The USS Edsall—or the “dancing mouse,” as her brutal Japanese opponents dubbed her—exemplified the very best that the US Navy has to offer. The Second World War is often remembered for its epic size ...
April 24, 1945. Edsall-class destroyer USS Flaherty vigilantly patrolled the perilous North Atlantic on the hunt for a horde of deadly German U-boats. Under the codename Operation Teardrop, she formed ...