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"NICK" MAST DEDICATION



Now hear this ~~~



The mounting of the mast was
completed September 11, 2023.
The dedication is scheduled for
Friday
August 2, 2024
1100 -1300
11:00 am - 1:00 pm




USS Nicholas (DD-449) underway at sea in June 1964. Nicholas was fitted during her 1960 FRAM II modernization, with new smokestack caps and a DASH drone helicopter hangar and flight deck.
Photographer: PH1 T.J. Meade.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval History and Heritage Command.



ALL HANDS ON DECK





Circa 1943, crewmen of the destroyer USS Nicholas attending mail call on her fantail.






John Bailey



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