In the early morning darkness of July 18th, 1965, a U.
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They battled a monstrous typhoon and solved an endless string of engineering challenges to achieve what Pacific Stars and S.
For the next 38 days, the officers and men of the USS Frank Knox (DDR-742), supported by salvage teams and assisting ships from the Pacific Fleet, worked against the clock to save their wounded ship.
Navy warship returning from combat operations off the coast of Vietnam ran aground on a reef in the South China Sea.
In the early morning darkness of July 18th, 1965, a U.
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