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USS BEGOR DE 711/APD 127
Photo taken in Manila Bay, off
the island of Corregidor, 11 December 1958.
I am HM2 STEPHEN SPENCE and served on the Begor as a hospital
corpsman stricker from June 1958 - May 1959, when the Begor was
de-commissioned the first time. Went on to Corps school in San
Diego, CA and sent to USNH #3923, Yokosuka, Japan, for the
remainder of active service.
Ship History
Named for Lieutenant (jg)
Fay Broughton Begor, b. 15 October 1916, Moriah, NY;
KIA 9
September 1943 aboard a landing craft in Pacific; posthumous Navy
Cross
Type: TEV
Builder: DBC
Keel laid 03/06/44
Launched 05/25/44
Redesignated 07/17/44
Commissioned as APD 03/14/45
First CO: Lt Cdr B. T. Brooks
Decommissioned unknown
Stricken 05/15/75
Sold 12/06/76 (may have gone to Indonesia)
Drone control vessel in
Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, June 1946
Five battle stars for Korean War
From
the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster.
March 2006
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