Links

Search Engine
http://www.google.com/search?q=uss+patterson

Send for Service Records
http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html

Send for Medals
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/awards.html

Send for Photos
http://www.usni.org/hrp/photoserv.html

Organizations to Support

TIN CAN SAILORS
Great quarterly newspaper and annual convention.
http://destroyers.org/index.htm

HISTORIC SHIPS ASSOCIATION
Preserving the ships our Fathers fought on and with.
Make them your vacation destination. Tell your friends.
http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-guide.htm

THE NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Preserving the records, film, art for research.
http://www.mil.org/navyhist/membersh.htm

The Collectors

Find the book thru Amazon.com.
www.bookless.net/bookstore/

Find the memorabilia thru ebay.com.
www.ebay.com