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30 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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62k | Stanton Frederick Kalk was born in Alabama on 14 October 1894. He received his higher education at the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1916. Service in the battleship Florida followed. In September 1917 he was assigned to the destroyer Jacob Jones, which was then performing convoy escort duties as part of the Anglo-American effort to control the serious threat of German U-boats. On 6 December 1917, Kalk was officer-of-the-deck when his ship was torpedoed by the submarine U-53. After Jacob Jones sank, he exhibited "extraordinary heroism" while helping move survivors among life rafts in an effort to equalize their loads. As a result of his exertions in the chilly water of the North Atlantic, Lt(JG) Kalk died from exhaustion and exposure. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Photo #: NH 48684. Midshipman Stanton F. Kalk, USN (1894-1917) photographed circa 1916, the year he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. USS Kalk (Destroyer # 170) was named in his honor. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
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58k | Artist's conception of the Kalk 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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51k | Artist's conception of the Kalk 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 Kalk 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 | |
| 109k | USS Kalk (DD-611) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 December 1942. Note the small tug assisting her, and the barge YOS-1 beyond the tug's stack. The city of Vallejo is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 109k | USS Kalk (DD-611) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 December 1942. Note large smokestack on the shore, at left, and the many seagulls flying near the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 114k | Navy Photo 8192-12-42, broadside view of USS Kalk (DD 611) off Mare Island on 27 Dec. 1942. She was under going repairs at the yard between 14 to 27 Dec 1942. | Darryl Baker | |
| 158k | USS Kalk (DD 611) off Mare Island on December 27, 1942. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Musuem. | Darryl Baker | |
| 65k | Navy Photo 1883-3-43, forward plan view of USS Kalk (DD 611) at Mare Island on 20 March 43. She was under going repairs at the yard from 3 March to 25 March 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 115k | Navy Photo 1884-3-43, aft plan view of USS Kalk (DD 611) at Mare Island on 20 March 43. | Darryl Baker | |
| 92k | Off Biak, New Guinea, 28 May 1944. National Archives photo 80-G-284958. | John Chiquoine | |
| 28k | This photo and the next 22 show the aftermath of a bomb blast aboard the Kalk on June 12 1944. This photo displays looking aft Starboard side #2 stack, & #7-20mm mount. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 36k | More damage in the area of the Starboard side #2 stack, & #7-20mm mount. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 27k | More damage in the area of the Starboard side #2 stack, & #7-20mm mount. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 29k | More damage in the area of the Starboard side #2 stack, & #7-20mm mount. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 27k | Forward Engine Room damage. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 39k | Torpedo Rack on Starboard lifeboat. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 38k | Torpedo Rack area. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 39k | Torpedo Rack above Machine Shop, & #1, or Forward, engine room. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 33k | Looking forward Starboard side - Machine Shop & Electrical Shop. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 30k | CIC Deck area. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 31k | Starboard #7- 20 mm mount area. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 46k | #2 stack in foreground, #1 stack in rear. Port side looking forward. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 25k | #2 stack in foreground, #1 stack in rear. Port side looking forward. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 33k | Removing the wounded. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 35k | Removing the wounded onto PT Boat. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 37k | Removing the wounded onto PT Boat. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 27k | Lt. Leonard Hanks 2nd from left. Lt. John Barrett 2nd from right. Lt. Gantar, XO, presenting awards. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 42k | Preparing for burial at sea. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 19k | Burial at sea service. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 36k | This is the burial at sea of James Leon Johnson, Chief Machinist, 13 June 1944. This was held the day after and late in the afternoon from when the KALK was hit. The ship is being towed by USS Stockton at that moment. Capt. H.D. Fuller at the front. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 31k | As above. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 38k | As above. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 23k | Commemorative plaque installed at Bethlehem Shipyard honoring the Kalk dead from June 12, 1944. | Gary L. Edmisten | |
| 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 | |
| 36k | Ship's patch. | Don McGrogan | |
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LCDR Charles Tod Singleton Jr. Oct 17 1942 - Aug 26 1943 CDR Harold Douglas Fuller Aug 26 1943 - Nov 11 1944 LCDR Charles Anthony Marinke Nov 11 1944 - May 3 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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