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	48k	Anthony Peter Damato, born 28 March 1922 in Shenandoah, Pa., enlisted in the Marine Corps 8 January 1942. He served in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Algeria, and in the Pacific from 21 May 1943. Corporal Damato was killed in action 19 February 1944 at Eniwetok, when he threw himself on a hand grenade to save the lives of his companions. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for this heroic self-sacrifice. Photo from the USMC History Division.		Bill Gonyo
USS Damato (DD-871)
	157k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	113k	Undated, location unknown.		Rick Palmer
	195k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	130k	Undated, USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) preparing to get underway for her last cruise with the USS Damato (DD-871) inboard.		Ed Zajkowski
	34k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships - 1958-59 Edition."		Robert Hurst
	154k	Undated, location unknown.		Gerd Matthes
	85k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	184k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	143k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	76k	Undated, Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands. USS Remey (DD-688), USS Wadleigh (DD-689) and USS Damato (DD-871).		Carlos Manuel Estrela
0587150	48k	USS Damato (DD-871) off Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, New York, one day after her commissioning, 28 April 1946. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-94282		Robert Hurst
	69k	Circa 1950.		Morland E Berkman
	84k	Photo #: NH 99871, USS Yellowstone (AD-27) with destroyers and submarines alongside circa 1950. The destroyers are USS Rich (DD-820), Damato (DD-871), and William M. Wood (DD-715). One of the early Guppy conversion submarines is alongside to starboard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	86k	Photo #: NH 99872, USS Yellowstone (AD-27) with destroyers and submarines alongside circa 1950. The destroyers are USS Rich (DD-820), Damato (DD-871), and William M. Wood (DD-715). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	55k	Circa 1951.		Marc Piché
	92k	1952 in Algiers, (L-R) USS Damato (DD-871), USS Holder (DD-819), USS Rich (DD-820), USS Basilone (DD-824) and USS Wilson (DD-847).		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	129k	USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	127k	USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	98k	At Rotterdam, Holland in 1961.		Gerd Matthes
	64k	USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) and USS Damato (DD-871) at Gibraltar in September 1961.		Gerd Matthes
	71k	Norfolk, August 1964.		© Richard Leonhardt
	136k	Genoa, Italy on May 14 1965.		Carlo Martinelli
	197k	Genoa, Italy on May 14 1965.		Carlo Martinelli
0587149	71k	USS Damato (DD-871) during the "UNITAS IX" exercise off South America, 1968. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Josephus Daniels (DLG-27) 1968 Cruise Book.		Robert Hurst
	274k	At Genoa, Italy on May 27 1969 with the USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) in the background.		Carlo Martinelli
Damato preparing for underway replenishment in heavy seas during Operation Clean Sweep, 1971.				Steve Campi RM2, USS Damato
	85k	North Atlantic circa 1972.		Vince Venincasa
	245k	USS Damato DD-871, February 1972, Naval Photo Center image by PH2 Vincent Neaz. Refueling astern the tanker SS ERMA ELIZABETH with 36 students aboard from the Naval Destroyer School.		Ed Zajkowski
	138k	A series of 4 images of the Damato in drydock in East Boston in 1973.		Vince Venincasa
	135k	As above.		Vince Venincasa
	162k	As above.		Vince Venincasa
	173k	As above.		Vince Venincasa
	154k	Circa 1974, preparing to fire a torpedo.		Vince Venincasa
	226k	Circa 1974, firing a torpedo.		Vince Venincasa
	181k	Circa 1974, during a Man Overboard drill.		Vince Venincasa
	125k	Circa 1974, in line for an underway replenishment with the USS Neosho (AO-143).		Vince Venincasa
	149k	Circa 1974, underway replenishment with the USS Neosho (AO-143).		Vince Venincasa
	61k	Boston, MA March 1974.		Marc Piché
	40k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	50k	Ship's patch.		Tom Gamstetter
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	72k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
	41k	Ship's Zippo.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.

CDR Irving Stahl Presler    Apr 27 1946 - Dec 1947

CDR Richard Daniel White Jr.    Dec 1947 - Jan 1950

CDR Victor Asle Dybdal    Jan 1950 - Jan 1951 (Later RADM)

CDR William Winfield Meadors    Jan 1951 - Dec 20 1952

CDR Victor Flemming Wadsworth    Dec 20 1952 - Aug 1954

CDR Bernard Andrew Thielges    Apr 1955 - ? 1957

CDR Hal Gill Wynne    ? 1959 - Jul 13 1960

CDR Vincent Louis Cassani Jr.    Jul 13 1960 - Jun 1962

CDR Allan Edward White    Jun 1962 - Apr 1 1963

LCDR Harold Scudder    Apr 1 1963 - May 1963

LT Cornelius James Carmody    May 1963 - Dec 1963

CDR Glen George Macon    Dec 1963 - Sep 1965

CDR Robert Joseph Cardillo    Sep 1965 - Apr 20 1967

CDR Henry Thornton (beau) Dietrich Jr.    Apr 20 1967 - Nov 13 1968

CDR Laurence Thomas (Tyke) Furey    Nov 13 1968 - Jun 30 1970

CDR Ramon Catalin (Ray) Alvarado    Jun 30 1970 - Apr 21 1972

CDR Harry Wagner Konkel    Apr 21 1972 - 1973

CDR William Evans James    1973 - Aug 20 1974

CDR Robert Lawrence Ceres    Aug 20 1974 - Jul 16 1976

CDR Maurice Joseph Bresnahan Jr.    Jul 16 1976 - 1978 (Later RADM)

CDR Robert Irving Vickers    1978 - Oct 31 1979

LCDR Philip Allen Smith    Oct 31 1979 - Sep 30 1980