Michael Pullinger was on board the HMAS Melbourne when it collided with the USS Frank E Evans Credit: Emma Young. The forward section sank, killing 74 US sailors right before the eyes of the young ...

LONG BEACH >> A memorial service was held Tuesday on the 45th anniversary of the deadly collision between the USS Frank E. Evans and the Australian carrier HMAS Melbourne on the South China Sea.

It was 47 years ago in the early hours of the morning on the South China Sea that the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in half in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne.

Damage to the HMAS Melbourne after it collided with the USS Frank E Evans in June 1969. ... But command is precisely what he lost in the immediate wake of the collision with the USS Frank E Evans.

The Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans served America during World War II, ... (DD 754) was literally sliced in two during a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne.

The USS Frank E. Evans departed the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, its home port, on March 29, 1969. On June 3 of that year, it was involved in a tragic collision with HMAS Melbourne, ...

Frank E Evans after the collision on June 3, 1969. Photo: Department of Defence Michael Pullinger receiving a bravery award following his actions on that fateful night He has served his country ...

BAY CITY, MI-- As a bugler played Taps from atop the USS Edson along the banks of the Saginaw River, Art Camirand stood reverently, his 95-year-old legs refusing to sit down as he paid tribute to ...

CHRIS UHLMANN, PRESENTER: It's more than 40 years since one of Australia's worst naval disasters, the collision between HMAS Melbourne and an American warship, the USS Frank E. Evans. The training ...