USS Crommelin FFG37 + USS ComteDeGrasse DD974 Ship Brochures 

Lot of two ships brochures:

1)USS Crommelin FFG37.Double sided ships brochure document.1984circa.

Condition:

Cropped partial ships brochure.Edge has been cropped.No pen,pencil,stains or soiling.

History:

USS Crommelin (FFG-37), twenty-eighth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of 

guided-missile frigates, was named for five brothers: Rear Admiral John G. 

Crommelin (1902—1996), Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin (1904—1971), 

Commander Charles L. Crommelin (1909—1945), Lieutenant Commander Richard 

Crommelin (1917–1945), and Captain Quentin C. Crommelin (1919–1997). The 

Crommelin brothers were the only group of five siblings ever to graduate from the 

United States Naval Academy. Four of them became pilots, and Time magazine 

dubbed them "The Indestructibles." The brothers saw action in more than ten 

campaigns in the Pacific Theater. Henry, the oldest, became a Surface Warfare 

Officer while Richard and Charles died in combat as naval aviators in 1945. 

Individually and as a fighting family, they gained fame in World War II, attaining 

outstanding combat records and multiple decorations.Crommelin (FFG-37) is the 

first ship of that name in the United States Navy.Ordered from Todd Pacific 

Shipyard, Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1979 as part of the Fiscal year 1979 

program, Crommelin was laid down on 30 May 1980, launched on 2 July 1981, 

and commissioned on 18 June 1983.After three decades of service, Crommelin 

was decommissioned in a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, October 26, 2012. It had 

rescued 96 people from the high seas and seized roughly $1.25 billion worth of 

cocaine over its lifetime.(wiki)

2)USS ComteDeGrasse DD974.

Condition:

Cropped partial ships brochure of two documents.Good information.

Poor condition.No pen,pencil,stains or soiling.

History:

USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), named for Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul, Comte 

de Grasse (1722–1788), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls 

Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was laid 

down 4 April 1975, launched 26 March 1976 and commissioned 5 August 1978. 

She was christened 21 May 1976 by sponsor Madame Anne-Aymone Sauvage de 

Brantes, wife of the then-President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.Comte de 

Grasse was decommissioned and stricken 5 June 1998 and held at Philadelphia 

Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility (NISMF) as a parts hulk.On 7 June 

2006, Comte De Grasse was towed approximately 275 nautical miles (509 km) off 

the coast of North Carolina and sunk along with her sister ship, Stump, as a 

target during naval training exercises in a water depth of 12,000 feet (3,658 

meters).(wiki)