USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
USS ''Douglas H. Fox'' (DD-779) was an of the United States Navy. Namesake Douglas Harold Fox was born on 26 March 1905 in Walled Lake, Michigan. He attended Dowagiac High School in Dowagiac, Michigan, prior to entering the United States Naval Academy on 8 August 1922. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 3 June 1926, but remained there for the summer course in aviation through 11 August. His first tour of duty at sea took him to , reporting on board on 17 October 1926. He was detached from ''Seattle'' on 12 September 1927, and after two months at the Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia, joined the battleship on 5 November. On 17 June 1930, he reported on board the destroyer and from there transferred to , serving on it on the Asiatic Station from 27 March 1931 to 15 May 1934). The next two years he trained reservists on board ''Eagle No. 32'', attached to the Twelfth Naval District at San Francisco, California. Upon completing that tour, he travelled to ...
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