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| 29k | Captain Edward R. McCall, born in 1790 in South Carolina, was appointed midshipman 01 January 1808. Appointed acting lieutenant in brig Enterprise 16 October 1811, he took command of his ship during her action with HMS Boxer 05 September 1813, early in which Enterprise’s captain, Lt. William Burrows, was mortally wounded. In acknowledgment of his victory over Boxer, McCall received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. Promoted to captain 03 March 1835, he died at his home in Bordentown, New Jersey, 01 August 1853. | Bill Gonyo |
USS McCall (DD-400)
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36k | Undated ship recognition card. | Tommy Trampp |
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40k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Roddy |
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41k | Undated, location unknown. Destroyer silhouette plus photo of the ship McCall underway for US Navy identification purposes | Tommy Trampp |
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295k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp |
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37k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp |
| 584k | Underway at the time of completion, circa 1938. Note the flag flying from her foremast peak. | Gary Blevins MMC USN (Ret)/Robert J. Higgins/Robert Hurst |
| 83k | Commissioning ceremony at San Francisco, 22 June 1938. | Ron Reeves |
| 141k | USS McCall (DD-400) during maneuvers off Hawaii in 1940. For personal non-commercial use only courtesy of Life Magazine. | Bill Gonyo |
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70k | USS McCall (DD-400) during the USN Marshalls–Gilberts Islands raid in February 1942. Note her hull number has been partially obscured by censor markings.
LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest. For educational use only. | Mike Green |
| 120k | Aft plan view of the USS McCall (DD-400) at Pier 33, San Francisco, 29 November 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 69k | Forward plan view of the USS McCall (DD-400) at Pier 33, San Francisco, 29 November 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 166k | Steaming in heavy weather as part of Task Group 58.1 in the Western Pacific, 16 June 1944. The weather cleared later in the day, allowing for successful strikes against Chichi Jima. | Robert Hurst |
| 61k | December 1944, probably at Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands. McCall spent much of the month there investigating and repairing turbine damage. | Robert Hurst |
| 120k | Alongside the USS Makin Island (CVE-93), 15 January 1945. Both vessels were operating north of Luzon as part of Task Unit 77.4.1. | Christopher Karwowski/Tracy White |
| 342k | USS Phelps (DD-360), USS McCall (DD-400) and USS Brunswick (PF-68) moored at Casco Bay, Maine, 09 August 1945.
National Archives photo 80-G-332952 | Scott Dyben |
