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No Photo Available	-	John G. Sproston was born in Maryland and appointed to the Naval Academy in 1846. He served on the Pacific Station during the war with Mexico. During the Civil War, he served as commanding officer of Powhatan and as executive officer of Senneca. On 1 November 1861, during the battle for Port Royal, S.C., Sproston personally fired many of the 11-inch guns on board Senneca as the crew was new and untrained. Lt. Sproston was killed on 8 June 1862 while on a boat expedition to destroy a Confederate privateer in the St. John's River, Fla.		Robert M. Cieri
USS Sproston (DD-577)
	156k	Undated, location unknown.		Al Fitz
0557723	122k	Aerial view of USS Sproston at the Todd Ship floating drydock at Algiers, LA, 17 May 1943. Sproston had just come off her post-commissioning bottom painting at Galveston and had some mechanical failures requiring immediate attention. She was the first of the new Fletchers to be docked on the Mississippi. After this stop at Algiers she went on to shakedown at Gitmo.		Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
	156k	The Sposton's officers on the day of Commissioning, 19 May 1943. Photo from "Saga of the Sproston" by crewman George Ress, 1982.		Ed Zajkowski
	184k 165k 191k 152k 125k	Five views of the USS Sproston alongside USS California, 25 June 1945. Note the unusual hull numerals paint. From NA series 80G374228 thru 374234.		John Chiquoine
0557724	1000k	Sproston in rip-out phase of DDE conversion at Mare Island, 13 May 1949. Walker (DD-517) is moored outboard of Sproston. Note the removed pilothouses on the pier. Photo from files of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
0557725	944k	Stern view of Sproston and Walker (DD-517) in rip-out phase of DDE conversion at Mare Island, 13 May 1949. Photo from files of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	116k	A June 1950 photo at San Diego NY shows the USS Nicholas (DDE-449), USS O'Bannon (DDE-450), USS Walker (DDE-517) and USS Sproston (DDE-577), returned to Mothballs after being converted to the DDE ASW configuration. All four of these DDE's were armed with of 2-5"/38cal, 5 Torpedo Tubes, Mk-15 ASW Projector, and provisions for 4x2-20mm guns. Also, seen is the USS Killen (DD-593) and several DE's, including USS Raymond (DE-341) and USS Dennis (DE-405) and an APD. Cropped from an USN Photo from the NARA photo files, 80-G-428265.		Rick E. Davis
	148k	USS Sproston (DD-577) coming alongside USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) to get refueled while operating in Hawaian waters. USN photo 1109729 of January 1 1965 by P. L. Singh PH3. From the collection of CDR Thomas B. Ray (USS Essex CV-9).		Chris Stanley
	119k	USS Sproston (DD-577) coming alongside USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) for refueling, while operating in Hawaiin waters on 9 January 1965. Photographer: PH3 P.L. Singh. Converted for anti-submarine warfare in 1949-1950 and redesignated DDE-577, Sproston reverted to DD-577 on 30 June 1962. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107266.		Robert Hurst
	98k	Pearl Harbor, May 1968		© Richard Leonhardt
	84k	Pearl Harbor Hawaii, April 1968		© Richard Leonhardt
	101k	Taken from the USS Boston (CAG-1) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early 1968. USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) and USS Cochrane (DDG-21).		John Jazdzewski
	138k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski/David Buell
	104k	Ship's patch		Elmer Everidge

CDR Fred Russell Stickney Jr.    May 19 1943 - Oct 14 1943

CDR Michael Joseph Luosey    Oct 14 1943 - Feb 6 1945

CDR Robert J. Esslinger    Feb 6 1945 - Nov 2 1945

LT Robert Duane Karl    Nov 2 1945 - Jan 18 1946

(Decommissioned Jan 18 1946 - Sep 15 1950)

CDR William Taylor Alford    Sep 15 1950 - Mar 17 1952

CDR Gayle Cecil Foltz    Mar 17 1952 - Jun 16 1953

CDR Richard Shaw Harlan    Jun 16 1953 - Jul 25 1955

CDR Patrick Henry McGann    Jul 25 1955 - Jul 6 1957

CDR Robert Hilton Lemmon    Jul 6 1957 - Sep 9 1959

CDR John T. Lyons    Sep 9 1959 - Dec 14 1961

CDR John Daniel Tompkins    Dec 14 1961 - May 25 1963

CDR Robert Douglas Hill    May 25 1963 - Dec 31 1964

CDR Raymond Lee Hoffman    Dec 31 1964 - Sep 9 1966

CDR Harold Scudder    Sep 9 1966 - Jul 26 1968

CDR John Anthony Maxwell    Jul 26 1968 - Sep 30 1968