Veterans hold memorial aboard USS Laffey

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) -- Members of the U.S.S. Laffey Association held a memorial ceremony Tuesday aboard the ship.

Anchored at Patriots Point, the Laffey was first commissioned in 1944 and was dubbed, "The Ship That Would Not Die." It was decommissioned in 1981.

Veterans from World War II as well as the Cold War attended the ceremony Tuesday in Mount Pleasant.

The ceremony featured the laying of a wreath as well as comments from association President Sonny Walker.

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