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	72k	Charles Foster Wedderburn was born 02 October 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Washington, DC. Appointed a midshipman at the Naval Academy on 07 July 1911, he graduated and received his commission on 05 June 1915. Ensign Wedderburn served in Brooklyn (Cruiser No. 3) from graduation to the end of 1915. In December 1915, he transferred to Chauncey (Destroyer No. 3), assigned to the Asiatic Fleet and based at Cavite in the Philippines. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on 01 July 1917; a month later, his ship departed Cavite with orders to the coast of France. Based at St. Nazaire, his ship escorted convoys in the eastern Atlantic. While on such a mission about 110 miles west of Gibraltar, Chauncey was involved in a fatal collision with the British merchantman SS Rose on the night of 18 - 19 November. The destroyer sank at about 0317 on the morning of the 19th taking Wedderburn and 20 of his comrades to their deaths. Photo from 1915 Lucky Bag.		Bill Gonyo
USS Wedderburn (DD-684)
	26k	Undated wartime shot, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 22d.		-
	124k	Wedderburn (DD-684) coming alongside USS Lanier (APA-125), date and location unknown. Photo from USS Lanier cruise book.		Russ Padden
	190k	Undated postcard view of the USS Hopewell (DD-681), USS Wedderburn (DD-684), USS Kidd (DD-661) and the USS Uhlmann (DD-687) nested at San Diego.		Tommy Trampp
	105k	Undated shot, underway off Point Loma.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	82k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	85k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	121k	1944, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	220k	Circa 1944, crew members with Japanese flag. From the collection of MM3c Russell Everette Chase.		Tamara Chase
	255k	Crew members at Seattle's New Chinatown, circa 1944. From the collection of MM3c Russell Everette Chase, who is second from the right.		Tamara Chase
	380k	Page one of the Wedderburn's Newspaper Keel Hauler from 26 June 1944. From the collection of MM3c Russell Everette Chase.		Tamara Chase
	240k	Subpoena and Summons for the lowly pollywog SC3c Albert Lee Candido to appear before King Neptune as the Wedderburn crosses the Equator, 01 September 1944. From the collection of Mike Sharp.		Robert Hall
	219k	The Plan of the Day for 24 July 1945.		Robert Hall
	269k	A 'Family-Gram' form letter used by the crew after the war had ended. This copy was used by SC3c Albert Lee Candido in September 1945.		Robert Hall
	267k	USS Twining (DD-540) (in foreground) and USS Wedderburn (DD-684) steam in Sagami Wan, outside of Tokyo Bay, in company with other Third Fleet warships to support the occupation of Yokosuka naval base, 28 August 1945. Mount Fuji is in the left center distance. Photographed from USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17). National Archives photo 80-G-344505		Fred Weiss / George English
World War II Cruise Book from the collection of MM3c Russell Everette Chase - circa 1945				Tamara Chase
	615k	Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, during the later 1940s or early 1950s. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 94310, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri, 1982.		Fred Weiss
	283k	USS Wedderburn approaching USS Uhlmann (DD-687) while the two were on a reserve cruiser to Guayaquil, Ecuador, summer 1950. Photo taken by Neil Hamilton on Uhlmann.		Neil W. Hamilton
	320k	USS Wedderburn (DD-684) underway in the Pacific, February 1958. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 69837-A, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969		Joe Radigan/Robert Hurst
	425k	USS Wedderburn (DD-684) underway, circa the late 1950s. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 73463		Fred Weiss
	117k	Location unknown, 12 February 1961.		Ed Zajkowski
A series of 34 images of the Wedderburn refueling from the USS Bennington (CVS-20) in the South China Sea during winter 1961 by Navy Photographer PH2 Charles Hansen.				Charles Hansen
	140k	Decorated for an open house event while at anchor in Subic Bay, Philippines, December 1962. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	169k	USS Kittyhawk (CVA-63) and USS Cimarron (AO-22), near Japan, spring 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	325k	Bow of Wedderburn (DD-684) and an unidentified Destroyer from DesRon 21, near Japan, spring 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	297k	Approaching USS Cimarron (AO-22) north of Japan, February/March 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	404k	Refueling from USS Cimarron (AO-22), north of Japan, February/March 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	456k	Refueling from USS Cimarron (AO-22), north of Japan, February/March 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	386k	Starboard twin 40 mm guns, looking aft, near beppu, Japan, spring 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	372k	Near Beppu, Japan, March 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	231k	Tied to buoys in Yokosuka harbor, Japan, spring 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	205k	Tied to buoys in Yokosuka harbor, Japan, spring 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	417k	USS Kittyhawk (CVA-63) refueling Wedderburn near Subic Bay, late December 1962 or early January 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	145k	Near Vladivostok, March 1963. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	409k	19th birthday greeting to the crew of Wedderburn. From the collection of R.L. “Bob” Clawson.		Carol Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific.
	562k	USS Wedderburn (DD-684) firing her 5"/38 guns at a target drone aircraft, during exercises, 21 August 1964. The ship following next astern is USS Porterfield (DD-682). The relative positions of Wedderburn's signal flags, with the port side red "Bravo" flag hoisted higher, indicate that the ship is firing to port. Evenly hoisted flags on Porterfield indicate that her guns are not yet trained out. USN photo 1107281, photographed by PH2 R.D. Fennell.		Fred Weiss
	81k	A fuel stop at Midway Island on the way to WestPac. USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) and probably USS Wedderburn (DD-684) on the other side of the pier, January 1966.		Larry Backus
	97k	USS Brush (DD-745), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Wedderburn (DD-684) and USS Worden (DLG-18) nested with an unknown tender in Subic Bay, late January 1966.		Larry Backus
	737k	Wedderburn arriving at Sasebo Naval Base, 1966. photo copyright Saburo Inoue.		Bob Canchola
Change of Command pamphlet - July 22 1966				Robert Joseph Coontz Jr.
Four views of the Wedderburn alongside the USS Hancock (CVA-19) off the Vietnamese coast, April 1967.				Charles Dehnert
Change of Command pamphlet - 28 September 1968				Robert Joseph Coontz Jr.
Memorabilia
	91k	Ship's Patch.		Joe Radigan
	134k	Ship's Patch.		George English/Mike Smolinski
	142k	Ship's Plaque.		Ron Reeves
	73k	Ship's Plaque.		Mike Smolinski

