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To Japan March 10 1959, renamed Yugure.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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69k 124k | Richard Phillips Leary was born 3 November 1842 in Baltimore, Md. He entered the Naval Academy in 1860. During the Civil War, he served in Canandaigua and Sangamon assigned to the Atlantic blockade. Later, during tension with Germany over Samoa, Leary commanded Adams at Samoa from October to December 1888. In the Spanish-American War, he commanded San Francisco off Havana, Cuba. From 1899 into 1900, Captain Leary served as Naval Governor of Guam. Retiring in 1901, Rear Admiral Leary died 27 December at Chelsea, Mass. The second image shows him as Governor of Guam 1899-1900. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 79k | Artist's conception of the Leary 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 | |
| 92k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 106k | Undated, location unknown. NARA photo 80-G-22237. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 13d. | Fred Weiss | |
| 308k | This unidentified print was found in the NA Signal Corps RG and in frayed condition. It is SC255837 and taken by an Army photographer on or near the Leyte beach 20 October 1944. Shown is HONOLULU whose crew is trying to stabilize the ship and evacuate wounded. She was hit by an aerial torpedo during fire support of the Leyte landings. RICHARD P LEARY, in her 13d pattern, is alongside to starboard to assist. | Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine | |
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| 63k | As Japanese Yugure, May 18 1960. | Marc Piché | |
| 90k | Yugure, DD 184, (ex-USS Richard P. Leary, DD-664) underway circa 1964, location unknown. Photo by Ishikawajima-Harima heavy Industries Co. Ltd from the 1964-65 Edition of Jane's Fighting Ships | Robert Hurst | |
CDR Frederic Shrom Habecker Feb 23 1944 - Nov 1944 CDR Duncan Patterson Dixon Jr. Nov 1944 - Aug 31 1945 CAPT Herald Franklin Stout Aug 31 1945 - Sep 2 1945 LCDR Wayne William Watkins Sep 2 1945 - Dec 10 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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