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	36k	Rear Admiral Cecil was born in Louisville, Kentucky, September 4, 1893. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Fifth Kentucky District in 1912, and was graduated and commissioned Ensign in June 1916. After graduation he served aboard USS Maine, USS Ballard, USS Rochester, USS Upshur, USS Pittsburg, and USS Texas through 1927. The next ten years saw Admiral Cecil serving on Battleship Staffs and ashore at the Bureau of Navigation as well as the Naval Academy. During the late thirty's he commanded the destroyers Green and Cummings followed by an assignment as Executive Officer, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. In 1941, at the beginning of World War II he assumed command of Pacific Destroyer Division Eleven followed by command of Destroyer Squadron Five. He was awarded the Navy Cross for Action with Destroyer Squadron Five against superior Japanese Forces at the battle of Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. In November of 1942, Admiral Cecil assumed command of the USS HELENA. On 6July 1943 he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in action against Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands. Following several days of shore bombardment against numerous counter-battery fire, and the laying of a mine field in restricted waters in reduced visibility, the Helena participated in a running engagement with numerically superior Japanese Naval Forces. She sank or damaged all hostile fire vessels before-she was mortally hit by enemy torpedo fire. Subsequent to the sinking of the Helena, Admiral Cecil reported for duty as Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet. He was killed in an airplane crash in the Pacific area on 31 July 1944.		Bill Gonyo/Robert M. Cieri
	75k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	122k	Undated, location unknown.		Alan Neuren
	106k	Undated, World War II image.		Captain Jerry Mason USN
	164k	Undated, New York Harbor.		John W. Klar
	159k	Undated, New York Harbor. Configured as a DDR.		John W. Klar
	138k	Undated, location unknown. Signed by the Captain.		John W. Klar
	160k	Undated, location unknown.		John W. Klar
	119k	Circa 1945, location unknown.		John W. Klar
	218k	USS Charles P. Cecil (DD 835) off Mare Island on June 27, 1947. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	188k	July 25 1955, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	113k	USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Wiliam C. Lawe (DD-763) and USS Stickell (DD-888) in Livorno, Italy 1962.		Marc Piché
	100k	USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Wiliam C. Lawe (DD-763) and USS Stickell (DD-888) in Livorno, Italy 1962.		Marc Piché
	119k	A U.S. Navy Martin P5M-2 Marlin (BuNo 135513) from Patrol Squadron VP-45 overflies a Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine (No. 911) during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. The destroyer USS Charles P. Cecil (DDR-835) is visible in the background. Official U.S. Navy photograph.		Robert Hurst
	234k	Circa 1963 photo by crewman Greg DeSaro BT3.		Dave Cupples
	127k	February 1963, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	155k	Mediterranean Sea, October 5 1965, USS Truckee (AO-147) refueling USS Forrestal (CVA 59) and USS Charles P. Cecil (DD 835), during an underway replenishment off the coast of Genoa, Italy. Official Navy Photo. Thanks to Ken Killmeyer, USS Forrestal Association historian, who helped with the date and location of this picture.		Robert M. Cieri
	148k	Newport, RI 1966, USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Hartley (DE-1029) and USS Compton (DD-705).		© Richard Leonhardt
	120k	As seen from the USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) in the Indian Ocean, 1969.		Paul E Wieloszynski
	211k	Official USN Photo, USS Cecil in Narragansett Bay, RI, October 10 1971		Mike Smolinski
Decommissioning pamphlet - October 1 1979				Wolfgang Hechler
	62k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	58k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
On Greek Service
	31k	CHARLES P. CECIL DD-835 as APOSTOLIS D-216 in Greek waters, 1980's.		Marc Piché
	104k	HNS APOSTOLIS, D 216, ex-USS CHARLES CECIL, DD 835, during an exercise in the 80's.		Anthony J. Vrailas
ex-USS Charles P. Cecil (DD 835) as the Greek DD Apostolis (D-216), and ex-USS Robert A. Owens (DD 827) as the Turkish Alcitepe (D-347), September 18 1983, during a NATO NAVOCFORMED port call to Barcelona. Ships in the background in the second photo were the British frigate HMS Arethusa (F38) and the Italian frigate Alpino (F580).				Fabio Peña

CDR William Outerson    Jun 29 1945 - May 4 1948

CDR John Joseph Kircher Jr.    May 4 1948 - Aug 15 1950

CDR Archie Taylor Wright Jr.    Aug 15 1950 - Aug 17 1951

CDR Richard Hardy McElligott    Aug 17 1951 - Sep 10 1952

CDR Richard Francis Barry Jr.    Sep 10 1952 - Aug 13 1954

CDR James Arthur Kenniff     Aug 13 1954 - Apr 4 1956

CDR Benjamin Hill Stough Jr.    Apr 4 1956 - Aug 17 1957

LCDR John Nelson Horrocks Jr.    Aug 17 1957 - Jan 20 1959

CDR David Hepburn Green    Jan 20 1959 - Jun 21 1960

CDR George Willis Kingston    Jun 21 1960 - Oct 9 1961

CDR Charles Preston Rozier    Oct 9 1961 - Jul 1 1963

CDR Rene Luke Briand    Jul 1 1963 - Dec 28 1965

CDR Winston Dean Briggs    Dec 28 1965 - Mar 31 1968

CDR Kenneth Leland Meek    Mar 31 1968 - Oct 24 1969

CDR Matthew William Faessel    Oct 24 1969 - Aug 27 1971

CDR Philip Carney Donovan    Aug 27 1971 - Feb 22 1973

CDR Webster Web Grewe    Feb 22 1973 - Jan 21 1974

CDR Robert Joseph Lamoureux    Jan 21 1974 - Feb 22 1976

CDR Charles William Monaghan    Feb 22 1976 - Mar 3 1978

CDR James Donald Firnbach    Mar 3 1978 - Oct 1 1979