Entry 62
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 Time: 12:17 AM EST
Email= new Saturday, March 10, 2001
Name= Mike Proffitt RM2
Served= 1960-1962
Ship / Unit= USS Lansing DER 388
Age= 58
City= Humansville
State= Missouri
Zip= 65674
Country= United States
Phone= 000-000-0000
A URL to share= http://www.usslansing.org
How did you find this site?= Followed link from another page
Reasons for reading about the Vance= To find shipmates, Other
Comments= It is great to see us DER sailors putting something on the web about these grand old ladies of the sea.

Hello from the Lansing DER388.

I served from 1960-1962. I think I was probably the last DER sailor to see our ships. Even though Lansing was sold for scrap, I saw Vance, Wilhoite and Lansing tied up in Long Beach, all prepared as target ships. Somehow, Lansing got diverted and was scrapped. Anyhow a little tidbit of information. It was a sad day for me, I only wish I had taken pictures. We had been to a picnic at the base and were taking pictures. For some reason I took none of our ships.

I will be putting your page as a link on my page. You may do the same if you wish. Thanks for helping us all remember our DER's and their unique careers in 3 different lives.

My site is located at http://www.usslansing.org
Thanks
Mike Proffitt RM2 


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