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	153k	Thomas Shields, Purser, USN, was born in New Castle, Delaware, and appointed midshipman on 2 January 1804. He served in Congress and Constitution until 1807 and was attached to the naval station at Philadelphia and Baltimore. While in Constitution, he sustained an injury which rendered him physically incapable of performing all the duties .required of a line officer. He requested appointment as Purser, which he received on 14 April 1809. He served in Nautilus until March 1811 when he was ordered to the New Orleans Naval Station. On 18 January 1815, following the Battle of New Orleans, he led a small expedition to harass the retreating British. He and his party succeeded in capturing numerous prisoners and destroyed several vessels. Shields remained at the New Orleans Naval Station until his death on 22 May 1827.		Bill Gonyo
	30k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	132k	Undated, location unknown.		K. Dupree, YNCS, USN(Ret)
	125k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	126k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	88k	Commissioning ceremony at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 08 February 1945.		Tracy White
	33k	Commissioning ceremony at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 08 February 1945.		Tracy White
0559638	60k	USS Shields (DD-596) at anchor in Puget Sound, 23 February 1945 National Archives photo 19-N-78504		Robert Hurst
	48k	USS Metcalf and USS Shields on the Whangpoo River Shanghai, China, 05 December 1945.		Albert Ferguson
	28k	USS Shields on the Whangpoo River Shanghai, China, 1945.		James Willis
	185k	USS Shields (DD-596) May 1948, a San Francisco Examiner photo.		David Buell
0559639	103k	USS Shields (DD-596) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 10 September 1952, following a regular overhaul. Bureau of Ships photo, National Archives identifier 24742345		Robert Hurst
	59k	USS Shields (DD-596) and USS Colahan (DD-658) in the early 1950s in Yokosuka, Japan.		Armand Richard
	40k	Circa 1955, location unknown.		Ron Reeves
	128k	Destroyer Squadron 17, photographed at the foot of Broadway, San Diego, California, in March 1955. Destroyers in front row include (left to right): USS Twining (DD-540); USS Erben (DD-631); USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) and USS Gregory (DD-802). Behind them are (left to right): USS Shields (DD-596); USS Colahan (DD-658); USS Marshall (DD-676) and USS Porterfield (DD-682). USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) is tied up in the left distance, at Naval Air Station, North Island. Structure in the bottom center is the "Naval Destroyer Boat House". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	154k	USS Shields (DD 596) circa 1957 with an aircraft carrier in the background, which appears to be the USS Oriskany (CVA 34). Photo from the file of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	140k	San Diego, circa 1959-1960.		John Cocoma
0559637	97k	Head on view of USS Shields (DD-596), location unknown, 16 November 1961. Bureau of Ships photo, National Archives identifier 24742363		Robert Hurst
	270k	The USS Prairie (AD-15), USS Shields (DD-596), USS Agerholm (DD-826), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) and an unidentified destroyer on August 20 1962, location unknown. NHC photo #94750.		Ed Zajkowski
	104k	USS Prairie (AD-15) with destroyers at San Diego, California, circa 20 August 1962. The ships alongside are USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Agerholm (DD-826), and USS Shields (DD-596). U.S. Navy photo from the USS Prairie (AD-15) 1962-63 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	82k	Off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, December 1962.		Ed Velasquez
	69k	USS Shields (DD-596) underway in 1966, location unknown. United States Navy, Official.		Robert Hurst
Heavy weather off San Francisco during July 1966.				John Truesdale
	156k	December 28 1966, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	151k	USS Shields (DD-596), with tug escort, underway off Vancouver BC on August 15 1967. Source: City of Vancouver Archives, Photo No. AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-8095.3, by Walter E. Frost.		Mike Green
	58k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	123k	DesRon 5 patch		Ed Velasquez
	116k	DesRon 27 patch		Ed Velasquez
	129k	DesRon 17 patch		Ed Velasquez
	118k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	116k	Ship's plaque as designed by the Shield's Captain, Robert L. Wessel, in 1961.		Ed Velasquez
	104k	DesRon 5 plaque.		Ed Velasquez
	82k	ComCruDesPac plaque.		Ed Velasquez
	30k	Ship's Zippo.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.

CDR George Bernard Madden    Feb 8 1945 - Jun 12 1945

LCDR George Thornhill McDaniel Jr.    Jun 12 1945 - Oct 22 1945

LCDR Marcy Mathias DuPre III    Oct 22 1945 - Jun 14 1946

(Decommissioned Jun 14 1946 - Jul 15 1950)

LCDR Miles Rush Finley Jr.    Jul 15 1950 - Apr 2 1952

CDR William Sherman Kirkpatrick Jr.    Apr 2 1952 - Mar 20 1954

CDR Leigh Cosart (Early) Winters    Mar 20 1954 - Mar 23 1955

CAPT Robert Henderson Holmes    Mar 23 1955 - Apr 7 1955

CDR Albert Francis Hollingsworth    Apr 7 1955 - Apr 5 1957 (Later ADM)

CDR Richard Morgan Wright    Apr 5 1957 - Mar 8 1958

CDR Samuel Lewis Morton    Mar 8 1958 - Apr 4 1960

CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr.    Apr 4 1960 - Mar 13 1961

CDR Joseph Lewis Sperandio    Mar 13 1961 - May 2 1961 (Acting)

CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr.    May 2 1961 - Sep 13 1961

CAPT Robert Lee Wessel    Sep 13 1961 - Apr 18 1963

CDR Howard Jackson Ursettie    Apr 18 1963 - Sep 17 1964

CDR Victor Gordon Warriner    Sep 17 1964 - Oct 23 1965

CDR John Francis Tarpey    Oct 23 1965 - Apr 8 1967

CAPT Paul Walter Rohrer    Apr 8 1967 - Oct 28 1968 (Later RADM)

CDR Robert Joseph Forsyth    Oct 28 1968 - Jun 17 1970

CDR Billy Banks Traweek    Jun 17 1970 - Dec 10 1971

CDR William Frederick (Fritz) Wolff    Dec 10 1971 - Jul 1 1972