This is the official web-site of the USS Fiske DD/DDR 842
Reunions
The Association is planning our future. At present there is no plan for another reunion. However, the future of the association rests with you. Please write/email Gil or James with your ideas.Info from the Association
Despite the two years of Covid, the USS Fiske Association is still here and working to keep us together. We have periodically held meetings via zoom to discuss the upcoming reunion and plans for our relationship with other destroyer organizations, like Desvets.We continue to update our profiles as we get changes. Visit your profile entry and send us an update if anything has changed: expecially if you have moved and/or changed your email address. The easiest way for us t o keep in touch with you is by using the email we have on file four you. Often shipmates change their email address and don't tell us about it. Let u know.Additional historical information:
The History page now lists the names and dates of the Fiske captain's.Want to learn about "Tin Cans"?
We are proud members of an elite group of veterans. All of us have served on those fighting ships called "tin cans". They're called "tin cans" because of their thin skinned hulls. Built very quickly during World War II (and earlier), these ship were designed to be fast and deadly to the enemy. Equipped with many guns and torpedoes, the destroyer was to "go in harms way". They were expendable. Many were sunk or damaged with much loss of life. Our pride is in one of those "cans" called the USS Fiske. It began its life as a destroyer (DD), later became a radar picket destroyer (DDR), and then returned to the DD classification. She ended her career with the Turkish navy in the 90's. To learn more about our ship, click the Ship's History button you see off to port.
A closer look at a "Tin Can"...
The Fiske, DD842, and J. P. Kennedy, DD850 were built from almost the same plans. While our sister-ship survived, the Fiske did not. The Kennedy is currently at Battleship Cove, MA serving as a museum ship. A crew of volunteers are rebuiling her to the original configuration she, and the Fiske, had while serving together. We've gathered pictures from the Kennedy that just as easily could have been taken of the Fiske.
Click the picture to visit the
Fiske/Kennedy Pictures page. The Kennedy has a very extensive web site and there are many picturers
available of the JPK from the laying of its keel to present day.
Here is the link that will take you to this site:
http://ussjpkennedyjr.org
Your
recollections, stories, memories, are needed to expand and complete
the new 3rd edition of Fiske Tales. Gil Beyer has been compiling
stories for years, but lacks many from the '70 to '80 time period.We know there are
a lot of you out there with stories to tell. You tell them now to
your friends and family, so now just put them on paper (or e-mail)
and get them to Gil as soon as you are able.
