USS Los Angeles Commemorative Plaque
| The Commemorative Plaque shown below certified
that the USS Los Angeles was sponsored and made possible by the war bond
purchases of the people of the City and County of Los Angeles, July - 1943.
The location of the plaque aboard ship is unknown; if anybody knows where
the plaque was mounted, please email the webmaster.
The plaque was salvaged from the USS Los Angeles following decommissioning in Nov. 1963 by Ltjg Kurt Visser, 4th Div. The picture below was taken by the webmaster 5-23-2000 with the permission of Mrs Kurt Visser. The plaque has now been donated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. |
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Plaque from USS Los Angeles CA-135 salvaged by Ltjg Kurt Visser, 4th Div, '62-'63 | ||
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Kurt Visser
Died 2-10-2000 Age 59 (Left photo courtesy Ed Stockhausen; right photo courtesy Mrs Kurt Visser) |
Our thanks to Mrs Kurt Visser
for her assistance
in providing this memorial to her husband, Kurt.
Thanks also to Al Jefferis and Ed Stockhausen
who knew Kurt in 1962-63.
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8-15-2000