Sep 14  The Launching of the USS Shields
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-09-14

The Hon. Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy and the 60th Governor of Mississippi, presents today's Natchez History Minute about the launching of the USS Shields in September, 1944.  Named for Thomas Shields, an naval hero of the War of 1812, the Fletcher-class destroyer was later christened by a descendant,  First Lieutenant Margaret Shields Farr.  The ship participated in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars during almost thirty years of service.