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Walter Samuel Savage, Jr., born in New Orleans, La., on 26 April 1919, was commissioned Ensign, USNR, on 10 June 1941. After instruction at the Navy Supply Corps
School, Harvard University, Ensign Savage reported to USS Arizona (BB 39) for duty as Assistant Paymaster. Ensign Savage, with 46 other officers and 1,057 enlisted
men, gave his life for his country on 07 December 1941 when Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor and sank Arizona.
USS Savage (DE 386) (1943-1969) was the first ship to be named in his honor.
(U.S. Navy photo #NH 92074 from the Naval History and Heritage Command) |
Bill Gonyo
Downey, Cal. |
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Undated Wartime Image |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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Two Undated Wartime Images |
Nick Tiberio
Shelton, Conn. |
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04 April 1945: off Brooklyn, N.Y. - A three view series of Savage photographed by aircraft from Naval Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, New York. On this
date Savage departed and returned to New York Navy Yard while conducting sea trials after a yard availability period to replace her number two main engine.
(U.S. Navy Photos: 1.) #80-G-313295, 2.) #80-G-313297 3.) #80-G-313294 from the United States National Archives)
| David Wright
Geneva, N.Y.
Navsource DD
Archive Manager
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Undated Postwar Image |
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Moored, Pier 91 Seattle, Wash., sometime between 1955 and 1957 |
Mel Kowal
Lt. USNR (ret.) |
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The Savage wardroom sometime in 1956
Lcdr Ray Davis, CO; Lt. Thomas Fitzgerald, XO |
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Savage ship portrait taken sometime between 1955 and 1959. Note her open gun mounts and AN/SPS-6C air search antenna. In 1959 her guns were enclosed and her air
search radar upgraded to AN/SPS-29/37. |
Nick Tiberio
Shelton, Conn. |
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January 1969: Savage tied up to a mooring buoy at Hong Kong. She made a port visit to the Crown Colony from 01 to 13 January 1969. |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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Sunday, 09 April 1972: Stockton, Cal, - USS Eichenberger (DE 202) laid up at the Stockton, California "Mothball Fleet". Nested with her are: USS Savage
(DER 386) and USS Knudson (APD 101).
(U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 79828 courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974; from the Naval History and Heritage Command) |
Mike Smolinski
Clifton, N.J.
Navsource DE/FF/LCS
Archive Manager |
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August 1975: Vallejo, Cal. - The ex-USS Savage (DER 386), bottom right, nested in a group of mothballed destroyers at the Inactive Ship
Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, California.
(Heilenday photo #II 0283A from the Heilenday Collection) |
Mark Heilenday
Virginia Beach, Va,
Captain, USN (ret.)
June 1974 - July 2004 |
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August 1975: Vallejo, Cal. - A port side view of ex-USS Savage (DER 386), bottom right at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard,
Mare Island, California.
(Heilenday photo #II 0427A from the Heilenday Collection) |
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1981: the California Coast - The former U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer escort Savage (ex DER-386) with cameras and antennas positioned on its decks for use
during the High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) project at the Pacific Missile Test Center off Point Mugu, California, in 1981. Savage was finally sunk on 25 October 1982.
(U.S. Navy photo VIRIN #DN-SC-83-07728 by Lyle Humphrey from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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25 October 1982: Shown is the explosion of an AGM-88A Harm anti-radiation missile on the target ship USS Savage (ex-DER 386) in 1982. Her mast is visible
on the left. Savage was finally sunk on 25 October 1982.
(Photo from the U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News, May 1982 edition) |
