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Frank E. Evans AssociationFinding Aid: USS Frank E. Evans Association Collection Item Number: 5140000000

Association Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Location: D055.5A, D060.1A, Photograph Collection, Museum Objects, Cold Storage Vault


Scope & Content:

  • Official investigations and testimonies, articles, deck logs, reunion information, meeting minutes, photographs, artifacts, and video document collision of the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans with the Australian Carrier HMAS Melbourne on 3 June 1969 and the subsequent activities of the USS Frank E. Evans Association.

Biographical Note:

  • The USS Frank E. Evans was a USN Destroyer that collided with the Australian Carrier Melbourne on 3 June 1969.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D055.5A11
Official investigation by USN and R.A.N. into the collision of USS Frank E. Evans and HMAS Melbourne in June 1969.
2
Article printed from the Internet - "A Wish for the Wall" by Robert Hite
3
Testimony Submitted for S 296 Fairness to all Fallen Vietnam Service Members Act of 2003 - Testimony submitted to US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by USS Frank E. Evans Association
4
Program for Sage Brothers Memorial Relocation Dedication Ceremonies, May 31, 1999, Niobrara, Nebraska (2 copies)
The Final Chapter of the USS Frank E. Evans by Jan Thomas Igras
2001 Association Reunion information
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans, DD754 Memorial Honor Roll
E-Mail List and Roster for U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association
2002 Association Reunion information
2003 Association Reunion information and correspondence
Certificates of Appreciation from the Association to the Staff of Long Beach Renaissance Hotel for the 2003 Reunion
13th Annual Reunion Photo Album: 23-25 September 2004
5
Memos and copies of a BBC script depicting the events surrounding the HMAS Melbourne / USS Frank E. Evans collision
Invitation and program for "A Night in Paris" June 4, 1953
USS Frank E. Evans, The Evans Report, June 2002
6
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans DD754 Yearbook, 1963-1964 - Westpac
7
Material from a scrapbook: mostly photocopied newspaper articles regarding Melbourne - Evans collision
8
Brief History of the Ship by Alan H. Arnold
The Might Evans (song lyrics)
Deck Log List of Officers aboard the Frank E. Evans (February - December 1945)
Deck Log List of Officers aboard the Frank E. Evans (February, August - September, and December 1945)
Correspondence
Reflections Gaming Room (Sydney, Australia) drink coaster with John Hannay, Secretary, HMAS Voyager Survivors Association, address on it
9
Certificate of Appreciation from the USS Frank E. Evans Assoiation presented to The Vietnam Center and Texas Tech University
Lubbock Area Veterans Memorial brochure
Invitation for the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 14th Annual Reunion 9-11 June 2005
Schedule of Events for the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 13th Annual Reunion 23-25 August 2004, Lubbock, TX
Minutes from the Business Meeting at the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 12th Annual Reunion
10
Speech delivered by Captain Anthony Barnes of the Navy Recruiting Region Central at the USS Frank E. Evans Association Reunion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 11 June 2005 titled, "The Promise of the Future."
D060.1A2 (oversized)1
"They Must Be Remembered," Sunday Press-Telegram, Long Beach, California, May 27, 2001
"Survivor of Naval Disaster Wants to See Names on 'The Wall,' " The Jackson County Star, March 28, 2002
DESA News Vol. 21 No. 3 (May - June 1995) (Destroyer Escort Sailors Association)
The News Leader (January 16, 1970)
Photocopy of USS Frank E. Evans 754, The Fighter, patch
2
Contents of a scrapbook: mostly photocopied articles regarding the Melbourne - Evans collision and the subsequent inquiry
3
Lubbock Avalanche Journal newspaper article "Sailors gather to remember wreck of USS Frank Evans" (25 September 2004)

Separated Materials:

Books:In the Wake: The True Story of the Melbourne - Evans Collision, Conspiracy, and Cover-up by Jo Stevenson.
Photographs:VA029254 - VA029258.
Six photos from a Frank E. Evans Reunion in St. Louis, Missouri in September 2002 that have yet to be labeled.
VA030956 - VA030969 VA030544, VA041500-VA041505.
 VA035100 and VA035101 Two laminated phtotgraphs: one of damaged HMAS Melbourne, one of damaged Evans.
Museum Objects:514museum0701: Button, " 'Lest We Forget,' June 3, 1969".
 514museum1060: A lacquerd plaque given to the USS Frank E. Evans Association by John Hannay, Secretary of the HMAS Voyager Survivors Association.
 514museum1061: A small wooden plaque given to the USS Frank E. Evans Association by John Hannay, Secretary of the HMAS Voyager Survivors Association.
 514museum1062: A small wooden plaque given to the President of the USS Frank E. Evans Association by the Donnellys, Australia, June 3, 1994.
 514museum1063: USS Frank E. Evans DD 754 patch.
 514museum1064: Korean War Veteran patch.
 514museum1409: USS Frank E. Evans Pennant.
 514museum1421: Mounted Congressional Tribute: To the Memory of the 74 Seamen Lost or Missing at Sea Aboard the USS Frank E. Evans June 3, 1969.
Electronic Media:514EM0121: The Sea Services in the Korean War, 1950-1953.
 514EM0176: USS Frank E. Evans Association S296 Testimonies, June 3, 2003.
 514EM0418: USS Frank E. Evans Association Website, January 9, 2008.
Moving Images:514VI0489: 7:30 Report HMAS Melbourne/Frank E Evans Collision NTSCVHS.
 514VI0490: 7:30 Report HMAS Melbourne/Frank E Evans Collision NTSCVHS.
 514VI0763: Speech by House Representaive Stephen Horn (Long Beach, CA) at the USS Frank E. Evans Association 2002 Reunion.
 514VI1466: 5th Annual USS Frank E. Evans Reunion (October 17 - 20, 1996) Holiday Inn Emerald Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas.
 514VI1467: The USS Frank E. Evans Annual Reunions 1992, 1993, 1994 and Collision Re-enactment.
 514VI1468: I Relieve You, Sir.
Audio:514AU0433 and 514AU0435: Audio CDs - Lest We Forget: A Memorial for 74 Heroes (Two copies of 514AU0435).
Microforms:USS Frank E. Evans Muster Rolls 1945 - 1969 (17 reels): 514micro0400.

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