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USS Joseph P. Kennedy sends boarding party

63 years ago today, on 26 October 1962, Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD 850), send a boarding party over to the freighter Marucla during the Cuban Missile Crisis. XO Reynolds obtained a copy of the merchantman's cargo manifest and checked it against bills of lading.
Museum ship Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA

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