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| 19k | Joseph Orleck was born on 22 January 1906 in Columbus, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 23 June 1924. Rising through the enlisted ranks, he was warranted Boatswain on 14 December 1938. Appointed Ensign on 15 June 1942, Orleck assumed command of the new fleet tug USS Nauset (AT89) on 28 May 1943, with the rank of Lieutenant. Orleck went down with his ship after a Luftwaffe bomber attack in the Gulf of Salerno on 09 September 1943. A recipient of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescue work during the Casablanca invasion, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his courageous firefighting and flood control efforts to prevent total loss of his ship during the Salerno assault. | Bill Gonyo/Robert M. Cieri |
USS Orleck (DD-886)
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| 50k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 95k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 210k | Undated, location unknown. USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) and USS Orleck (DD-886) refuel from the USS Kawishiwi (AO-146).
USN photo 1039817 | David Buell |
| 61k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 112k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 117k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 156k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 128k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp |
| 137k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 149k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 120k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 32k | Underway in Gulf of Mexico, 20 September 20, 1945. On this date, Orleck conducted structural firing tests and then anchored in Bolivar Roads off Galveston, Texas. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 29k | In Hawaiian waters, circa 1950's. | Tommy Trampp |
| 91k | USS Orleck (DD-886) in heavy seas, in the 1950s. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Myles C. Fox DD-829 veteran's website. | Robert Hurst |
| 105k | Underway off San Diego, 1951. | Marc Piché |
| 94k | In drydock in Pearl Harbor, October 1951 | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 109k | USS Perkins (DDR-877) leading other ships of Destroyer Division Eleven, Pacific Fleet, circa 1954-1955. The next ship astern is USS Orleck (DD-886).
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 99521 | Fred Weiss |
| 96k | USS Orleck (DD-886) steaming near the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVA-38), circa 1956. Shangri-La, with assigned Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 05 January to 23 June 1956.
US Navy photo from the USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) 1956 cruise book. | Robert Hurst |
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406k | LCDR George Birdt relieves CDR Theodore L. Balis as Commanding Officer of Orleck, 22 August 1957.
Mare Island Navy Yard photo DD 886 36284-8-57, from files of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 166k | The carrier Philippine Sea (CVS-47) refueling USS Orleck (DD 886), May 1957.
National Naval Aviation Museum photo | Bill Gonyo |
| 127k | Location unknown, 29 June 1959. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 66k | USS Orleck (DD-886), USS Bridget (DE-1024) and USCGC Winnebago (W-40) moored at Yokosuka, fall 1959. | Derick Hartshorn |
| 75k | USS Orleck (DD-886) and USS Bridget (DE-1024) moored at Yokosuka, fall 1959. | Derick Hartshorn |
| 106k | USS Orleck (DD-886) passing Point Loma, California, 1964.
US Navy photo from the USS Orleck Cruisebook 1964-1966. | Robert Hurst |
| 199k | Orleck firing on a Viet Cong stronghold near Vung Tau, at the mouth of the Saigon River, March 1966.
National Archives photo K-31267, by Photographer's Mate First Class J.L. Means | Ed Zajkowski |
| 205k | USS Orleck (DD-886) and the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14).
Photo from Ticonderoga's 1966-1967 Cruise Book. | Gene McCallister |
| 50k | USS Orleck in Vung Tau, South Vietnam as seen from Australian Army LSM Harry Chauvel (AV 1353), circa 1966-1968. | Dave Perham |
| 55k | Orleck, from 1968 WestPac cruise book. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 94k | Orleck underway, possibly off coast of California, 1970. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 216k | At sea, September 1970. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 86k | Leaving San Francisco, November 1970. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 25k | In San Francisco Bay, July 1972. | Marc Piché |
| 160k | Wellington, New Zealand, 20 November 1972. | Chris Howell |
| 38k | Seattle, September 1979. | Marc Piché |
| 141k | Crew members of the destroyer USS Orleck (DD 886) disembark from their ship for the last time during the combined decommissioning and transfer ceremony at Tacoma, WA, 01 October 1982. After decommissioning, the ship will be transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed the TCG Yücetepe (D 345). The Orleck was the last World War II era destroyer in the Pacific Fleet.
