensity that she experienced"
Samuel Eliot Morison, Naval Historian

Commendations and Battle Ribbons
USS Laffey (DD 724)

Presidential Unit Citations awarded to both the 724 and 459

USS Laffey (DD 459)

Southwest Pacific

September 13 - November 15, 1942

 

USS Laffey (DD 724) 

Okinawa, Radar Picket Station #1

April 16, 1945

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This site is dedicated to all destroyers that fought so valiantly in all theatres of World War II and in Korea, and especially to the two USS Laffeys (DD 459 and DD 724) that saw action during these periods.

Presently, the USS Laffey (DD 724) is part of the
 Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
located in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
 

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Notice: Fall 2008 Work Party to be Posted When Known
 

 Help Wanted:     Laffey Work Party   To be posted when known 
           Contact Association President Sonny Walker at: soncher724@comcast.net to reserve you bunk!

    Roster of 'volunteers' that showed up: 




 

 

   April '08 Work Party Photo  
Click on the Photo for an Enlarged view.

2008 Reunion

2008 Ship's Reunion 
        October 5th thru October 8th

 
Click Here:  Printable Form for Reunion

Watch the old black and white video below, two minutes
into it honors the USS Laffey, Commander Becton, and
the 32 men dead or missing from
April 16, 1945, Japanese Kamikaze attacks
Great video from that long ago!
 
Video: Destroyer Laffey Comes Home 1945 

  Check Out the Ship's Store now with Photos

Videos of the Kamikaze Attacks
HISTORY CHANNEL VIDEOS OF THE USS LAFFEY:
Click Here:   History Channel Video: 2 of 5  Dogfights:  USS Laffey
Click Here:   History Channel Video: 3 of 5  Dogfights:  USS Laffey
  Click Here:   History Channel Video: 4 of 5  Dogfights:  USS Laffey   
There are five "Dogfight" Videos.  USS Laffey is on three.

   
  Smithsonian Video:  "The Day of the Kamikaze"   Special Guest Ari Phoutrides


Day of the Kamikaze wins Gold Award
Guest Book Entries

   April 21 '08  
Laffey Radio II Views

   April 23 '08  
LOU REDA PRODUCTION airing on the HISTORY CHANNEL

   May 02 '08  
 April '08 Work Party Photos
   May 07 '08  
More April '08 Work Party Photos


Laffey Website Earns Two Awards

   MORE COMMENTS  on the "Dogfights" Video,  What People Have Written: 
Comments are added when we get them.  Since the History Channel aired,
there are comments sent to us almost daily.  Some days we get several.  The
History Channel has shown the "Dogfights" video of the Laffey two times.
Click on this link:  "Dogfights" USS Laffey  to view a mini-clip of it.
Use your 'back' button to return to the Laffey web sit.

 Aired on July 13, 2007  a Mini Clip of the USS Laffey "Dogfight"   link below:

Click Here:  "Dogfights"  USS Laffey

 

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