http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/attachments/barracks/17199d1244492301t-can-you-count-avre165-jpg + 1 That's funny, Jess. Well done.
USS ATHERTON DE-169 transferred to Japan as HATSUHI 06/14/55; Returned to USN 1975; Stricken 06/15/75. Sold at scrap value to The Philippines as RAJAH HUMABON 09/13/76. Scheduled to be stricken by 1996, but still in service in 2008! "The BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) is the current flagship, and the largest capital warship of the Philippine Navy. It is also the last Destroyer Escort / Frigate in its fleet, and is considered as one of the oldest active ships of the fleet, and in the world. She is one of three ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts that served the Philippine Navy, the others being BRP Datu Sikatuna (PF-5/PS-77) and BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76). Her current classification is Patrol Frigate. As recent as 2008 she was still spotted and confirmed to operate from the Philippine Navy's main naval base in Cavite and visits the Navy Headquarters in Manila. She is currently assigned to the Patrol Force of the Philippine Fleet, and is assigned as the current flagship of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned to the Philippine Navy in 1980 as the RPS Rajah Humabon (PS-78), and formed the backbone of the Philippine Fleet together with two of her sister ships and other ex-US Navy destroyer escorts. She was reclassified as BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11), now using the "BRP" ship naming standard and carrying a "Frigate" classification, and served until 1993 when she was retired. But due to pressing needs, she was later called back into service in 1995." (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) In June 2008, BRP Rajah Humabon PF-11 remains on the list of Philippine Navy "Commissioned Ships and Craft". The list is available on the Philippine Navy website. ex-USS ATHERTON DE-169 as RAJAH HUMABON in May 2008!
170 is also interesting, one of the "50 4-Stackers"! ---- USS Kalk (Destroyer # 170, later DD-170), 1919-1940 USS Kalk, a 1060-ton Wickes class destroyer, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was initally named Rodgers, but this was changed to Kalk at about the time of her launching in December 1918. The destroyer was commissioned in late March 1919 and helped provide route protection during the trans-Atlantic flight of the Navy NC seaplanes less than two months later. She deployed to Europe between July 1919 and January 1920. After her return, Kalk operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast until May 1922, when she went to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to prepare for inactivation. Decommissioned in July 1922, Kalk spent the next eighteen years in reserve. She was recommissioned in June 1940 as the Navy increased its active strength in response to the war then burning through Europe. During the next few months she took part in Neutrality patrols out of Charleston, South Carolina. With the war situation becoming increasingly perilous, the United States agreed to trade fifty old destroyers to Great Britain, in return for basing rights in British possessions in the the Western Hemisphere. Kalk was one of these fifty ships. She was decommissioned in September 1940, transferred to the Royal Navy, and served for the rest of World War II as HMS Hamilton and, after being taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy, as HMCS Hamilton. The old ship was taken out of service in June 1945 and subsequently scrapped. USS Kalk was named in honor of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Stanton F. Kalk, USN, (1894-1917), who lost his life in the sinking of USS Jacob Jones in December 1917. These two seen at Naval History and Heritage Command
http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/175TH_MD_BRGD_ACU_33XX.jpg&w=150&h=150 175th Medical Brigade
177 I was going to say that was a C17 but I see you Canadians call it the CC 177 C , I lurnd sumfin 2day 2.
179 One about Bleriot BLERIOT FLIES 179 METERS.; Motor Stops Suddenly and Aeroplane Falls, I... - Article Preview - The New York Times
I was going to say that was a C17 but I see you Canadians call it the CC 177 C , I lurnd sumfin 2day 2. Uz also bein up2dayt wif awl da txt tlk nw. lolage. ma numba wuld hav 2 b wun moa den wun 7t nyn, t b wunn atet
