USS Fletcher DD-992 departs Hawaii
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i miss her i was stationed there from '93-'97
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my dad was on this ship before i was born:) he loved the navy.
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wow i was on abord this ship from 1990-1992
she was one of my fav ships of the 6 ships i served on
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My Dad and stepmom were on the USS Kinkaid and did the "Sea Swap" program to the USS Fletcher in 2002. I know my Dad's last deployment was around this time, wonder if he was on board??
winacka 8 months ago
@winacka There were four teams during the historic crew swap on Fletcher's last 23 month deployment. Team Fletcher took her out from home port Pearl Harbor in 2002, then she was relieved in Australia by Team Kinkaid, Team Oldendorf and Team Elliot respectively, each doing about 6 months. Each team decommissioned their respective destroyers (all Spruance class) before taking over Fletcher. The last team, Elliot, was from San Diego so Fletcher returned there in June 2004.
randy946 8 months ago
@randy946 I knew my dad decommissioned his ship before going on the Fletcher. But I did some research and figured out that they were the first crew to "swap". But thank you for the information!!!
winacka 8 months ago
@winacka Your dad was part of an historic first. Ironically, the first Fletcher also did a crew swap in September 1968 in Pearl Harbor, swapping crews with USS Philip, then going back out on a deployment after only a 3 months since the previous one. About 90% of the crew was swapped, a few were retained including myself, so in that regard it was not a full swap like what your dad participated in.
randy946 8 months ago
@randy946 Have they done any other crew swaps like this?
winacka 8 months ago
@winacka I don't think so but I could be wrong. "Sea Swap" is the name of the event and I think you can Google it to find more information.
randy946 8 months ago