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Admiral Fletcher AH
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Default Admiral Fletcher AH

Or the Admiral Fletcher AH with the sailing ship on the horizon.

This belonged to Frank Friday Fletcher, USNA grad, Medal of Honor awardee. The Fletcher class of destroyers of WWII fame, the destroyers that took on the Japanese battleships, were named after him. His son commanded USS Midway. Much has been written about the little destroyers, with three of them turning to cover the retreating US fleet and only one surviving yet turning back the whole Japanese fleet. One was sunk after steaming full ahead toward the battleships with the bridge gone and aflame, one gun turret remaining and firing, most of the crew dead and the captain standing on the fantail shouting commands down through an open hatch to the engine room.
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