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| 90k | Photo #: 80-G-398375. Lieutenant Commander John L. Nielsen, USN (left) and Lieutenant Commander Harlan R. Dickson., USN at the Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa July 1943. Both men served in Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) on USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the early months of the Pacific War. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 29k | Undated, Valetta, Malta. | Mike Pizzuto | |
| 179k | Undated, location unknown. | Mike Keating, 1962 | |
| 193k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski/PHCS (AC/AW) Henry Craig Hensel (Ret.) | |
| 119k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 92k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 186k | 1944, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 141k | Off Manhattan Island, New York, enroute from her builders, Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, for delivery to the Navy in February 1945. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Joe Radigan | |
| 77k | USS Harland R. Dickson (DD-708), between December 1951 and June 1953. That is my father, Myron G. Darst, Chief Torpedoman's Mate (CTM) in the photo. My father was in the US-Navy for 20 years and was assigned to at least 6 known Destroyers, including the USS Harland R. Dickson DD-708. This ship was identified as the USS Harland R. Dickson DD-708, by the Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign NTOL, which are flying in the photo's background. | David A. Darst | |
| 81k | The destroyers USS Compton (DD-705), USS Purvis (DD-709), USS Dickson (DD-708) and the USS Gainard (DD-706) behind the USS Yosemite (AD-19). Circa mid 1950's, location unknown. | William T. Bullard | |
| 103k | US Navy Photograph of two destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 30 (homeported at Newport, RI), USS Compton (DD-705) and inboard USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708). They are shown "Med-moored" at Oran, Algeria. In the immediate background are French naval barracks and up above La Blanca is crowned by the Turkish citadel of Santa Cruz. Circa mid-1950's. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 126k | The USS Compton (DD-705), USS Gainard (DD-706), USS Perry (DD-844) and USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) circa 1958. From the collection of John L. Slade who was XO of the Perry from 1951 to 1953 and Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959. | John L. Slade III | |
| 186k | USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) underway, during the 1960s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 137k | USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 8 May 1964. Photographed by PH2 G.J. Clark. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 165k | USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708), USS William R. Rush (DD-714), USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) and USS Yosemite (AD-19) at Newport, RI on September 22 1965. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 120k | Grand Canyon (AD-28), at Newport RI in 1966 with five destroyers alongside. Destroyers moored alongside include Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850), USS Moale (DD-693), William R. Rush (DD-714), Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708), and one unidentified ship. | © Richard Leonhardt/Stephen Sue | |
| 44k | Boston, MA September 21 1969. | Marc Piché | |
| 116k | USS Cadmus (AR-14) at Naval Station Newport, R.I., 30 May 1970 with Nipmuc (ATF-157), Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and Norris (DD-859) alongside. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 108k | Circa 1972 off Narraganset Bay. | ctorbann | |
| 44k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 67k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 50k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 66k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp | |
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CDR Paul Gordon Osler Feb 17 1945 - May 2 1946 LCDR Samuel Brewster Warren May 2 1946 - Dec 24 1946 CDR John Chapman Morgan Dec 24 1946 - Apr 10 1947 CDR Robert Lee Taylor Apr 10 1947 - Jun 1947 CDR James Hamilton Cruse Jun 1947 - Mar 1949 CDR Charles Vern Allen Mar 1949 - May 17 1951 CDR Edwin Carlton Finney May 17 1951 - Jun 1953 CDR George Peter Sotos Jun 1953 - Aug 1955 CDR Frederick Lee Edwards Jr. Aug 1955 - Aug 1957 CDR John Patrick Gorman Aug 1957 - Jul 24 1959 CDR Robert Francis Kenney Jul 24 1959 - Jul 1961 CDR Baret Vahan Ajemian Jul 1961 - Aug 1963 CDR William Henry Glye Aug 1963 - Aug 1965 CDR James Leo Harrison Aug 1965 - Mar 1967 CDR William Baird Regan Mar 1967 - Apr 1969 CDR Rupert Hare Loyd Apr 1969 - Jun 5 1970 CDR John Edward Garrett Jan 5 1970 - Jul 1 1972
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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