DoD photo DN-SN-84-01185 | Bill Gonyo |
| 52k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 40k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 43k | Ship's plaque from USS Turner Joy Memorial in 2004. | Robert Hall |
| 63k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp |
 TCG Yücetepe (D 345)
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| 63k | Undated, location unknown. | Murat Kurtulmus |
| 115k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 81k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 55k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 26k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 35k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 61k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 138k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 29k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 82k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 62k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 27k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 86k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 88k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 63k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 76k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 49k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 129k | Undated, location unknown. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 91k | Undated, location unknown. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 100k | Undated, location unknown. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 172k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 66k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 84k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 62k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 75k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 127k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 118k | At Taranto, Italy, 1983. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 54k | CPO Tayfun Gunduz on the brow of Yücetepe at Port Poyraz, Turkey circa 1985. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 32k | Yücetepe closing to refuel from RFA Grey Rover in the Mediterranean, May 1986. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 19k | Bow view departing Toulon, France, November 1987. | Marc Piché |
| 30k | Stern view arriving Barcelona, 07 November 1987. | Marc Piché |
| 33k | Yücetepe firing her ASROC weapon during Deniz Kurdu Exercises in the Aegean Sea in the 1990's. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 68k | TCG Zafer (D-356)(ex-USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709)) and TCG Yücetepe in the Izmir, Turkey dry dock during the 1990's. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
| 60k | Ship's plaque. | Cüneyt Demir |
| 84k | Ship's patch. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy |
Museum Ship
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| 134k | The following 5 pictures are from Orleck's Arrival and Return Home ceremony held 12 August 2000 in Orange, Texas, across from where her keel was laid on November 24, 1944 at Consolidated Steel Shipyard. This shot is of the bridge area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 134k | The bow area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 150k | The ceremonial color guard. | Bill Nicholas |
| 146k | The deck ceremony. | Bill Nicholas |
| 138k | The fantail area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 64k | On 21 September 2002 CDR Ray Davis USNR who was the Commanding Officer of a Reserve Unit for CDS-6 took a series of interior photos of the Orleck as members of his unit worked aboard the ship. This view is from Gun Plot of the analog computer. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 78k | As above, Gun Plot. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 79k | As above, Gun Plot - electrical swithboard. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 82k | As above, Gun Plot - firing mechanism. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 110k | As above, Gun Plot - switches. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 104k | As above, Mess Decks. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 145k | As above, Pilot House. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 113k | As above, Plot House - helm and lee helm control. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 117k | As above, Sick Bay. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 38k | Museum ship USS Orleck (DD-886) tied up at her moorings on Lake Charles, LA. Photo courtesy of HNSA (Historical Naval Ships Association). | Robert Hurst |
| 84k | Museum ship USS Orleck (DD-886) tied up at her moorings at the Arkansas Inland Museum at Little Rock, LA, 03 October 2002. | Robert Hurst |
| 129k | USS Orleck (DD-886) as museum ship aground after Hurricane Rita at Orange, Texas on 05 October 2005. After decommissioning Orleck was transferred to Turkey in 1987. On 12 August 2000, the Turkish government transferred the destroyer to the Southeast Texas War Memorial and Heritage Foundation at Orange, Texas, for use as a memorial and museum under her old name, USS Orleck. When Hurricane Rita stuck the Texas coast in September 2005, Orleck was severely damaged. After repairs, Orleck was ready to return to her pier at Ochiltree-Inman Park; however, the City of Orange refused to allow her to return. Orleck was temporarily relocated to Levingston Island, but is now moored north of Orange Harbor Island at 30° 5'25.10"N 93°43'57.74"W. | Robert Hurst |
| 134k | USS Orleck (DD-886) at her temporary berth in Lake Charles, LA, shortly after arrival from Orange, TX. The ship will remain at this berth until a decision is made on her possible permanent placement on Lake Charles as a museum ship. | RMCS(SW) Jim Babin, USN(Ret.) |
