William Ritchie Served aboard USS Fremont APA-44. All Posts Diary of William Ritchie 27 October 1944 Just another day of GQs and again we were lucky, as a crippled Jap missed us and hit the ship on our starboard beam exploding several times on her deck. PrevPreviousOctober 26, 1944 Next27 October 1944Next Leyte, USS Fremont APA-44, William Ritchie