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	46k	James Buck was born at Baltimore, Md., in 1808 and enlisted in the Navy in 1852. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for his heroic service during the Civil War on board the steamer Brooklyn where, though severely wounded, he stood at the wheel for eight hours and steered the vessel during the engagement with Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River. He died in Baltimore 1 November 1865. Digital ID: det 4a14031, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	94k	Artist's conception of the Buck as she appeared following her FRAM overhaul 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
	98k	Undated, location unknown.		D. N. Dunham
	146k	Undated photo of USS Buck (DD 761) from the photo lab of the USS Piedmont (AD 17).		Darryl Baker
	136k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	131k	Undated, off Point Loma.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	131k	Undated, off Point Loma.		Mike Green
	251k	USS Buck (DD-761) under construction, at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipyard, San Francisco, California, on 6 January 1945. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-76776.		Mike Green
	208k	Photo dated February 1952 showing view of USS Buck (DD-761) of damage received in a collision with USS John W. Thomason (DD-760). Photo dated February 1952. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-653244.		Mike Green
	107k	Underway during operations off the Korean coast, which is faintly visible in the distance. Photo is dated 22 February 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	636k	USS Buck (DD-761), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and USS Saint Paul (CA-73). Steaming in close formation during operations off the Korean coast. Photo is dated 22 February 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Original: Joe Radigan Replacement: Robert Hurst
	126k	Another view.		Joe Radigan
	90k	USS Dixie (AD 14) at Sasebo, Japan with USS John A. Bole (DD 755); USS Buck (DD 761); USS John W. Thomason (DD 760); and USS Lofberg (DD 759) moored to port, circa 1953.		Wayne Schafer
	176k	USS Buck (DD-761) circa mid 1950’s.		Bill Gonyo
	73k	USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) and USS Buck (DD-761) refueling from USS Mispillion (AO-105), from the USS Philippine Sea Cruise Book, 1955.		Richard J. Havener AT3, VF-143, 1955
	48k	Circa 1963, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	70k	San Diego, February 5 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	110k	USS Buck (DD 761) at sea in the Pacific Ocean. 16 April 1969. Photo by PH1 D. L. Nichols. No: K-71173.		Fabio Peña
	330k	Photo from the USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) during an underway VertRep in the South China Sea in 1970.		William P. Jones, M.D.
	100k	USS Buck alongside the USS Chicago in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Oct 70 - Feb 71 deployment.		Lt.(jg) William C. Pratt
	149k	As above.		Lt.(jg) William C. Pratt
	50k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	22k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	313k	Ship's patch.		Tom Gamstetter
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
On Brazilian Service
	118k	USS BUCK - as the CT "ALAGOAS" (D 36), in the Guanabara Bay, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil circa 1974. Published photo by Brazilian Navy (BRN).		Luiz BRAZIL Cotta FT3 (Ret. BRN)
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