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U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association Collection (514) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 5140000000
Collection
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association Collection
Association
USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Association
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.5
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 06 February 2002
Scope and Contents
Official investigations and testimonies, articles, deck logs, reunion information, meeting minutes, photographs, artifacts, and video document collision of the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans with the Australian Carrier HMAS Melbourne on 3 June 1969 and the subsequent activities of the USS Frank E. Evans Association.
Biographical / Historical
The USS Frank E. Evans was a USN Destroyer that collided with the Australian Carrier Melbourne on 3 June 1969.
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Books
In the Wake: The True Story of the Melbourne - Evans Collision, Conspiracy, and Cover-up by Jo Stevenson
2
Photographs
VA029254 - VA029258. Six photos from a Frank E. Evans Reunion in St. Louis, Missouri in September 2002 that have yet to be labeled. VA030956 - VA030969 VA030544, VA041500-VA041505
VA035100 and VA035101 Two laminated phtotgraphs: one of damaged HMAS Melbourne, one of damaged Evans
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Museum Objects
514museum0701: Button, " 'Lest We Forget,' June 3, 1969"
514museum1060: A lacquerd plaque given to the USS Frank E. Evans Association by John Hannay, Secretary of the HMAS Voyager Survivors Association
514museum1061: A small wooden plaque given to the USS Frank E. Evans Association by John Hannay, Secretary of the HMAS Voyager Survivors Association
514museum1062: A small wooden plaque given to the President of the USS Frank E. Evans Association by the Donnellys, Australia, June 3, 1994
514museum1063: USS Frank E. Evans DD 754 patch
514museum1064: Korean War Veteran patch
514museum1409: USS Frank E. Evans Pennant
514museum1421: Mounted Congressional Tribute: To the Memory of the 74 Seamen Lost or Missing at Sea Aboard the USS Frank E. Evans June 3, 1969
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Electronic Media
514EM0121: The Sea Services in the Korean War, 1950-1953
514EM0176: USS Frank E. Evans Association S296 Testimonies, June 3, 2003
514EM0418: USS Frank E. Evans Association Website, January 9, 2008
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Moving Images
514VI0489: 7:30 Report HMAS Melbourne/Frank E Evans Collision NTSCVHS
514VI0490: 7:30 Report HMAS Melbourne/Frank E Evans Collision NTSCVHS
514VI0763: Speech by House Representaive Stephen Horn (Long Beach, CA) at the USS Frank E. Evans Association 2002 Reunion
514VI1466: 5th Annual USS Frank E. Evans Reunion (October 17 - 20, 1996) Holiday Inn Emerald Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas
514VI1467: The USS Frank E. Evans Annual Reunions 1992, 1993, 1994 and Collision Re-enactment
514VI1468: I Relieve You, Sir
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Audio
514AU0433 and 514AU0435: Audio CDs - Lest We Forget: A Memorial for 74 Heroes (Two copies of 514AU0435)
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Microforms
USS Frank E. Evans Muster Rolls 1945 - 1969 (17 reels): 514micro0400
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D055.5A ]]
  • 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D055.2 ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Official investigation by USN and R.A.N. into the collision of USS Frank E. Evans and HMAS Melbourne in June 1969.
  • Folder 2
  • Article printed from the Internet - "A Wish for the Wall" by Robert Hite
  • Folder 3
  • Testimony Submitted for S 296 Fairness to all Fallen Vietnam Service Members Act of 2003 - Testimony submitted to US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by USS Frank E. Evans Association
  • Folder 4
  • Program for Sage Brothers Memorial Relocation Dedication Ceremonies, May 31, 1999, Niobrara, Nebraska (2 copies)
  • The Final Chapter of the USS Frank E. Evans by Jan Thomas Igras
  • 2001 Association Reunion information
  • U.S.S. Frank E. Evans, DD754 Memorial Honor Roll
  • E-Mail List and Roster for U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association
  • 2002 Association Reunion information
  • 2003 Association Reunion information and correspondence
  • Certificates of Appreciation from the Association to the Staff of Long Beach Renaissance Hotel for the 2003 Reunion
  • 13th Annual Reunion Photo Album: 23-25 September 2004
  • Folder 5
  • Memos and copies of a BBC script depicting the events surrounding the HMAS Melbourne / USS Frank E. Evans collision
  • Invitation and program for "A Night in Paris" June 4, 1953
  • USS Frank E. Evans, The Evans Report, June 2002
  • Folder 6
  • U.S.S. Frank E. Evans DD754 Yearbook, 1963-1964 - Westpac
  • Folder 7
  • Material from a scrapbook: mostly photocopied newspaper articles regarding Melbourne - Evans collision
  • Folder 8
  • Brief History of the Ship by Alan H. Arnold
  • The Might Evans (song lyrics)
  • Deck Log List of Officers aboard the Frank E. Evans (February - December 1945)
  • Deck Log List of Officers aboard the Frank E. Evans (February, August - September, and December 1945)
  • Correspondence
  • Reflections Gaming Room (Sydney, Australia) drink coaster with John Hannay, Secretary, HMAS Voyager Survivors Association, address on it
  • Folder 9
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the USS Frank E. Evans Assoiation presented to The Vietnam Center and Texas Tech University
  • Lubbock Area Veterans Memorial brochure
  • Invitation for the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 14th Annual Reunion 9-11 June 2005
  • Schedule of Events for the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 13th Annual Reunion 23-25 August 2004, Lubbock, TX
  • Minutes from the Business Meeting at the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Incorporated 12th Annual Reunion
  • Folder 10
  • Speech delivered by Captain Anthony Barnes of the Navy Recruiting Region Central at the USS Frank E. Evans Association Reunion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 11 June 2005 titled, "The Promise of the Future."
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • "They Must Be Remembered," Sunday Press-Telegram, Long Beach, California, May 27, 2001
  • "Survivor of Naval Disaster Wants to See Names on 'The Wall,' " The Jackson County Star, March 28, 2002
  • DESA News Vol. 21 No. 3 (May - June 1995) (Destroyer Escort Sailors Association)
  • The News Leader (January 16, 1970)
  • Photocopy of USS Frank E. Evans 754, The Fighter, patch
  • Folder 2
  • Contents of a scrapbook: mostly photocopied articles regarding the Melbourne - Evans collision and the subsequent inquiry
  • Folder 3
  • Lubbock Avalanche Journal newspaper article "Sailors gather to remember wreck of USS Frank Evans" (25 September 2004)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=5140000000
Citation
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association Collection (514) Finding Aid, U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=5140000000, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
5140000000, U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Association Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 05 Feb 2002 [Updated: 16 Jul 2019]

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