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	50k 174k	Harold Glenn Epperson, born 14 July 1923 in Akron, Ohio, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 12 December 1942. Private Epperson served with distinction in the assaults on Tarawa and Saipan, sharing in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his organization for its service at Tarawa. He was killed in action on Saipan 25 June 1944, and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his great courage and self-sacrifice in throwing himself on an enemy hand grenade to save his comrades from the effect of its explosion. Photo from the USMC History Division.		Bill Gonyo/Dan Ninedorf
	154k	Artist's conception of the Epperson 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
	38k	Undated, location unknown.		Harold Lind
	47k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1954-55".		Robert Hurst
	193k	Undated, underway replenishment with the USS Vega (AF-59) and the USS America (CVA-66).		Ed Zajkowski
	157k	Undated, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	69k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	140k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	67k	Delivery from Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark, New Jersey on September 17 1946.		Gerd Matthes
	118k	The incomplete USS Epperson (DD-719) (left) and USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) at Bath Iron Works, January 1948. The old steam tug Sequin, a long-time resident on the Kennebec River, is in the foreground.		Robert Hurst
	118k	USS Epperson (DD-719) underway, 1949. Official US Navy photo.		Robert Hurst
	91k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Photographed when first completed, probably during her delivery voyage from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 18 March 1949. Her Weapon "Able" anti-submarine rocket launcher has not yet been installed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	67k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Delivery photograph, taken by the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, 18 March 1949. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	30k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950.		Fred Weiss
	148k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has fired a dual Hedgehoge pattern, and is over-running the impact area. Note that she carries only one twin 5"/38 gun mount forward. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	121k	USS Epperson (DDE-719), center and USS Sarsfield (DD-837), at right Dropping depth charges during anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has also fired her "K-Gun" depth charge projectors, making vertical smoke trails (aft of the ship) and impact splashes to port and starboard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	151k	Key West on June 15 1950.		Robert Hurst
	156k	May 1955, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	118k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Undergoes an inclining experiment at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, 8 July 1957. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	190k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Underway at sea, 23 March 1958 Photographed by Pierce. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	131k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in May 1958. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	177k	The Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Fort Dunvegan (A160) replenishes the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVS-20) and the destroyer USS Epperson (DD-719) during the SEATO ASW exercise "Sea Devil" in the Coral Sea, in 1962. The Bennington, with assigned Carrier Anti-submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 7 January to 25 July 1962. Photo from U.S. Navy Aviation News [1] July 1962, p. 14.		Robert Hurst
	112k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) underway in the Pearl Harbour Channel, Oahu, 22 January 1962. Photographed by PHCS Robert A. Carlisle (USN Photo No NH 98870).		Robert Hurst
	152k	USS Epperson (DD-719) In drydock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, undergoing her FRAM I modernization, 14 April 1964. Photographed by Joseph Demattos. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	385k	Three images from the Tico yearbook 1966-67.		Gene McCallister
	282k	As above.		Gene McCallister
	360k	As above.		Gene McCallister
	60k	Taken in 1967 on R&R visit to Sydney prior to return to Gunline off Vietnam.		Don Searle, Royal Australian Navy 63-72
	95k	USS Epperson (DD-719) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, circa the late 1960's (USN Photo No NH 98873).		Robert Hurst
	141k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 12 February 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	126k	USS Epperson (DD-719) operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 29 August 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine of Squadron VC-1 (USN Photo No NH 98875).		Robert Hurst
	254k	This Huey (DustOff 16) came and visited while we were on the gun line in 1969 off Phan Thiet, Vietnam. Morgan was the LSO at the time.		Morgan Little
	77k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Hawaii, 18 December 1969. Photographed by PH2 D.L. Fry. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	156k	1970 in channel at Pearl Harbor.		Wolfgang Hechler
	161k	1970, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	137k	USS Epperson (DDE-719) Jacket patch of the ship's insignia, as used prior to 1962. Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	142k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Jacket patch of the Engineering Department's insignia, as used in 1967. The design's background is the Destroyer Squadron 25 insignia, overlaid with a "confident lion" and the motto "We Can Handle It". Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	102k	USS Epperson (DD-719) Emblem adopted in 1974. Its design alludes to her duty as Naval Reserve Training ship at Seattle, Washington. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	47k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	68k	Ship's patch.		Tom Gamstetter

LCDR Terrell Hoyt Woodward Connor    Mar 19 1949 - Jun 14 1950
CDR Philip Kingsland Sherman Jr.    Jun 14 1950 - Nov 15 1951
CDR Charles Hamden Mead Jr.    Nov 15 1951 - Nov 1953
CDR Nathaniel Burt Davis Jr.    Nov 1953 - Nov 1955
CDR Donald Clark Kirk    Nov 1955 - Nov 1956
CDR James Hervey Batcheller Jr.    Nov 1956 - Jul 1957
CDR Brian McCauley    Jul 1957 - Aug 1959 (Later RADM)
CDR Gail James Ellerbe    Aug 1959 - Feb 10 1961
CDR Robert John Trott    Feb 10 1961 - Aug 1962
CDR Thomas Arthur Bush Jr.    Aug 1962 - Feb 1964
LCDR Charles Culberson Denman Jr.    Feb 1964 - Sep 1964
CDR Paul Kenneth Clausen    Sep 1964 - Aug 1966
CDR Ralph Ensign Wilson Jr.    Aug 1966 - Jul 1967
CDR Cedric Sterling Wallace    Jul 1967 - 3 May 3 1969
CDR Leighton Dale Smith    May 3 1969 - Oct 21 1970
CDR Robert Wade Freeman    Oct 21 1970 - Apr 1972
CDR George Milton Elliott    Apr 1972 - Aug 1973
CDR Joe Don Camp    Aug 1973 - Oct 1 1975
LCDR David Paul Richardson    Oct 1 1975 - Dec 1 1975