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Historic warship that took part in WW2 damaged by gale-force winds in Greece

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Historic warship and Greek Navy museum Velos, former USS Charrette (DD-581) Fletcher-class, which took part in the Pacific War during WW2 and in the resistance to the 1967-74 Grek dictatorship was heavily damaged during a windstorm in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The 80-year-old destroyer Velos (meaning “arrow” in Greek) had sustained serious hull damage after repeatedly striking the dock in Thessaloniki on November 18.

Divers were dispatched the day after to examine the hull while a tugboat held the vessel steady.

The warship caused a stir in Europe in May 1973 when its captain and crew mutinied during NATO exercises and sailed to Italy to raise awareness about the struggle against the Greek army junta.

Launched in 1942 as the USS Charrette, the Boston-built destroyer saw extensive action in the Pacific in World War II before being transferred to Greece in 1958.

It was decommissioned in 1991 and became a museum. It has been moored at Thessaloniki since 2019, but veterans say it would be safer at a site near Athens.

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