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0639901	51k	Lewis Stevens Stockdale, the only son of Lewis Cleveland and Lucinda S. (Stephens) Stockdale, was born on 20 September 1914 at Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 09 September 1940 as an apprentice seaman. After serving in the cruiser USS Quincy (CA 39), Stockdale was appointed midshipman in the Naval Reserve on 17 March 1941 and was commissioned ensign on 12 June 1941. Ensign Stockdale reported to USS Oklahoma (BB 37) on 19 July 1941 and was killed while serving in that battleship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941. After having been buried as "unknown" for almost 75 years, it was announced in January of 2016, that the remains of Ens. Stockdale had been identified through modern forensic techniques. (Photo from The Official Web Site of the USS Oklahoma BB 37 thanks to Kevin King)		Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0639902	66k	1944: New York Harbor (in memory of my father, Paul E. Rutherford (died 1981), who served in Stockdale as a sonarman)		David Rutherford
0639905	123k	29 April 1945: From Stockdale's War Diary this date. 0815: Underway from berth 3, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. IAW ComDesLant Spdltr. serial 01414 for Montauk Point and Boston, Mass. Loaded ammunition at Leonardo Piers, Earle, N.J. 1850: Underway from Leonardo Piers. 1855: IAW ComDesLant's serial 291805 of April 1945, destination changed from Montauk Point Training Area to New York. Proceeded back into New York. 2035: Moored starboard side to USS Vance (DE 387), north side of Pier 36, Brooklyn, N.Y. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-321857 from the National Archives)		Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0639904	908k	29 April 1945: Stockdale underway slowly. (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, courtesy of  Chris Wright)		Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0639903	365k	Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A view of the Ship Basin at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Looking north from the Intrepid Ave. side, there are rows and rows of mothballed destroyers and destroyers escorts. One of the few identifiable ships is Stockdale, decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. in 1947 and later transferred and towed to Philadelphia. Two rows aft of her sits Janssen (DE 396), also a refugee from Green Cove Springs.		Jim Cunliffe Frederica, Del.
0639606	379k	October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - ex-USS Stockdale (DE 399) in mothballs at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia. She is nested with ex-Hilbert (DE 742), ex-Osberg (DE 538) to starboard, and ex-Janssen (DE 399) to port. (Heilenday photo #II 0204A from the Heilenday Collection)		Mark Heilenday Virginia Beach, Va. Captain, USN (ret.) June 1974 - July 2004
0616503	344k	October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - The ex-USS Stockdale (DE 399), nested in a group of mothballed destroyer escorts at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Pa. On Stockdale's port side are ex-USS Janssen (DE 3966) and ex-USS Parks (DE 165). (Heilenday photo #III 0425A from the Heilenday Collection)

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