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Hero Ships: USS Laffey

Hero Ships (2008)

Documentary, Historical | United States

Director: John T. Wright

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 8 - USS Laffey

SYNOPSIS

A look at the USS Laffey, two World War II ships with the same name, the only destroyer to have survived a period of action in the Atlantic and Pacific.

Writer: Liz Reph

Producer: Lou Reda, Scott Reda

Narrator: Beau Billingslea

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