>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” (1969) Vol. 2, p.210. CROSLEY Walter Selywn Crosley, born 30 October 1871 in East Jeffrey, N.H., graduated from the Naval Academy 2 June 1893. During the Spanish-American War, he distinguished himself by taking tug LEYDEN into the Bay of Nipe through a narrow channel which was supposedly mined. Under musket fire from shore, he discovered the Spanish gunboat DON JUAN and engaged in a heated action until the remainder of the squadron came up and sank the enemy ship. He served as assistant naval attache in Russia and received the Navy Cross for conducting a party of Americans out of Russia under difficult and trying conditions in April 1917. He served as Navy hydrographer, commanded organizations in the operating forces and naval districts, and was a member of the Navy General Board. Rear Admiral Crosley retired 1 November 1935, and died 6 January 1939 at Baltimore, Md. CROSLEY (DE-108) was transferred to France under lend lease 11 February 1944 and renamed TUNISIEN. She was transferred permanently to France under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program 21 April 1952. [TUNISIEN was returned to the U.S. Navy in May 1964. “Conway’s All The World’s Fighting Ships, 1922-1946”, p.272; “1947-1995,” p.99. “Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1963-64,” p.88 says TUNISIEN was stricken from the French Navy in 1960. K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, “Register of Ships of the U. S. Navy, 1775-1990,” p.222 says CROSLEY was-- Built By: Dravo Corp of Wilmington, Del. Laid Down: 23 June 1943 Launched: 17 December 1943 Commissioned into the U.S. Navy: 10 February 1944 Stricken from the Navy Register: 14 May 1952.] Transcribed by Michael Hansen mhansen2@home.com