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The USS Quapaw ATF 110 Plaque dedication
USS Quapaw commemorated at the United States Navy Memorial
The USS Quapaw ship's plaque (pictured above) was added to the US Navy memorial in a dedication ceremony held at the Arleigh and Roberta Burke Theatre, US Navy Memorial Foundation on 29 March 2007.
Thanks to all who were able to attend the ceremony!
More information to come...
For more information about the memorial, please visit the US Navy Memorial website at lonesailor.org
Re: Pictures recovered from a Brownie camera era Dec 7, 1941
Please don't send them to me... I've seen them.
I know that an e-mail that is circulating says that they were taken by a Quapaw sailor, but I have not been able to verify this. The accompanying story sounds pretty fishy-- the quality of the photos are certainly way beyond what a Brownie camera was ever capable of producing.
The USS Quapaw did not exist at the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't have come from someone who was stationed on the Quapaw at a later date.
I have not been able to find out which supposed Quapaw crewmember that they came from, so I can't vouch for their authenticity.
If anyone has information on the identity of this alleged Quapaw sailor, please let me know.
Thanks.
This definitely appears to be fishy:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp
USS Quapaw underway in heavy seas.
