Photo #: NH 98649
Loss of USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), 2 June 1969
SH-3 helicopters from USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) join search
and rescue operations over the stern section of USS Frank
E. Evans, as USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) stands
ready to offer assistance (at right). A Royal Australian Navy
frigate is also present.
Frank E. Evans was cut in two in a collision with the
Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne during Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization exercises in the South China Sea.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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