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	47k	Richard Jordan Gatling, born in Hartford County, N.C., 12 September 1818, won fame as the inventor of machines to plant cotton, rice, and wheat; and hemp-breaker; a steam plow; and a screw propeller for steamboats. During the Civil War he designed a multibarrelled machine gun. He died in New York City 25 February 1903. Digital ID: cwpbh 03735, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	120k	Undated, location unknown.		Max Selby
	66k	Souvenir button of the launching of the USS Dortch (DD-670) and USS Gatling (DD-671) on June 20 1943. Courtesy of www.timepassagesnostalgia.com.		Tom Kerman
	208k	Launching of the USS Dortch (DD-670) and USS Gatling (DD-671) on June 20 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ. From the collection of John Serge Kurilla Sr. who was a shipbuilding engineer.		Mark Kurilla
	218k	USS Gatling (DD-671) underway circa 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107194.		Robert Hurst
	112k	USS Birmingham (CL-62), at left, and USS Gatling (DD-671) pull away from USS Princeton (CVL-23) following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at about 1523 hrs. on 24 October 1944. This blast killed over two hundred men aboard Birmingham, which was alongside Princeton fighting fires. Note the light smoke over Birmingham's midships and stern areas. Princeton's stern, and a good deal of her after superstructure, has been blown off. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-270553).		NHC
	91k	Stern view of USS Gatling (DD 671) off Mare Island on 15 June 1945.		Darryl Baker
	89k	Bow on view of USS Gatling (DD 671) departing Mare Island on 15 June 1945.		Darryl Baker
	140k	View of USS Gatling (DD 671) departing Mare Island on 15 June 1945.		Darryl Baker
	146k	View of USS Gatling (DD 671) departing Mare Island on 15 June 1945.		Darryl Baker
	131k	Forward plan view of USS Gatling (DD 671) in dry dock #3 at Mare Island on 17 June 1945.		Darryl Baker
	158k	Aft plan view of USS Gatling (DD 671) in dry dock #3 at Mare Island on 17 June 1945. She was in overhaul at the yard from 19 April to 17 June 1945. Gatling was back in dry dock to repair a block main injection after her initial bay trials.		Darryl Baker
	107k	Staten Island, NY circa 1946 with USS Gatling (DD-671) and USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668).		George Sann
	94k	Circa 1950's, location unknown.		David Buell
	156k	Circa 1950's, location unknown.		Dave Wright
	102k	Taken from USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) in the summer of 1953, during her Korean deployment.		A. William Beam
	123k	July 1953, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	67k	Lisbon, Portugal September 1954		Larry Bonn
	235k	USS Dashiell (DD-659) and USS Gatling (DD-671) pass through the Panama Canal, circa 1957. U.S. Navy All Hands magazine, April 1957.		Robert Hurst
	99k	In the Mediterranean in 1959.		Robert Hurst
	197k	USS Gatling (DD-671), USS Dashiell (DD-659) and USS Cotten (DD-669) in late 1970 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, NPC 1145643.		Ed Zajkowski
	96k	Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility 30 July 1974, (L-R) USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), USS Caperton (DD-650), Gatling (DD-671), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Hazelwood (DD-531) and USS Cassin Young (DD-793).

CDR Alvin Franklin Richardson    Aug 19 1943 - Dec 27 1944 (Later RADM)

CDR Vincent James Meola    Dec 27 1944- Nov 26 1945

CDR Frank Lewis Fullaway    Nov 26 1945 - Jun 28 1946

LCDR Frederick Lee Edwards    Jun 28 1946 - Jul 16 1946

(Decommissioned Jul 16 1946 -Jun 4 1951)

CDR William Joseph Keating Sr.    Jun 4 1951 - Jul 2 1952

CDR William David Owen Jr.    Jul 2 1952 - Aug 20 1954

CDR Philip George Saylor    Aug 20 1954 - Oct 1 1956

CDR Kenneth Steen    Oct 1 1956 - Jul 25 1958

CDR Richard Wheeler Belt Jr.    Jul 25 1958 - Jan 1960

LCDR Jack Conway Crandall    Jan 1960 - May 2 1960







291kShip's patchTom Gamstetter