Spangler Name
I started this command for the simple reason that Donald H. Spangler, LTJG, is in my wifes family Genealogy.More information here: http://www.spanglers.info/
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The USS Spangler (DE 696), named for Donald H. Spangler, LTJG, USN of Indiana, killed in action during in 1942 near the Solomon Islands, was constructed at DeFoe Shipbuilding Corp. in Bay City, Michigan..
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USS Spangler DE-696 History
The USS Spangler (DE 696), named for Donald H. Spangler, LTJG, USN of Indiana, killed in action during in 1942 near the Solomon Islands, was constructed at DeFoe Shipbuilding Corp. in Bay City, Michigan.. It was commissioned at New Orleans on Oct. 31, 1943.The Spangler was a 306-foot Buckley-class destroyer, having a 36-feet beam width, a drought of 11-feet and weighing 1,740 tons. Primary operating equipment included two "D" class express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive. Normal…
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