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Courageous New Lease On Life For YP 591 Crew
Decatur Daily reports Faye Brewington joined Austin High School Navy ROTC aboard YP 591 for a 31 day voyage from New Port Rhode Island to Decatur. She describes roughing it aboard the surplus WWII patrol craft, camaraderie with cadets and the ship’s transformation under a young crew.
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Decatur Daily
Faye Brewington
Austin High School
Austin High
Navy Rotc
Curtis Sellers
Decatur
City Department of Education
Sellers
Bill Hatton
New Port
R.I
Savanah
Tenn
Cmdr
Hatton
Walter J. Brauer
Austin
Pensacola
Fla
Pickwick Dam
Cmdr. Brauer
Dr. Sellers
Decatur Harbor