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    USS Estocin (FFG-15), ninth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Captain Michael John Estocin (1931–1967). Ordered...
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    20, 1967, Estocin had reached the rank of lieutenant commander and was an A-4 Skyhawk pilot in Attack Squadron 192, operating off of the USS Ticonderoga...
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    frigates USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) USS McInerney (FFG-8) USS Clark (FFG-11) USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) USS Estocin (FFG-15) USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)...
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  • EMPRESS I (antennas along shoreline) with USS Estocin (FFG-15) moored in the foreground for testing....
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    NNS020416-08, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs, 16 April 2002 "USS Estocin Decommissioned" Archived 24 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, NNS030406-02...
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    ex-USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) TCG Göksu (F 497) ex-USS Estocin (FFG-15) In addition the ex-USS Duncan (FFG-10) was sold to the Turkish Navy as a parts...
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    AG-134/AKL-5) USS Estes (AGC-12/LCC-12) USS Estocin (FFG-15) USS Estrella (1862) USS Etamin (AK-93/IX-173) USS Etawina (YTB-543/YTM-543) USS Eten (ID-4041) USS Ethan...
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  • 1979 Ex-USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) 11 April 2002 Extant in 2010 TCG Göksu (F-497) Bath Iron Works, Bath 3 November 1979 Ex-USS Estocin (FFG-15)...
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  • failure. Phillpott has commanded the USS Typhoon (PC 5), USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13), USS ESTOCIN (FFG-15), and USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55). Navy Captain...
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    Thomas commanded the destroyer USS Ross. He has served aboard the USS Shreveport, USS Estocin, USS Willamette, and the USS Leyte Gulf Captain David Thomas...
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    Naval Aviators to be awarded the MOH in SEA (along with CAPT Michael J. Estocin, and RADM James Stockdale), and the only rotary wing Naval Aviator to be...
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    The guided-missile cruiser departed the area in company with the frigate Estocin. After crossing the Aegean Sea and transiting the Straits of the Bosporus...
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    were recognized with the 2001 Battle "E", the 2001 Captain Michael J. Estocin Award and the Chief of Naval Operations Safety "S”, resulting in the so-called...
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    Estocin (Vietnam War), U.S. Navy. Haiphong, North Vietnam, April 20 & 26, 1967 Lieutenant Junior Grade Donald A. Gary (World War II), U.S. Navy. USS Franklin (CV-13)...
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    Yankee Station in October 1966 aboard USS Ticonderoga. During this deployment, squadron pilot LCDR Michael J. Estocin distinguished himself posthumously...
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    frigate USS Jack Williams (FFG-24). The frigate is now considered as the lead frigate of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force. During its career as USS Jack Williams...
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    Ordnance Proficiency Award winner, and also received the US Navy's Michael J. Estocin Award for meritorious achievement by a strike fighter squadron and C. Wade...
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    Persian Gulf on board USS Enterprise in support of Operation Southern Watch. In 1996 they were awarded the Battle “E” and Michael J. Estocin Award, as the best...
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    2003 Captain Michael J. Estocin Award for exceptional operational performance and flight safety. VFA-137 embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln for a Western...
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  • carriers USS Ticonderoga, USS Oriskany and USS Hancock. On his first combat deployment, assigned to VF-191, Nichols was wingman to LCDR Michael Estocin, who...
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    awarded the Battle "E" for the year of 2010 as well as the Michael J. Estocin award. In December 2011 the squadron was deployed again in support of Operation...
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    Navy’s top F/A-18C Hornet Squadron for 2007 earning the Capt. Michael J. Estocin Award. The Squadron began transitioning to the F/A-18E Super Hornets in...
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    Marine Attack Squadron VMA-225 and VMA-311. Lieutenant commander Michael J. Estocin of Attack Squadron 192 was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for...
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  • April 1967 Michael J. Estocin 35 Haiphong, North Vietnam (presumed) A United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient, Estocin was last seen on 26...
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    from 1964 to 1968. The last active duty ship in the US of this class, the USS Voge (FF-1047), was decommissioned in August 1989. The Knox class comprised...
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    Commander Michael J. Estocin, 35, was shot down over North Vietnam while leading his second airstrike in six days from the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), with...
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  • Herman Ludwig Khapp". The Virtual Wall. Retrieved 14 January 2013. "Michael Estocin, CDR". The Virtual Wall. Retrieved 14 January 2013. "LCPL James Austin...
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