HMS TUNISIEN F 706 Old french sailor of D.E. (ex USS CROSLEY DE 108) is very happy to send you a photography of his ship. On this boat I began my
seaman life and I spent several months and I enjoyed it USS CROSLEY DE 108 The keel for DE 108 was laid 23 June 1943. She was launched 17 Dec 1943 and commissioned 10 Feb 1944. (The Crosley name was then transferred to DE 226.) She was transferred to the Free French Navy under lend lease 11 Feb 1944 where she was renamed TUNISIEN. She was transferred permanently to France under the Mutual Defense Assisance Program 21 Apr 1952. She was returned to the US Navy May 1964 and was scrapped.
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