Today in World War II History—June 30, 1942

US Coastguardsman and dog on beach patrol, Parramore Beach, VA, 21 Oct 1943 (US Coast Guard photo)

80 Years Ago—June 30, 1942: Soviets evacuate Sevastopol as Germans advance.

German troops under Rommel reach El Alamein, Egypt.

US begins draft registration for men ages 18-20.

US Coast Guard’s Beach Patrol Division is established under Capt. Raymond Mauerman.

Destroyer USS Fletcher, first in new flush-deck Fletcher class, is commissioned in Kearny, NJ (See photos from my tour of Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young in Boston, MA: “Through Waters Deep Destroyer Tour – Topside”).

Technical drawing of a US Fletcher-class destroyer, published in All Hands magazine, 1954; note that the radars are missing (US Navy)

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