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No Photo Available | - | William Conway, quartermaster, of Camden, Maine, refused to haul down his country's flag at the surrender of Pensacola Navy Yard to the rebels 12 January 1861. For his patriotic action he was presented a gold medal by citizens of California and in 1906 a memorial plaque was unveiled at his home in Camden in grateful recognition of his heroic loyalty. | Robert M. Cieri |
USS Conway (DD-507)
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| 94k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 50k | Undated, off the coast of Vietnam. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 64k | Circa 1942, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 173k | USS Conway (DD-507) underway in the South Pacific, while escorting a convoy, in August 1943. Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD-449). May have been taken during the Vella Lavella invasion. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #: 80-G-56813. | Robert Hurst |
| 128k | August 13 1943, as seen from USS Nicholas. Archives photo 80-G-48563. | Ed Zajkowski/Joe Radigan |
| 91k | Task Group ALFA, formation portrait of the anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during 1959 exercises in the Atlantic, while Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke was embarked. Ships include the group flagship, USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. The reamianing two are the USS Bache (DD-470) and USS Cony (DD-508) of DesRon 28. Aircraft overhead include two formations of S2F "Trackers" from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based P2V "Neptune" from Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia. Two HSS-1 helicopters are flying low, directly over the submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 105k | As above, different view. | Fred Weiss |
| 144k | USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) Steams in formation with other units of Task Force ALFA, during anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic, 1959. The other ships present are (from left): USS Murray (DDE-576), USS Beale (DDE-471), USS Bache (DDE-470), USS Eaton (DDE-510), USS Conway (DDE-507), USS Cony (DDE-508) and USS Waller (DDE-466). Photograph was released for publication on 3 August 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 206k | USS Conway (DD-507) and USS Waller (DD-466) at Fleet Week 1960 in New York City. | ETC Robert C. Wolff USN (Ret.) |
| 220k | USS Conway (DD-507), USS Waller (DD-466) and USS Cony (DD-508) at Fleet Week 1960 in New York City. | ETC Robert C. Wolff USN (Ret.) |
| 102k | Photo #: NH 67963. Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Eight Commanding officers of the squadron's ships display their Anti-Submarine Warfare "A" awards in a ceremony held on board one of the DesRon28 destroyers, circa the late 1950s or early 1960s. Flanking them are Vice Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, Commander Anti-Submarine Defense Force, Atlantic Fleet (at left) and Rear Admiral Frederick V.H. Hilles, Commander Destroyer Flotilla 4 (at right). The DesRon28 insignia is in the foreground. Those holding the "A" awards are (from left to right): Commander George R. Bryan, Commanding Officer, USS Conway (DDE-507); Commander David A. Johnson, Commanding Officer, USS Beale (DDE-471); Commander Frank C. Dunham, Commanding Officer, USS Cony (DDE-508); Commander Ralph F. Monger, Commanding Officer, USS Murray (DDE-576); Commander James L. Rothermel, Commanding Officer, USS Waller (DDE-466); and Captain Arthur G. Esch, Commanding Destroyer Division 282, who accepted the award on behalf of USS Eaton (DDE-510), three time winner of the "A" award. Photograph received from USS Waller, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
| 185k | In Quebec July 1962. | Marc Piché |
| 106k | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba circa 1962-1964 with the USS Spikefish (SS-404) in the foreground. | Jay Jones |
| 227k | In the South China Sea, September 12 1966, hi-line with the USS Vega (AF-59). Photo by V. O. McColley. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 102k | March 1968 in Malta. | Wolfgang Hechler |
| 54k | Ship's patch | Tom Kraskiewicz |
| 287k | Ship's patch | Tom Gamstetter |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich |
| 47k | Ship's Zippo circa 1958. | John A. Altfeltis |