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Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton (May 15, 1908 – December 25, 1995) was a decorated United States Navy officer. He is probably best remembered for commanding the destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) in World War II during an intense Japanese kamikaze attack.
Jul 31, 2019 · Commander Becton maneuvered his ship through heavily mined waters and under heavy and accurately controlled gunfire from enemy shore batteries, protecting vessels in the Western Task Force Area...
Apr 16, 2020 · The commanding officer of Laffey since her commissioning on 8 February 1944 was 36-year-old Commander Frederick Julius Becton (USNA ’31), one of the most battle-tested skippers at that time,...
Dec 30, 1995 · Adm. F. Julian Becton, who was at the center of a dramatic two hours of naval history when his destroyer survived a swarm of Japanese kamikaze planes off Okinawa in 1945, died on Monday at his...
Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton (May 15, 1908 – December 25, 1995) was a decorated United States Navy officer. He is probably best remembered for commanding the destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) in World War II during an intense Japanese kamikaze attack.
Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton was a decorated United States Navy officer. He is probably best remembered for commanding the destroyer USS Laffey (DD- 724) in World War II during an intense Japanese kamikaze attack.
Apr 1, 2015 · One of the unique items NHHC has in its archives is an oral history of Cmdr. Frederick J. Becton, commanding officer of destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), which saw action during the Okinawa operations. All the photos below are courtesy of NHHC's Photo Archives, the Navy Art Collection and the National Archives.
