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To Taiwan October 1 1977, renamed Sheng-Yang.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 55k | John Vincent Power, born in Worcester, Mass., enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 7 July 1942 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 31 October 1942. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in January 1944, he was killed during the fight for Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1 February 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 91k | Artist's conception of the Power 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 | |
| 123k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 98k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 73k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Hart | |
| 38k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 48k | Undated postcard Copyright © M. Cee Bishop, Jacksonville, FL. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 90k | Markab (AD-21) with destroyers Dashiel (DD-659), Isherwood (DD-520), Power (DD-839) and William C. Lawe (DD-763) alongside at Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown. | Mark Roberts, Destroyersonline.com | |
| 55k | Undated, entering Valetta, Malta harbor. | Tommy Trampp/Art Tilley | |
| 127k | Undated, USS Chukawan (AO-100) underway while replenishing the destroyers USS Power (DD-839) and USS Goodrich (DD-831), location unknown. Photo courtesy Mike Smolinski. | Robert Hurst | |
| 102k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 116k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 86k | October 1 1945, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 119k | USS Missouri (BB-63) (center) off Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 April 1946. She had brought the body of the Late Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, home for burial, on a mission that was also made to influence Soviet Middle East policy. USS Power (DD-839) is at left, and the Turkish Battlecruiser Yavuz (formerly the German Goeben) is at right. Dolmabahce Mosque is in the foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 101k | USS Power (DD-839) refuelling from the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41). Midway, with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVBG-1) embarked was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 29 October 1947 and 11 March 1948. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Midway (CVB-41) 1947-48 Cruise Book. | Robert Hurst | |
| 32k | LCDR Frank A. Visconti, Sr., Chief Engineer, in front of Mount 51 circa 1949-1951. | Frank A. Visconti, Jr. | |
| 143k | Refueling in the Mediterranean in 1950: Top to bottom - USS Power (DD-839), USS Newport News (CA-148), USS Salamonie (AO-26), amd USS Hanson (DD-832). The cruiser is carrying an H03S-1 helo on her fantail. When completed, the Newport News had seaplane catapults on her stern, but they were removed shortley after she was commissioned. | George Klos | |
| 174k | Circa 1952-1956 Christmas card of Power rounding Cape Horn. From the collection of Wayne Ellzey. | Todd Ellzey | |
| 192k | Circa 1952-1956, location unknown. From the collection of Wayne Ellzey. | Todd Ellzey | |
| 158k | April 1953, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 130k | The Power during the Summer of 1954 on a Mediterranean Cruise and she made a port call at Venice, Italy. | William H. Neal, Jr. | |
| 45k | Mediterranean Sea, August 1967 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 114k | Nelson, NZ, October 7 1969. | Chris Howell | |
| 172k | In Genoa November 7 1971. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| 201k | Newspaper clipping from March 1974 as the Power enters Brooklyn Navy Yard. | Lon Finnerty | |
| 31k | New York April 1975. | Marc Piché | |
| 60k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 49k | Front page from the decommissioning pamphlet, October 1 1977. | Lon Finnerty | |
| 74k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Taiwanese Service |
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| 86k | As the Sheng-Yang February 7 2005, at Keelung Naval Base, Taiwan. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 61k | Two views of the Sheng-Yang October 11 2005 during a Press photo op. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 50k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 118k | Four views from the Decommissioning ceremony of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy's last ex-Gearing destroyer, the DDG-923 Sheng-Yang, the ex-USS DD-839 Power, took at Keelung Harbor this afternoon (November 26, 2005). The ceremony was hosted by Adm. Bon-Chi Chen, the commander-in-chief of ROCN. Hundreds of people used to be the crew member of Sheng-Yang were invited to attend the ceremony. The final fate of Sheng-Yang is unknown, it is very possible to become a warship museum, but the Ministry of Defence has not decided yet. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 99k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 59k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
| 91k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao | |
CDR John MacAuley Steinbeck Sep 13 1945 - Nov 20 1946 CDR Robert Stewart Burdick Nov 20 1946 - Aug 28 1947 CDR John Williams Florence Aug 28 1947 - Aug 11 1948 CDR Richard Clarke Steere Aug 11 1948 - Jul 27 1949 CDR Stephen Morris Archer Jul 27 1949 - Jul 19 1950 CDR Charles Ellsworth Pond Jul 19 1950 - Mar 12 1951 CDR Arthur Gerald Esch Mar 12 1951 - May 12 1952 (Later RADM) CDR Henry Gilbert Shonerd Jr. May 12 1952 - Aug 6 1953 CDR Arthur Gernt Harrison Aug 6 1953 - Feb 7 1955 CDR George Grandchamp Halvorson Feb 7 1955 - Dec 9 1955 (Later RADM) CDR Horace Phillips McNeal Dec 9 1955 - Oct 9 1957 CDR John Sinclair Leidel Oct 9 1957 - Sep 19 1959 CDR John Harry Jorgenson Sep 19 1959 - Jan 13 1961 LCDR Burton Whitley Hancock Jan 13 1961 - Jun 5 1961 LCDR Eugene Francis Kelly Jun 5 1961 - Oct 6 1961 CDR Robert Samuel Hayes Oct 6 1961 - Oct 30 1963 CDR Arthur Michael Hayes Jr. Oct 30 1963 - Aug 27 1965 CDR James Griffin Everett Aug 27 1965 - Sep 4 1967 CDR Edwin Lyle Herring Sep 4 1967 - Jul 7 1969 CDR Douglas Charles Murphy Jul 7 1969 - Mar 8 1971 CDR Searcy Garlits Galing Mar 8 1971 - Aug 5 1972 LCDR Edward Francis Kellogg Aug 5 1972 - Sep 13 1973 CDR John David Eckert Sep 13 1973 - Sep 13 1974 CDR James William Eaton Jr. Sep 13 1974 - Sep 3 1976 CDR George Washington Crowninshield Sep 3 1976 - Jul 9 1977 LCDR Brent Alan Bradberry Jul 9 1977 - Oct 1 1977
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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