USS Fessenden (DE-142)
She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, born in Brome County, Quebec, Canada, 6 October 1866. He served as head chemist with Thomas Edison's East Orange, New Jersey, laboratories. In 1890 he began concentrating on electrical engineering, and through the next years made many important inventions and improvements in existing devices. His great contributions in the field of radio (particularly the invention of radio-telephony were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932, at his home on Bermuda.
Asbjørn Øksendal
Asbjørn Øksendal (4 August 1922 – 23 May 2015) was a Norwegian novelist and non-fiction writer. He was born in Mosjøen, Helgeland. He wrote several books on the subject of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, including "Lurøy-affæren" from 1966, "Operasjon Oleander" from 1968, "Når nøden er størst" (on POW camps in Trøndelag) from 1969, "Sluttspill i Rinnans bandekloster" (on Sonderabteilung Lola) from 1971, and "Gulltransporten" (on the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury) from 1974. He also wrote novels from the Viking Age. He died in May 2015.