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Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat
Posted by: Craig Andrews ()
Date: October 23, 2011 11:34PM

Hello, Curtis. I'm sorry, but I had not noticed your August 2008 message until today. My Father, Lt.(j.g.) T.M Andrews, was a member of the crew of USS Direct from August 1942 through December 1943. I was looking at some crew lists we still have and can't find your Dad's name. However, I think these lists derive from 1942, when the ship was first commissioned.

I would be especially curious whether your Father ever talked about his being a replacement for crew members that were killed or wounded during the July 1943 surface engagement with an enemy submarine.

Not all that long after my Dad left USS Direct in early December 1943, I believe the ship reverted to its earlier configuation as a PC (Patrol Craft). I think it lost the name "Direct" and again became USS PC 1596. Did you Father ever talk about that?

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Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/21/2006 02:58AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/21/2006 06:49AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 02:56AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 03:07AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat curtis Dimsdale 08/07/2008 11:22PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 10/23/2011 11:34PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/21/2006 03:00AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/19/2006 06:52AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/22/2006 01:15PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/22/2006 10:51PM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat BrianV 03/24/2006 05:54AM
USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine Craig Andrews 03/25/2006 11:53PM
Re: USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine BrianV 03/26/2006 07:27AM
Re: USS DIrect AM-90 vs. Enemy submarine Craig Andrews 05/13/2006 02:41AM
Re: USS Direct AM-90 vs. German U-Boat Craig Andrews 03/25/2006 11:55PM
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