SOS...  Save Our Ship!!  Help!!

The only Sumner Class Tin Can is Sinking!


The USS LAFFEY DD-724 fought at Normandy, Iwo Jima, Philippines and took on 22 kamikazes in 80 minutes at Okinawa.  She survived the Korean War and 25 more years of Cold War sailing.  She has now sprung some very bad leaks and is need of dry dock service.

As you know the LAFFEY is based at Patriots Point Naval Museum in Charleston, SC. She has been there since 1981.

She is the last of her kind and is taking on water at the rate of 2000 gallons per hour. The pumps are handling it right now but we need your help. To pull her, dredge to get her out of her mooring, tow her up river to the dry dock and repair the bottom will cost in the area of 3 million dollars.

Patriots Point and the Laffey Association are looking for any donations we can get to save this important piece of naval history.

Any amount you can afford would help immensely to help save our ship.

Many of you have visited our ship and enjoyed the memories that she brought you.  Please do what you can to help preserve this great ship so others can share the experiences that you had aboard your tin can.

Please make checks payable to:  Patriots Point Development Authority make notation for SAVE THE LAFFEY on check and envelope.
 

Mail checks to:

Patriots Point Development Authority
40 Patriots Point Road
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Attn: C.F.O.

Thanks for your help.

Sonny Walker, President
USS LAFFEY ASSOCIATION

 

ATTENTION: ALL HANDS...
 
I know I need not impress you of the seriousness of our problem.  Words cannot describe the love and dedication that has gone into OUR LAFFEY over the years.  The simplest way to put it is to say...  SHE needs US now as badly as we all needed her over the years.  Through the generations... she has never let any of us down...  WE CAN NOT IGNORE HER NOW OR EVEN THINK OF LETTING HER DOWN.

Think of every means available...  Do not leave a stone unturned... Dig down as deep as the good Lord will allow and help...  Send your donation as indicated and note it for the "Save the LAFFEY" fund...
 
We need every ounce of strength and unity...  and most of all prayer... WE WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US AFTER ALL SHE HAS GIVEN US. 
 
God Bless each and everyone for  every effort they can put forth.
 
HELP SAVE THE LAFFEY......
 
I have given over 30 years of my life to our ship... Don't take it away from us now.
 
A LAFFEY SAILOR
 
J Folino
Seawolf... aka Bond

 

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