The World War II destroyer, USS Laffey, has returned home to Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, near Charleston, South Carolina after a two year $9 million dollar shipyard period to repair her hull plating. The USS Laffey was commissioned in 1944 and participated in the D-Day invasion of France. In March of 1945, while serving in the Pacific near Okinawa, she was hit by was hit by four bombs and five kamikaze planes. She would later serve in the Korean war. She continued to operate in various missions until 1963. Her lengthy period of service, as well as her actions on D-Day and her survival of the onslaught at Okinawa have earned her the nickname “the ship that would not die.” Now after after winning a battle with time and rust the USS Laffey returns to service as a museum ship alongside the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point.  Thanks to Alaric Bond and Phil Leon for passing on the news.