CDR John Lester Wilfong    Mar 9 1944 - Aug 10 1944

CDR Charles Hansford Kendall    Aug 10 1944 - May 5 1945

LCDR Robert William Clark    May 5 1945 - Apr 4 1946

(Decommissioned Apr 4 1946 - Nov 21 1950)

CDR Richard Bostwick Franklin    Nov 21 1950 - Aug 15 1952

CDR William Manson Klee    Aug 15 1952 - Dec 28 1953 (Later RADM)

CDR Severance Woodbury Gavitt    Dec 28 1953 - Oct 30 1954

CDR Ernest Louis Schwab Jr.    Oct 30 1954 - Jul 23 1956

CDR George Oliver Atkinson    Jul 23 1956 - Aug 4 1958

CDR James Davis Oliver Jr.    Aug 4 1958 - Aug 5 1960

CDR Lawrence Arthur Wilder    Aug 5 1960 - Dec 22 1961

CDR Lewayne Thompson    Dec 22 1961 - Jul 19 1963

CDR Paul Hermann Dallmann    Jul 19 1963 - Mar 20 1965

CDR Thomas Edwin Jackson    Mar 20 1965 - Jul 22 1966

CDR Robert Joseph Coontz    Jul 22 1966 - Sep 28 1968

CDR John J. Viera    Sep 28 1968 - Oct 1969

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