Fate
Putnam decommissioned at Philadelphia 21 September 1929; was struck from the Navy List 22 October 1930, sold 17 January 1931; and scrapped in 1931 by her purchasers according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Other sources state she was converted into an express fruit carrier, either MV Tabasco or MV Teapa.
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Famous quotes containing the word fate:
“O divine art of sublety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy’s fate in our hands.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)
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