The destroyer escort USS FECHTELER (DE-157) was named in honor of both RADM Fechteler and his son LT Fechteler. The DE was sunk in 1944 by a German U-boat. The destroyer USS FECHTELER (DD-870), commissioned in 1945, was the second vessel to honor the two Fechteler's as well as the previous DE. (bio by Mike Weeks)
The destroyer escort USS FECHTELER (DE-157) was named in honor of both RADM Fechteler and his son LT Fechteler. The DE was sunk in 1944 by a German U-boat. The destroyer USS FECHTELER (DD-870), commissioned in 1945, was the second vessel to honor the two Fechteler's as well as the previous DE. (bio by Mike Weeks)
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Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Killed in aeroplane accident.
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