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| Keywords: Crommelin brothers.jpg en USS Crommelin FFG 37 twenty-eighth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates is named for three brothers Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin 1904-1971 Commander Charles Crommelin 1909-1945 and Lieutenant Commander Richard Crommelin 1917-1945 The other brothers are Rear Admiral John G Crommelin III 1902-1996 and Captain Quentin C Crommelin 1919-1997 Born of a pioneer Alabama family in Montgomery and Wetumpka the Crommelin brothers were the only five siblings ever to graduate from the U S Naval Academy Four of them became pilots and Time magazine dubbed them The Indestructibles The brothers saw action in more than ten campaigns in the Pacific Theater Henry the oldest became a Surface Warfare Officer while Richard and Charles died in combat as naval aviators in 1945 Individually and as a fighting family they gained fame in World War II attaining outstanding combat records and multiple decorations Several books have been written about them and a monument commemorating their bravery rests in Battleship Park in Mobile Alabama 1983 www navsource org/archives/07/images/37/073701 jpg US Navy other versions PD-USGov USS Crommelin FFG-37 Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
