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while serving in the u.s navy in 1967 , i visited the french naval vessel foudre. we were in port at rodman naval station , panama, at the time. anyone have any details on the history of this ship? thanks, hugh

[QUOTE=em3 hugh;141903]while serving in the u.s navy in 1967 , i visited the french naval vessel foudre. we were in port at rodman naval station , panama, at the time. anyone have any details on the history of this ship? thanks, hugh[/QUOTE] FOUDRE, 4500 tons standard; ex Greek OKEANOS, ex British OCEANWAY, ex USN LSD 12. Built Newport News, 1943. Transferred to UK in 1944. Then to Greece. Returned to USA in 1952 and transferred to France. Stricken 1969 and possibly sunk as a target in 1970.

thanks for the information,i guess she was almost at the end of her career when i went aboard. hugh whiting

French site .............:) [url]http://l9020.foudre.free.fr/[/url]

thanks for the link, le breton. my french is limited, but there were some good shots of foudre going through the panama canal in february 1967.brought back some memories. hugh

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