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Michael Frederick, DK2
to remember
Beach, Sr., Edward, CAPT USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Toledo
Date of Passing Dec 20, 1943
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Author of higly-acclaimed autobiography, From Annapolis to Scapa Flow.
Other Comments:
Father of Edward L. Beach, Jr., a highly decorated submarine skipper in WWII and author of Run Silent, Run Deep.
USS Vestal (AR-4) was a collier (or coal ship), later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service.
