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	42k	Aquilla James Dyess, born 11 January 1909 in Augusta, Ga., served in the Army, then he was appointed first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve 4 November 1936. He was assigned to active duty at Norfolk 8 November 1940. He was killed in action at Namur Island, Marshall Islands, 2 February 1944. Lieutenant Colonel Dyess was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring and forceful leadership in the face of fierce opposition on the day of his death. Photo from the USMC History Division.		Bill Gonyo
	110k	Undated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria).		Rick Rowan
	72k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	34k	Undated, location unknown.		Joe Peters MM3, 1952
	144k	Undated, location unknown.		Marty Mustin
	155k	Undated, location unknown.		Marty Mustin
	52k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	37k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	126k	Undated, in Venice, Italy harbor.		Thomas Becher
	175k	Undated, location unknown. Drawing done 1958 in Ghent, Belgium by JB DeBudt, USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Furse (DD-882), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881).		Robert J. Clark
	112k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	125k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	111k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	111k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	83k	Undated, USS Turner (DD-834) and USS Dyess (DD-880) location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	80k	Launching at Orange, Texas January 26 1945.		Ron Reeves
	83k	Starboard bow view of newly commissioned USS Dyess (DD-880) departing the Consolidated Steel Co. Shipyard, Orange, Texas, 26 May 1945. Note unidentified sister ship fitting out in background. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-86648.		Mike Green
	105k	Starboard quarter view of USS Dyess (DD-880) off Orange, Texas, 26 May 1945. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-86649.		Mike Green
	153k	April 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	241k	April 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	163k	USS Dyess (DD-880) being refuelled by USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1950-1952. Official USN photo from the USS Coral Sea veteran's website.		Robert Hurst
	91k	December 26 1951, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	183k	USS Bordelon (DD-881), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) in Italian waters on October 1 1956.		Carlo Martinelli
	282k	USS Dyess (DDR-880) underway on 15 January 1962, while serving with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, Photo No. NH 106987.		Mike Green
	74k	Boston, June 1965.		© Richard Leonhardt
	55k	San Diego, February 5 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	47k	Eastern Pacific, February 8 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	45k	San Diego 5 February 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	108k	USS Dyess (DD-880) Whale Boat returning to the USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) in the Aden anchorage, Aden Protectorate July 23 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	68k	USS Dyess (DD-880) being assailed by demonstrators as she sails through Port Said Harbor for the Suez Canal, 03 June 1967, just prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.		Robert Hurst
	33k	A series of three views of the USS Dyess (DD-880) alongside the British RFA Tidesurge (A-98) in the Indian Ocean, August 25 1967.		Ken Killmeyer
	36k	As above.		Ken Killmeyer
	37k	As above.		Ken Killmeyer
	77k	An interesting newspaper clipping from December 1968 on a little known part of the Cold War.		Robert
	105k	New York City, May 15 1971.		Marc Piché
	105k	New York City, May 1978.		Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	84k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	43k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	32k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	30k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	95k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	81k	DesRon 4 plaque, USS Gearing (DD-710), USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), USS Vogelgesang (DD-862), USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864), USS Dyess (DD-880), USS Bordelon (DD-881) and USS Furse (DD-882). Courtesy of Foro 11a Escuadrilla de Escoltas (http://www.destructorchurruca.es.vg/).		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez

CDR Raymond Lester Fulton    May 21 1945 - 1946

CDR Merle Francis Bowman    1946 - Nov 1947

CDR Francis Edward Fleck Jr.    Nov 1947 - Jun 1948 (Later RADM)

CDR John Harlee    Jun 1948 - 1949 (Later RADM)

LCDR John Durant Patterson    1949 - Jul 1949

CDR William Edward Wallace    Jul 1949 - Jul 1951

CDR James Mathew Jones    Jul 1951 - Nov 22 1952

CDR John Elmer Dacey    Nov 22 1952 - Nov 1954 (Later RADM)

CDR Edward Isham Gibson    Nov 1954 - Feb 1957

CDR Grange Bowen McKinney    Feb 1957 - Oct 31 1958

CDR Paul Gerard Hannon    Oct 31 1958 - Dec 1960

CDR Charles Eugene Little    Dec 1960 - Mar 1963

CDR William Earl Fowler    Mar 1963 - 1964

LCDR Earl Wallace Numbers    1964 - Dec 1964

CDR James Lloyd Moss    Dec 1964 - Jan 7 1966

CDR Frank Comstock Mead    Jan 7 1966 - 1967

CDR William Coulter Semple III    1967 - 1968

CDR James Edward Murphy Jr.    1968 - 1970

CDR William Francis Sheehan Jr.    1970 - 1972

CDR Minot C. Morse Jr.    1972 - 1973

CDR Donald George Buxton    1973 - Dec 15 1974

CDR Bennett David Katz    Dec 15 1974 - Jul 30 1976

CDR Donald Joseph Fitzpatrick    Jul 30 1976 - Oct 20 1978

CDR Sanford Joe Snuffer    Oct 20 1978 - Feb 27 1981