USS Nicholas (DD-449)
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USS Nicholas was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, serving for a total of 27 years, including through most of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She was the second
USS Nicholas, 1942
Survivors of the Japanese light cruiser Jintsu aboard Nicholas after the battle of Kolombangara
Nicholas after her FRAM II-conversion.
Samuel Nicholas
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Major Samuel Nicholas was a Continental Marines officer who was the first officer to be commissioned into the force and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
USS Nicholas (DD-449)
…a total of 27 years, including through most of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas. Nicholas was laid down 3 March 1941 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, launched 19 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Edward B. Tryon, descendant…
1989 portrait