On June 3, 1969, 74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
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"I vividly remember watching the training film about the Melbourne-Evans collision during Surface Warfare Officer's School (SWOS) in Newport, RI in 1983." Reid Sanford, Commander, United States Navy, Retired
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USS Frank E. Evans after the collision