Vietnam War ship launched in 1969 was named for Schenectady
There is a Navy ship named for Schenectady. The USS Schenectady was named at the suggestion of a Schenectady schoolgirl who wrote a letter to the secretary of the Navy, asking for the possibility of naming a ship after her hometown.
There is a Navy ship named for Schenectady.
The USS Schenectady was named at the suggestion of a Schenectady schoolgirl who wrote a letter to the secretary of the Navy, asking for the possibility of naming a ship after her hometown.
The ship launched in 1969, and it was used throughout the Vietnam War.
It was decommissioned in 1993, and sunk during a military exercise in 2004.
The USS Schenectady earned three campaign stars for Vietnam War service.