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RADM David B. Macomb, USN |
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107k | Rear Adm. David B. Macomb Macomb (DD 458) was named in honor of two cousins. Commodore William H. Macomb, born 6 June 1819 in Michigan, served with distinction during the Civil War. He took part in the riverine warfare along the Mississippi, commanded Shamrock in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, headed the naval force which captured Plymouth, N.C., and led an expedition up the Roanoke River in North Carolina. For his gallantry in action with the North Atlantic Squadron, he was advanced several numbers in his grade. Commodore Macomb died on 12 August 1872 in Philadelphia. Commodore Macomb’s first cousin, Rear Adm. David B. Macomb, born near Tallahassee, Fla., 27 February 1827, entered the Navy as third assistant engineer in 1849. Prior to the Civil War, he served with the Ringgold Expedition which explored the North Pacific and the China and Japanese Seas; and he accompanied Commodore Perry’s fleet to Japan, 1853-55. After the start of hostilities in 1861, he took part in the blockade of Charleston, S.C., and of Pensacola, Fla., then at Boston helped build monitors Nahant and Canonicus. He subsequently served on the latter with the James River Fleet and the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He contributed several inventions to the Navy including the Macomb Bilge Strainer and the hydraulic lift used in the turrets of ironclads. He retired in 1889 and died 27 January 1911 in New York City |
Bill Gonyo | ||
USS Macomb (DMS 23) |
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73k | 14 April 1942 Off Boston, MA National Archives photo BS 29130 from the Bureau of Ships Collection |
Joe Radigan | ||
156k | At Charleston, SC on 20 December 1944, wearing camouflage 32a/29D. The colors are haze gray and ocean gray. Note the contrast between ocean gray and haze gray National Archives photos 19-LCM-DMS23-1 and BS 76030 from the Bureau of Ships Collection |
Ships of the U.S. Navy in WWII “Dazzle” Camouflage | ||
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93k | At sea following World War II Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 81009 |
Robert Hurst | ||
198k | U.S. Navy photo | Original photo: Tommy Trampp Replacement photo: Steve Drawdy |
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355k | Moored inboard of Fitch (DMS 25) | Steve Drawdy | ||
67k | c. 1945 | EMCS James Diamond | ||
62k | c. 1946-1947 | |||
67k | c. 1952-1953 | Original photo: EMCS James Diamond Replacement photo: Robert Hurst |
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39k | c. 1953 | James Young RM2, USN/EMCS James Diamond | ||
Hsien Yang (DD 1016) |
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63k | Hsien Yang (DD 1016) alongside an unidentified LST U.S. Navy photo |
Joe Radigan |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LCDR William Howard Duvall, USN - USNA Class of 1924 Awarded the Legion of Merit (1946) | 26 January 1942 - 10 January 1943 |
02 | LCDR Jerry Curtis South, USN - USNA Class of 1931 | 10 January 1943 - 2 March 1944 |
03 | LCDR George Hutchinson, USN - USNA Class of 1935 | 2 March 1944 - 7 December 1944 |
04 | LCDR Alton Louis Clifford "Red" Waldron, USN - USNA Class of 1939 Awarded the Silver Star (1945) and the Legion off Merit (1943) - Retired as Captain | 7 December 1944 - 1946 |
05 | LCDR Thomas Andrew Turner, USN - USNA Class of 1941 Awarded the Silver Star (1945) - Retired as Captain | 1946 - 1947 |
06 | LCDR Robert Stephen Guy, USN | 1 January 1948 -1 February 1948 |
07 | LCDR Robert Elwin Cutts, USN - USNA Class of 1938 Awarded the Silver Star - Retired as Captain | 1 February 1948 - 1 June 1948 |
08 | LCDR William John Caspari, USN - USNA Class of 1940 | September 1949 - September 1950 |
09 | LCDR John Leroy Hutchinson, USN | October 1951 - October 1953 |
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