USS Tucker (DD-374)
Project type: Military and Public Safety
Started: 1934
Completed: 1936
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Description
U.S.S. Tucker (DD 374), Destroyer, was built with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The vessel served during World War II and was lost in the waters of the Republic of Vanuatu, 1944. The shipwreck is currently turning to reef.
Source notes
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tucker_(DD-374) Dive PlanIt, “Dive Site: USS Tucker, Santo, Vanuatu” http://www.diveplanit.com/dive-site/uss-tucker-santo-vanuatu/ Federal Works Agency, Millions for Defense, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940. “The New Deal Yard, 1933-1937, Part 2,” http://www.columbia.edu/~jrs9/BNY-Hist-ND2.html
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 17, 2016.
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