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Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton (May 15, 1908 – December 25, 1995) was a decorated United States Navy officer. He is probably best remembered for commanding the destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) in World War II during an intense Japanese kamikaze attack.
31 de jul. de 2019 · 15 May 1908 – 25 December 1995. PDF Version [2.8MB] A native of Des Arc, Arkansas, Admiral Becton entered the Naval Academy in 1927 and was graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 4, 1931. Early in his naval career, he served in the battleships Texas and Arkansas, the destroyers Preston and Breckinridge, and from August 1935 until January ...
30 de dic. de 1995 · Adm. F. Julian Becton, who was at the center of a dramatic two hours of naval history when his destroyer survived a swarm of Japanese kamikaze planes off Okinawa in 1945, died on Monday at his...
1 de abr. de 2015 · One of the unique items NHHC has in its archives is an oral history of Cmdr. Frederick J. Becton, commanding officer of destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), which saw action during the Okinawa operations. All the photos below are courtesy of NHHC's Photo Archives, the Navy Art Collection and the National Archives.
12 de jun. de 2006 · U.S. Navy. Share This Article. Commander Frederick Julian Becton, captain of the destroyer USS Laffey (DD 724), took the radio message his communications officer handed him on April 12, 1945, but the concerned look on the young officer’s face made Becton suspect that it was not good news.
Dubbed "The Ship That Would Not Die" by the late Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton in the title of his book recalling the Laffey 's World War II history and the ferocious kamikaze attack that brought her momentary fame, the brave ship lived a long life until recently, when she faced another kind of peril: old age.
16 de abr. de 2020 · The commanding officer of Laffey since her commissioning on 8 February 1944 was 36-year-old Commander Frederick Julius Becton (USNA ’31), one of the most battle-tested skippers at that time,...
