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58k | Artist's conception of the Gillespie as built 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 | |
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52k | Artist's conception of the Gillespie as built 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 | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Gillespie as she appeared in World War II 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 | |
| 196k | Gillespie off Bethlehem Steel San Francisco her building yard, October 2 1942. | David Buell | |
| 97k | USS Gillespie (DD-609) underway off San Francisco, California on 2 October 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107213. | Robert Hurst | |
| 90k | USS Gillespie (DD-609) at anchor on October 10 1942. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-35168. | Robert Hurst | |
| 52k | Broadside view of USS Gillespie (DD-609) off Mare Island on 17 March 1943. She was under going repairs at the yard from 4 March to 17 March 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 90k | Bow on view of USS Gillespie (DD-609) departing Mare Island on 17 March 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 160k | USN/ONI photo of USS Gillespie (DD-609) taken at Mare Island 17 March 1943. | David Buell | |
| 87k | USS Welles (DD-628), USS Gillespie (DD-609), USS Hobby (DD-610) and USS Kalk (DD-611) in Norfolk for New Year's 1944. | John Chiquoine | |
| 84k | A series of 7 views of activity aboard and by USS Gillespie (DD609), while in operations supporting forces ashore in the New Guinea theater, summer 1944. From the Signal Corps collection, NARA SC111-items 190768, 272082-7, and 287121. | John Chiquoine | |
| 217k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 91k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 113k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 111k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 117k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 109k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
| 485k | USS Gillespie (DD-609) pulls away after transferring mail to USS DuPage (APA-41) while en-route to Peleliu, 13 September 1944. Photographed by Johnson. National Archives photo 127-GW-762-95985 | Dave Wright | |
| 175k | USS Gillespie (DD-609) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 21 December 1944. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-75855. | Mike Green | |
| 141k | USS Gillespie (DD-609) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 21 December 1944. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-75858. | Mike Green | |
| 134k | This is a breeches-buoy activity between USS Walker (DD-517) and USS Gillespie (DD-609) on 28 August 1945. Found in the Bill Willeford snapshots. | John Chiquoine | |
| 168k | Right-to-left are USS Gillespie (DD-609), USS Bancroft (DD-598), USS Grayson (DD-435), and USS Edwards (DD-619) as seen in a 1970 nest at the Orange, Texas Inactive Ship Facility. These are incidental views to a series of photos of USS Hobby's first reunion, with the uncommon chance of all four wearing the larger bow numerals. Photos are by Joe Buya, courtesy Ray and Betty Simons. | John Chiquoine | |
| 177k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
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LCDR Chester Lee Clement Sep 18 1942 - Jun 10 1943 LCDR John Southworth Fahy Jun 10 1943 - Nov 6 1944 LCDR Elvin Clinton Ogle Nov 6 1944 - Apr 17 1946
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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This page was created by Fred Willishaw (ex ARG-4, AS-11 & DD-692) and is maintained by David L. Wright
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