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- | Macon C. Overton was born in Union Point, Ga., 18 August 1890. Mortally wounded while guiding a tank against an enemy position at St. George, France, 1 November 1918, Marine Captain Overton had previously been awarded the Croix de Guerre with silver star and palm for action in the Bois de Belleau (13 June 1918) and the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Mount Blanc (2-10 October 1918). For his courage and leadership at St. George, he was posthumously awarded an Oak Leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Cross. | Robert M. Cieri | |
60k | As DD-239, undated, location unknown. | Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans | ||
150k | As DD-239, undated, location unknown. | Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans | ||
110k | Undated, location unknown. | - | ||
112k | Undated, location unknown. Operating as apart of DesRon 29 of the Asiatic Fleet. | Robert Hurst | ||
151k | USS Overton (DD 239) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | ||
195k | USS Overton (DD 239) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | ||
130k | Undated, location unknown. | Paul Rebold | ||
130k | Undated, USS Overton (DD-239), USS Sturtevant (DD-240), USS James K. Paulding (DD-238), USS McFarland (DD-237) and USS Childs (DD-241) at Boston Navy Yard. Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
68k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | ||
109k | Newspaper clipping from the Evening Hearld, Klamath Falls, OR dated July 21 1919 showing the ship's sponsor Mrs. Overton the namesakes mother. | Mike Mohl | ||
79k | Photo #: NH 78347, a French launch, under tow, transfers Vinh-Long survivors from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), from which the photograph was taken, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day. USS Lawrence (DD-250) and USS Overton (DD-239) are in the background, at left. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | ||
132k | Photo of the USS Childs (DD-241), USS Sturtevant (DD-240), USS Overton (DD-239) and USS King (DD-242) from the San Diego Photo Shop dated March 20 1925. | Ron Hanley | ||
175k | NH 50253. Overton in the North Atlantic receiving one of these 4 newsmen via highline, G. H. Spilman, Fletcher Pratt, Joe Driscoll or Thomas Morgan. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
102k | USS Overton (DD-239) in Hvalfjord, Iceland early 1942. Source: Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection by Parnall, C.H. (Lt), Photo No.© IWM(A 7490). | Mike Green | ||
71k | USS Overton (DD-239) underway on 11 November 1942, location unknown. It presents a good example of the US Navy's Measure 13, Haze Grey System, while at the same time it reveals its 'Achilles Heel' when viewed from above against a dark sea background (US National Archives: 19-LCM-DD-239-36308). Photo from Naval Camouflage 1914-1945, by David Williams. | Robert Hurst | ||
136k | New York, April 10 1943. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
126k | The Number Two triple torpedo tube launcher faces forward on USS Overton (DD-239) as she undergoes refit in the New York Navy Yard on 10 April 1943. The light cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) is in the background. | Gerd Matthes | ||
88k | June 29 1943, while coming alongside for refueling during North Atlantic convoy escort operations. | Robert Hurst |
CDR Archibald Douglas Turnbull Jun 30 1920 - Sep 10 1920 CDR Arthur Mark LeRoy (Roy) Bristol Jr. Sep 10 1920 - Aug 13 1921 (Later VADM) LCDR Bruce Richardson Ware Jr. Aug 13 1921 - Jan 5 1922 LCDR Herbert Aloysius Ellis Jan 5 1922 - Nov 30 1924 LCDR Ewart Gladstone Haas Nov 30 1924 - Jun 5 1926 LCDR Fred Kingsley Elder Jun 5 1926 - Jul 26 1927 LCDR Lucien Byron Green III Jul 26 1927 - Jul 20 1930 LCDR Louis Peter Wenzell Jul 20 1930 - Feb 3 1931 (Decommissioned Feb 3 1931 - Feb 3 1932) LCDR William John Forrestel Feb 3 1932 - Jan 10 1934 LT John William Dillinder Jan 10 1934 - Feb 20 1934 (XOIC) LCDR Edward Dewey Walbridge Feb 20 1934 - Apr 19 1936 LCDR Russell Clyde Bartman Apr 19 1936 - Nov 20 1937 (Decommissioned November 20 1937 - September 26 1939) LCDR Daniel Newnan Cone Jr. Se 26 1939 - Jun 22 1940 LT Thomas Carson Phifer Jul 22 1940 - Aug 30 1940 (Later RADM) LCDR Hubert Winthrop Chanler Aug 30 1940 - Nov 10 1937 LT Thomas Carson Phifer Jan 3 1941 - Jan 19 1941 (Later RADM) LCDR Joseph Barnaby Stefanac Jan 19 1941 - May 28 1942 CDR Lynne Cline Quiggle May 18 1942 - Dec 6 1942 (Later RADM) LCDR Roland Omer Lucier Dec 6 1942 - Aug 10 1943 LT William James Riley Jr. Aug 10 1943 - Jan 9 1944 LCDR Desmond Kelly O’Connor Jan 9 1944 - Jan 18 1945 LCDR John Paul Bracken Jan 18 1945 - May 23 1945 LT Walter Sean Sullivan Jr. May 23 1945 - Jul 28 1945
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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