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To Turkey October 1 1969. Renamed Iskenderun.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 85k | Joseph Boyd enlisted in the Navy 4 April 1803 as a steward. On 16 February 1804 he took part in the expedition which burned Philadelphia following her capture by the Tripolitanians. Boyd later became a clerk. Photo #: KN-10849, "Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804," oil on canvas, 60" by 42", by Edward Moran (1829-1901), signed and dated by the artist, 1897. It depicts USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded and set afire by a party from the ketch Intrepid led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Paul E. Sutro, 1940. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Boyd as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 24k | Undated, location unknown. | John Seggerman | |
| 35k | Undated, World War II configuration. | Jim Clouse | |
| 231k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 83k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 111k | The USS Boyd while building on 11 January 1943. This BurShips progress photo shows that at this stage in her construction she was to have been configured with two twin 40mm gun mounts. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 73k | Inclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 4 1943. | Pieter Bakels | |
| 80k | Inclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943. | Pieter Bakels | |
| 74k | Inclining experiment Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943. | Pieter Bakels | |
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74k | Inclining experiment at Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, CA, May 9 1943. | Pieter Bakels | |
| 101k | USS Boyd (DD-544) on 9 May 1943, the day after her commissioning while being inclined. The Boyd was completed to the three twin 40mm gun mount configuration. NARA Photo 19-LCM-DD 544 file. | Rick E. Davis/Pieter Bakels | |
| 77k | USS Boyd (DD-544) on 22 May 1943 off San Pedro CA. NARA Photo 19-LCM-DD 544 file. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 137k | Under fire by Japanese 6" guns on December 8, 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
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97k | Navy Photo 508-44, amidships looking forward plan view of the USS Williamson (DD 244) at Mare Island on 21 January 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 Jan until 23 Jan 44. USS Boyd (DD 544) is berthed to the right. | Darryl Baker | |
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99k | Navy Photo 510-44, stern looking forward plan view of the USS Williamson (DD 244) at Mare Island on 21 January 1944. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 Jan until 23 Jan 44. USS Boyd (DD 544) is berthed to the right. | Darryl Baker | |
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118k | Navy Photo 1758-44, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Boyd (DD 544) at Mare Island on 15 March 1944. Boyd was in overhaul at the yard from 2 Jan until 18 Mar 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
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111k | Navy Photo 1760-44, forward plan view of USS Boyd (DD 544) at Mare Island on 15 March 1944. Boyd was in overhaul at the yard from 2 Jan until 18 Mar 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 10d. | Darryl Baker | |
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63k | Mare Island, March 15 1944. | Pieter Bakels | |
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146k | USS Boyd (DD 544) off Mare Island on March 18 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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91k | March 19 1944 off Mare Island. | Pieter Bakels | |
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246k | An overhead view of BOYD (DD-544) taken shortly after her recommissioning on November 24 1950 at San Diego. She is still in her WWII configuration except for removal of her searchlights and platform and the upgrade of her Mk 37 director radar to the Mk 25 radar. Official USN photo from NHHC collection. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 42k | USS McDermut (DD-677), USS Yarnall (DD-541), USS Tingey (DD-539) and USS Boyd (DD-544) alongside the USS Piedmont (AD-17) in Sasebo 1952. | Lloyd W. Haase | |
| 77k | USS Boyd (DD-544) and USS McDermut (DD-677) in San Diego June 1953. | Don Garner | |
| 36k | Sasebo Harbor, Japan, 1954 | John Wolf | |
| 55k | USS Delta (AR-9) with the USS McDermut (DD-677), USS Yarnall (DD-541), USS Tingey (DD-539), USS Boyd (DD-544) and USS Horace T. Bass (APD-124) in Sasebo, Japan, 1955. | Ted Bojanowski | |
| 197k | Another view of the above photo from the collection of SFCM James H Cary. | Mike Cary | |
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152k | An overhead view of BOYD (DD-544) reported taken on July 8 1955 off San Diego. BOYD was upgraded to the SCB-74A (4-Gun) configuration at Long Beach 4 February to 3 June 1952. Official USN photo from the NHHC collection. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 121k | USS Boyd (DD-544) underway at sea, following her mid-1950s modernization, in which she lost one 5"/38 gun mount and received three 3"/50 twin mounts. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 91897. | Robert Hurst | |
| 44k | Circa 1960, USS Black (DD-666) and USS Boyd (DD-544) alongside the USS Prairie (AD-15). | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 171k | USS Ajax (AR-6) with; USS Cavalier (APA-37), USS Currituck (AV-7) and USS Boyd (DD-544) alongside at Naval Station Sasebo, Japan, circa 1961-62. US Navy photos from the collection of CDR. R.F. Dresel USN, USS Currituck. | Suzanne D. Simpson | |
| 96k | USS Boyd DD-544 refueling from USS Chemung AO-30. Official U.S. Navy Photo, dated 11 April 1962, photo # USN 1060497 by PH1 Bundy. | David Buell | |
| 158k | Circa 1965-1968 | Jerry L. Stutzman | |
| 183k | San Diego, September 1969, USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Taylor (DD-468), USS Walker (DD517) and USS Uhlmann (DD-687) alonside USS Dixie (AD-14). Photo by PH2 Borchers. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 41k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 249k | Ship's patch | Tom Gamstetter | |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich | |
| On Turkish Service |
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| 32k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 119k | Undated commomerative plate with images of the TCG Gaziantep (D-344) and TCG Iskenderun (D-343). | Cüneyt Demir | |
| 63k | In the Marmara Sea, 1971. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 145k | TCG Izmit (D-342)/USS Cogswell (DD-651), TCG Iskenderun (D-343)/USS Boyd (DD-544) and TCG Içel (D-344)/USS Preston (DD-795) at Port Poyraz, Gölcük-KOCAELI in 1973. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 35k | As Turkish ISKENDERUN D-343 departing Cagliari, Sardinia, 1976. | Marc Piché | |
CDR Ulysses Simpson Grant (Olie) Sharp Jr. May 8 1943 - Nov 10 1944 (Later ADM) CDR Archibald Edgerton Teale Nov 10 1944 - Dec 1944 LCDR John Voorhees Cameron Mar 25 1946 - Jan 1 1947 LT Alexander Golian Jr. Jan 1 1947 - Jan 15 1947 (Decommissioned Jan 15 1947 - Nov 24 1950) CDR Andreas Robert Czerwonky Nov 24 1950 - Jan 29 1952 CDR Frederic B. Clarke Jan 29 1952 - Dec 1953 CDR Raymond Maxwell Harris Dec 1953 - Nov 23 1955 CDR Kenneth Grant Simmons Nov 23 1955 - Oct 14 1957 CDR Albert George Fenley Oct 14 1957 - Apr 11 1958 CDR Ira Wilbur Bonnett Apr 11 1958 - Oct 1958 CDR Herbert Chauncey Behner Jr. Oct 1958 - Oct 1960 CDR Julian Ezra Rawls Oct 1960 - Aug 1961 CDR Robert Jack Hanks Jr. Aug 1961 - Feb 1963 (Later RADM) CDR Charles Hamlin Black Feb 1963 - Oct 1964 CDR Edward Arthur Short Oct 1964 - Jun 1966 CDR Gerald Grey Roberts Jun 1966 - Feb 1968 CDR James McAllen Webster Feb 1968 - Oct 1 1969
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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