USS Towers DDG-9


	If you have a sound card, turn on your speakers when viewing this page to hear the "William Tell Overture", the official "break-away" music of the USS Towers.


	TOWERS CHALLENGE COIN PHOTOS HERE!


			Thanks to FTM1 Larry Bell for the scan of the above patch, click on it to view a larger photo!


	Website last updated: 1/9/2019* dcb*


	2018 Towers Reunion (San Diego) information now available <HERE>

	The Towers Ship's Store is now OPEN! Items are available at the annual USS Towers reunion or can be mail ordered by contacting Ray Wong at usstowersddg9@pacbell.net


	Towers Crewmembers -- If you served on the Towers in 1983 during the time of the major steam line rupture, you may be eligble to file a claim with the VA. Contact James (a Veterans Service Officer with AMVETS) at VSO348AM@vba.va.gov for more information. The website for AMVETS is www.amvets.org .

Recent Adds:

AGENT ORANGE! The USS Towers is listed as operated on Saigon River and Rung Sat Special Zone during July 1966. Towers crewmembers who served during July 1966 maybe eligible for possible benefits associated with exposure with Agent Orange. Check with the VA office. http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/shiplist/list.asp
2009 Reunion Newspaper Article! Click Here!

Can you identify this Towers plaque? Click Here!

2010 Reunion PHOTOS <HERE>
Towers Histories from the Naval Archives have been added for the following years: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. Additional years will be added as time permits.

*** If you haven't done so already, please print out the 2017 Dues Form and send to the Towers Association Treasurer Rick Junge (address is on the form). Proceeds will be used to offset the 2017 Reunion and other Association-related costs.

It is my sad duty to inform everyone that the ex-USS Towers has been sunk during a SINKEX on Oct 9th, 2002. May she rest in peace, she definately deserves it. Photos (and information) of the sinking of the Towers can be found here: SINKEX 2002.

Here are also photos taken of the interior of the Towers just prior to the Sinkex: INTERIOR PHOTOS 1, INTERIOR PHOTOS 2 , INTERIOR PHOTOS 3. Thanks to Ray Wong for the following pictures of the Towers as she was in August (8/2002) <Pictures3/Page4> <Pictures3/Page5>
Do you want to take a virtual tour of HMAS Perth (an Adams Class DDG)? Click on this link and select START TOUR, then Destroyers, then PERTH. Just like being back on the Towers! http://www.navy.gov.au/vf/vf.html . Special Thanks to the USS Waddell webmaster!
4 Photos of The Sinking of the USS Buchanan DDG-14 during SINKEX 2000 can be found in Pictures2/Gallery9. May this fine ship rest in peace.

Thanks for visiting our site! If you have any comments, suggestions for improvement, information on the USS Towers that you would like to share, or if you have any difficulty in viewing this site, please contact me via email as shown below.

"Fair winds and following seas!", -dennis-

dennisbrantly@mac.com


	Click on the image to the left to see a larger version of a sketch done by Rick Lynn while on the Towers in 1971.

A Special Thanks to Frank Voras for this 1964 picture of the USS Towers as originally configured.

To view a full scale picture (suitable to capture and print as an 8x10, or to set as wallpaper on your PC screen), click on the photo to the left..

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2018 Towers Reunion (San Diego) information now available <HERE>