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| 74k | Born 22 April 1920 in Holyoke, Mass., Dennis Joseph Buckley, Jr., enlisted in the Navy 30 September 1940. Fireman First Class Buckley was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for displaying exceptional courage in attempting to board and salvage a blockade runner which had been intercepted by his ship Eberle (DD-430) on 10 March 1943. The explosion of demolition charges planted by the blockade runner's crew took his life. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 91k | Artist's conception of the Buckley 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 | |
| 68k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 107k | Undated, location unknown. | Ray Sorrell, STG2 | |
| 68k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 57k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 231k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 141k | Undated, location unknown. USN photo from the San Bruno branch, US National Archives. | Robert Hurst | |
| 255k | Undated, location unknown. Photo by the USS Dixie (AD-14) photo lab. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
| 117k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 91k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 81k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 44k | Launching December 20 1944 at Bath Iron Works. | Ron Reeves | |
| 60k | USS Dennis J Buckley (DD 808), USS Cowell (DD 547) and USS Cushing (DD 797), during a port call in San Francisco, sometime during the 1950's. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 37k | Circa 1950, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 133k | Three views from her Dad's collection of the Buckley during the early 1950's, location unknown. | Julie Ronan | |
| 100k | As above. | Julie Ronan | |
| 113k | As above. | Julie Ronan | |
| 197k | June 14 1958, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 117k | Circa 1961 just after command change at sea on the USS Turner Joy. | George Estey | |
| 162k | USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) steams with an "honor guard" of four destroyers, as a Change of Command ceremony takes place on her fight deck, 28 November 1962. Captain E.P. Kline relieved Captain G.C. Bullard as the carrier's Commanding Officer during the ceremony, which took place while she was operating in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. The destroyers, all units of Destroyer Squadron Nineteen, are (at left): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951); (alongside the carrier): USS Black (DD-666) and USS Dennis J. Buckley (DDR-808). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 62k | Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 1968 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 39k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 45k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 26k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich | |
CDR Kinloch Chafee Walpole Mar 2 1945 - Feb 1946 CDR Arthur Robert Gralla Feb 1946 - Jun 1947 (Later VADM) CDR Charles Clark Mann Jun 1947 - Jun 20 1948 (Later RADM) CDR Joseph Jarlathe Staley Jun 20 1948 - Sep 3 1950 CDR Francis Michael Gambacorta Sep 3 1950 - Aug 1951 CDR Duncan Forbes Francis Aug 1951 - Apr 25 1953 CDR Robert Edward Paige Apr 25 1953 - May 27 1955 CDR Arden Eugene Baughman May 27 1955 - May 1956 CDR Roy Arthur Norelius May 1956 - May 1958 CDR Harry Clifton Lowe Sr. May 1958 - Oct 14 1959 CDR William Arthur Simcox Oct 14 1959 - Feb 1962 CDR Lavern Gerold Wear Feb 1962 - Feb 1964 CDR Richard James Morin Feb 1964 - Jun 27 1964 LCDR Robert Hadley Brown Jun 27 1964 - Sep 28 1964 CDR James Spray Gardner Sep 28 1964 - Jul 6 1966 CDR George Valentine Eidson Jul 6 1966 - Sep 12 1968 CDR Arthur George Luskin Sep 12 1968 - Feb 18 1970 CDR James Carl Froid Feb 18 1970 - Jun 25 1970 CDR Carr Jun 25 1970 - Aug 17 1970 LCDR Virgil Clark Hodges Aug 17 1970 - Nov 20 1970 CDR Herbert Joseph Dean Sep 15 1971 - Feb 14 1973 CDR Vernon Randolph Bussard Jr. Feb 14 1973 - Apr 27 1973 LCDR Albert Hoyt Mitchell Jr. Apr 27 1973 - Jul 2 1973
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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