A piece of the USS Higbee DD-806

A piece of the USS Higbee DD-806 still remains above the ocean.

I don't know if anyone turned this up before, but I was really excited to know that a piece of our Higbee is still above sea level. One of the Higbee's anchors is on display in Florida, at the Branch Medical and Dental Clinic, Naval Station, Mayport, Florida! I found this on one of the Navy websites.

The text explains the anchor is from USS Higbee, DD-806. Although it says she was a "World War II era destroyer"-- maybe we need to set the Navy photographer straight on that one, eh?

Tom Detweiler, IC2, USS Higbee DD-806, 1968-71

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The ship's bell is on the Quarterdeck of the Naval Hospital in Bremerton, WA. - John Brazelton, HN, 1971-73