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8 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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80k | Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze, son of Emanuel Leutze, the noted painter of American Revolutionary War scenes, was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, 16 November 1847. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by President Lincoln in 1863, he witnessed part of the Civil War on board blockade ship Monticello the following summer. His early career brought Leutze various surveying assignments, especially in Central America. In 1897, as commanding officer of Alert, he helped promote the peace when representatives from Costa Rica and Nicaragua met and signed a treaty of peace aboard his ship. As captain of Monterey, he sailed to reinforce Dewey’s fleet at Manila, and was present when the city capitulated. A fine administrator, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1907 while Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory and Commandant of the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Admiral Leutze ended his active career as Commandant of both the 3rd Naval District and the New York Navy Yard on 6 June 1912. He died at Brooklyn Naval Hospital 1 September 1931. Digital ID: ggbain 09689, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
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171k | Undated, location unknown. NARA # 80G455325. | Daniel Dunham | |
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112k | Newspaper clipiing from the launching. | Roin Reeves | |
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79k | Commissioning ceremony at Puget Sound Navy yard March 4 1944. | Tracy White | |
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66k | As above. | Tracy White | |
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134k | March 12 1944 in Puget Sound. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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267k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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194k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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245k | USS Leutze (DD-481) underway in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, on 5 April 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 16D. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107412. In memory of Wally's dad, Walter Summ BM1c who served aboard the Leutze. | Wally Summ/Robert Hurst | |
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221k | USS Leutze (DD-481) in Elliott Bay, Washington, 5 April 1944. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-64259. | Wally Summ/Tommy Trampp | |
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280k | USS Leutze (DD-481) in Elliott Bay, Washington, 5 April 1944. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No.19-N-64260. | Tommy Trampp | |
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171k | Aerial view in Elliott Bay April 13 1944. NARA # 80G702376. | Daniel Dunham | |
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42k | Photo taken after kamikaze atack on April 6 1945 off Okinawa. | Wally Summ | |
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50k | USS Leutze (DD-481) showing damage sustained after being hit by Japanese Kamikaze off Okinawa. Photo from "United States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
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112k | USS Leutze (DD-481) showing damage suffered after coming the assistance of USS Newcomb. A kamikaze glanced off Newcomb and exploded in the narrow space between the two ships. Leutze got much the worse of this, the upward force of the explosion damaging both propeller shafts and ripping her side open adjacent to mount 55. The damage is seen nearly a month later from both sides of her stern. Photos National Archives and Records Admininstration. | Robert Hurst | |
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150k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
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143k | As above. | Gerd Matthes | |
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113k | Detail of damage caused by the kamikaze hit US National Archives photo 80-G-342585 | MIke Green | |
CDR Berton Aldrich Robbins Jr. Mar 4 1944 - Feb 17 1945 (Later RADM) LT Leon Grabowsky Feb 17 1945 - Apr 6 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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