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43k | Capt. Irving D. Wiltsie, USN, Plainfield NJ (missing in action): Commanding the USS LISCOME BAY in action against japanese forces off Makin Island, 24 November 1943, he fearlessly fought his way aft to determine the extent of damage suffered from a torpedo hit. His valiant devotion to duty was undeterred by raging fires, structural damage and blazing wreckage. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
154k | Artist's conception of the Wiltsie as built in a cutaway view 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 | ||
67k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | ||
99k | Undated, location unknown. Photos courtesy of The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. | Robert Hurst | ||
64k | Undated, location unknown. | Ron Reeves | ||
102k | Broadside view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 7 Dec 1949 to 12 April 1950. | Darryl Baker | ||
88k | Aft plan view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950. | Darryl Baker | ||
82k | Forward plan view view of USS Wiltsie (DD 716) in San Francisco Bay on 18 April 1950. | Darryl Baker | ||
166k | USS Wiltsie (DD 716) off Mare Island on April 18 1950. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | ||
60k | Our Navy Magazine, 1 March 1957. | Stanley Svec | ||
118k | March 23 1958, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
60k | USS Wiltsie (DD-716) and USS Morton (DD-948) alongside the USS Prairie (AD-15) November 1960 in San Diego. | Robert Schultz ETC(SW) Ret | ||
205k | This photo was originally published in the November 1960 issue of CruDesPac News. The four ships were manning the rail to salute President Eisenhower as he passed by in his barge. The President is standing topside in the barge, midships. The other ships in the picture are USS Morton (DD 948), USS Hamner (DD718), and USS De Haven (DD727). We were moored in San Diego Bay. | Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton | ||
89k | San Diego Ca., February 5 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt | ||
239k | Seventh Fleet ships replenishing in the South China Sea, May 1969. Photographed by PH1 Long. Ships present are (from front to back): USS Wiltsie (DD-716), USS Tappahannock (AO-43), USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Mars (AFS-1), and USS Perkins (DD-877). Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# USN 1139357). | Fabio Peña/Robert Hurst | ||
41k | San Francisco December 1973. | Marc Piché | ||
64k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | ||
136k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | ||
65k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
CDR Raymond Dennis Fusselman Jan 12 1946 - Oct 1947 CDR Glover Trenholm Ferguson Oct 1947 - Dec 1948 CDR Carroll Walter Brigham Dec 1948 - Jun 1951 CDR Charles Allan Berry Jun 1951 - Aug 1953 CDR Theodore William Runk Aug 1953 - Nov 1955 CDR Martin Deckard Gastrock Nov 1955 - Jul 1957 CDR Winfield Scott Slocum III Jul 1957 - Jun 1959 CDR Earl Joseph Alt Jun 1959 - Aug 1961 CDR Robert Edward Adamson Jr. Aug 1961 - Dec 1961 (Later VADM) CDR Peter Charles Kochis Dec 1961 - Oct 1963 CDR William Nivison Oct 1963 - Jul 1965 CDR Wallace Silveanus Gabriel Jul 1965 - Jun 1967 CDR Oscar Emanuel Sanden Jun 1967 - May 1969 CDR William Vogt Powell May 1969 - May 14 1971 CDR Myron Alan Skubinna May 14 1971 - Sep 29 1972 CDR Melvin Edward Seiler Sep 29 1972 - 1973 CDR Cornelius Thomas O'Neill 1973 - Mar 17 1974 CDR Donald E. Harris Jr. Mar 17 1974 - Jan 23 1976
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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