Talk:USS Sproston (DD-577)

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Comment by article's creator[edit]

My Father served on the Sproston in Vietnam and I will be pointing this page out to him to do the artical.

The one intresting fact I do know about this ship is that when it was decomissioned it was scrapped and the material was sold back to US by Japan in the form of new cars.

Moved here by Joaquin Murietta 06:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Joaquin, didn't you take the new page text straight from the web page I linked? Looks like a potential copyvio. Also, I'm not sure how accurate it is; the dates for the Mike hydrogen bomb test, for example, don't seem right to me. Bikeable 06:53, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't that from DANFS? Public domain? If not, I will revert . Thanks Joaquin Murietta 06:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I checked, the site you listed copied the DANFS site verbatim. C.F. DANFS Sproston I believe it is public domain, but am ready to stand corrected! Joaquin Murietta 06:58, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't follow the naval stuff, so if DANFS is public domain, that's fine. Thanks for checking and nice (and fast!) work getting this article shipshape. Bikeable 18:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you everyone for jumping-in on this one. It's starting to shape up! And, thank you to those who served on this ship. Joaquin Murietta 01:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

USS Sproston DD-577 February 4, 1944 Mainland Japan Shore Bombardment, Singular Ship[edit]

Paul Morsewich (talk) 06:29, 4 August 2018 (UTC) M-E-M-O[reply]

                                      ALL HANDS                FEBRUARY 4, 1944

1- THE CAPTAIN AGAIN CONGRATULATES ALL HANDS ON A JOB "WELL DONE".

  THE ENGINEERS FOR THEIR MASTERFUL CONTROL OF THE "HORSES".
  THE GUNNERS FOR GETTING OFF SO MANY SALVOS WITH NO HOLD UPS.
  THE TECHNICIANS FOR THE LACK OF CASUALTIES.
  THE CIC FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
  ALL HANDS FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM.

2- I NEVER WAS A JAP FOLLOWER - BUT I THINK THE HISTORIANS MAY FIND WE ARE THE FIRST TO

  BOMBARD JAP HOMELAND, AND CERTAINLY FIRST THIS WAR. FOR A FIRST PERFORMANCE IT WAS A
  CORKER.

3- MY CONDOLENCES TO THE TORPEDO GANG FOR LACK OF TARGETS. IF THEY COULD MAKE 'EM FLY -I WOULD

  HAVE LET THEM GET A HANGAR.  THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN WE WERE COMING.

                                                        PROUDLY,
                                                        M. J. LUOSEY
                                                        LT. CMDR., USN
                                                        COMMANDING OFFICER

NAVIGATIONAL NOTE:-

   ALL MEMBERS OF THIS EXPEDITION, HAVING CROSSED THE 180TH MERIDIAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE, ARE HEREBY QUALIFIED "GOLDEN DRAGONS", AND ENJOY HONORS, DISTINCTION, HOMAGE, AND OTHER APPURTENANCES THERETO.

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References

^ IN HAND M-E-M-O, A VERY HISTORICAL RECORD OF STRIKING MAINLAND JAPAN BY THE USS SPROSTON DD-577 ALONE, A FLETCHER DESTROYER. ACTUAL USS SPROSTON DD-577 MEMO KEPT BY THE LATE ALEX MORSEWICH MM/1C, WWII SUBMITTED BY HIS SON PAUL MORSEWICH, EngD SEE USS SPROSTON DD-577 HOMEPAGE UNDER ALEX MORSEWICH SON PAUL MORSEWICH

Later Armament Modifications[edit]

My grandfather served aboard the USS Sproston from 1963-1965. Though I am no experienced Wikipedia editor it should be noted that photos post-WWII show that the second 5-inch gun from the bow was replaced with a RUR-4 "Weapon Alpha" ASROC launcher, which I believe the page should make note of. 75.132.237.67 (talk) 01:19, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] IN HAND M-E-M-O, A VERY HISTORICAL RECORD OF STRIKING MAINLAND JAPAN BY THE USS SPROSTON DD-577 ALONE, A FLETCHER DESTROYER. ACTUAL USS SPROSTON DD-577 MEMO KEPT BY THE LATE ALEX MORSEWICH MM/1C, WWII SUBMITTED BY HIS SON PAUL MORSEWICH, EngD SEE USS SPROSTON DD-577 HOMEPAGE UNDER ALEX MORSEWICH SON PAUL MORSEWICH

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