USS Laffey Association

“White water no longer curls back from our Laffey’s high, proud bow. There are no men at her throttles or on her bridge, and her guns no longer speak. But she is alive with shades and memories of brave deeds and the brave Americans who did them. They are still with her and will be always. It is my hope that those who visit her, most especially the young, will come to know and perhaps be inspired by them.

If that happens, then what Laffey did will not have been in vain.”
— Julian Becton, The Ship That Would Not Die