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To Brazil June 5 1959, renamed Pará (D 27).| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 26k | Commodore John Guest was born in Missouri 7 March 1822 ; appointed Midshipman 16 December 1837 ; served in frigate Congress during the Mexican War; and, protected foreign residents from Chinese Imperial forces at Shanghai in April 1854. He commanded Owasco and Sangamon in the Civil War, passing the forts for the capture of New Orleans and engaging Confederate batteries in the seige of Vicksburg. He also took part in the capture of the forts at Galveston, Tex., and the capture of Fort Fisher, X. C. Commodore Guest died 12 January 1879. Portrait of Commodore Guest by S. Jerome Uhl. Army and Navy Club Collection, accession number 1891.02, gift of the Guest Family. | Robert M. Cieri / Dave Wright | |
| USS Guest (DD-472) |
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| 131k | Launch of USS Guest (DD-472) at Boston Navy Yard, 20 February 1942. AP Wirephoto | Dave Wright | |
| 88k | Bow view of USS Guest (DD-472) in Boston Harbor, 05 February 1943. (Boston Navy Yard photograph 418-43, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11292) | Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | |
| 94k | Broadside view of USS Guest (DD-472) in Boston Harbor, 05 February 1943. (Boston Navy Yard photograph 420-43, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11292) | Ed Zajkowski/Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | |
| 88k | Stern view of USS Guest (DD-472) in Boston Harbor, 05 February 1943. (Boston Navy Yard photograph 422-43, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11292) | Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | |
| 120k | USS Guest (DD-472) underway at sea in June 1943. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 107295. | Robert Hurst | |
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283k | Transferring two men, a commander and torpedoman 2/c to USS Yorktown (CV-10), 14 June 1943. National Archives photo 80-G-76887 | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 64k | USS Guest (DD-472) after being upgraded to the three twin 40mm gun mounts and 11-20mm gun standard, 21 June 1943. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 117k | Guest shown alongside USS Santee (CVE-29) in April 1945. Both ships are off Okinawa and about to exchange mail. National Archives photo 80-G-335565 | Rob Rielly | |
 USS Guest in an alongside activity seen from USS Chenango, 13 April 1945. National Archives photos 80-G-321634-6. | John Chiquoine | |||
| 145k | Off Ketchikan, Alaska in 1945 after the end of the war. Image courtesy of Thomas Barnhouse. | Paul Crozier | |
| 160k | From the same source as the above and is probably off Ketchikan, Alaska in 1945 after the end of the war. Image courtesy of Thomas Barnhouse. | Paul Crozier | |
| 80k | From the same source as the above and is probably off Ketchikan, Alaska in 1945 after the end of the war. Image courtesy of Thomas Barnhouse. | Paul Crozier | |
| Pará (D 27) |
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| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 67k | Undated, location unknown. Brazilian Navy Photo. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 Ret. Brazilian Navy | |
| 64k | Undated, location unknown. Brazilian Navy Photo. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 Ret. Brazilian Navy | |
| 148k | As the CT Pará (D 27) in the Atlantic 1959. | Marc Piché | |
| 87k | Pará (D 27) alongside the Supply Pier at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1959. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1959-60." | Robert Hurst | |
| 93k | Pará (D 27) underway circa 1960, Brazilian Navy Official. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1960-1961 edition. | Robert Hurst | |
| 123k | Pará (D 27) underway in 1969, location unknown. Brazilian Navy, Official. Image from the 1969-70 Edition of Jane's Fighting Ships. | Robert Hurst | |
| 284k | Four Brazilian Navy Fletcher - class destroyers and the light cruiser Tamandare (C 12, ex-USS St Louis, CL-49) underway heading northwards in formation, during the so-called Lobster war with France in 1961. The four destroyers are from bottom to top: Paraiba (D 28, ex-USS Bennett (DD-473); Pará (D 27); Parana (D29, ex-USS Cushing (DD-797) and Pernambuco (D 30,ex-USS Hailey (DD-556). Brazilian Navy photo. | Robert Hurst | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Henry Crommelin (USNA 1925) | 15 December 1942 - 18 August 1943 |
| 02 | LCDR Earle Kenneth McLaren(USNA 1934) | 18 August 1943 - 24 March 1944 |
| 03 | CDR Marvin Granville Kennedy (USNA 1929) | 24 March 1944 - 03 May 1945 |
| 04 | CDR James Buchanan Weiler (USNA 1931) | 03 May 1945 - 04 June 1946 |
| Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves |
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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