USS SOMERS (DD~947/DDG~34)
(Photos courtesy of Royce Branning)
Collision with USS Coral Sea during refueling on Nov
4, 1963 two days out of Yokosuka while in transit to the US. Somers
returned to Yokosuka Nov 6 & departed Yokosuka once repairs where
completed Nov 11. While in transit on Nov 22 we found out President
Kennedy had been killed.