NavSource Main Page FAQ Contact us Search NavSource
  Waving US Flag
 
  NS logo     Animated GIF
  NavSource Naval History
Photographic History Of The U.S. Navy
 Archive What's New

The DESTROYER ARCHIVE currently contains 1,089 Pages with 27,835 Images


03 Sep 2012 - Added a newspaper clipping of the USS Cushing (TB-1) thanks to Mike Mohl. IMPORTANT NOTE - As you may have noticied we are having problems with our server, Paul is working on the problem which may result in a new server to house NavSource. In the meantime please stick with us. There may be delays in having your images show up online, delays in responding to e-mail and other problems. You are not alone seeing this problem, it is affecting NavSource service worldwide.

01 Sep 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Mitscher (DDG-57) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Laboon (DDG-58) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Added a photo of the USS Blue (DD-744) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Added a clue and image to help with the identity of Unidentified Destroyers (#57b) thanks to Rick Davis. Added views of the USS Barney (DDG-6), USS Briscoe (DD-977), USS Caron (DD-970), USS O'Bannon (DD-987), USS Peterson (DD-969) and USS Davis (DD-937) thanks to Robert Hurst.

31 Aug 2012 - Added a Commanding Officer portrait and updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Porter (DDG-78) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS McCampbell (DDG-85) thanks to Ron Reeves.

30 Aug 2012 - Added a clue to the identity of Unidentified Destroyers (#57b) thanks to Chris Hoehn. Added a photo of the USS Sampson (DD-394) thanks to Robb Boswell.

29 Aug 2012 - Added photos of the USS Herndon (DD-198) on Coast Guard service thanks to Rick Davis. The second image is a result of his research on the first image in our Unidentified Destroyers (#57) entry from Ed Zajkowski.

27 Aug 2012 - Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Mason (DDG-87) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

26 Aug 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Hawkins (DD-873), USS Knapp (DD-653) and USS Truxtun (DDG-103) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Added two photos of Unidentified Destroyers (#57) from the Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library, thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

25 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Laboon (DDG-58) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS William B. Preston (DD-344) thanks to Ron Reeves. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS MacDonough (DD-351), USS Worden (DD-352), USS Monaghan (DD-354), USS Aylwin (DD-355), USS Porter (DD-356), USS Clark (DD-361), USS Mahan (DD-364), USS Cummings (DD-365), USS Lamson (DD-367), USS Cassin (DD-372), USS Shaw (DD-373), USS Tucker (DD-374), USS Downes (DD-375), USS Somers (DD-381), USS Fanning (DD-385), USS Bagley (DD-386), USS Mugford (DD-389), USS Henley (DD-391), USS Patterson (DD-392), USS Jarvis (DD-393) and USS Benham (DD-397) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

24 Aug 2012 - Added photos of the USS McFarland (DD-237) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Added a view of the USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) on foreign service thanks to Robert Hurst. Added an image of the USS Leary (DD-158) thanks to Gary Neidhardt. Added a photo of the USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) thanks to Mike Loveall.

23 Aug 2012 - Added photos of the USS Davis (DD-65), USS Tucker (DD-57), USS Jouett (DD-41), USS Paulding (DD-22), USS Beale (DD-40), USS Fanning (DD-37), USS Henley (DD-39) and USS Burrows (DD-29) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

22 Aug 2012 - Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS McCook (DD-252), USS Laub (DD-263), USS Ballard (DD-267), USS Shubrick (DD-268), USS Sharkey (DD-281), USS Lardner (DD-286), USS Noa (DD-343), USS William B. Preston (DD-344) and USS Hull (DD-350) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

21 Aug 2012 - Updated Reunion info for the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) thanks to incoming Guard Mail. Added photos of the USS Duncan (DD-485), USS Downes (DD-375), USS Stoddert (DDG-22), USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Barry (DD-248) thanks to Tommy Trampp. Added views of the USS Carpenter (DD-825), USS Gridley (DDG-101) and USS Stockdale (DDG-106) thanks to Robert Hurst.

20 Aug 2012 - Added a biography for the namesake of the USS Humphreys (DD-236), a namesake portrait for the USS MacLeish (DD-220), photos of the USS McFarland (DD-237) and continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Ellis (DD-154), USS Cowell (DD-167), USS Clemson (DD-186), USS Dahlgren (DD-187), USS Semmes (DD-189), USS Hunt (DD-194), USS Herndon (DD-198), USS Alden (DD-211), USS Smith Thompson (DD-212), USS Barker (DD-213), USS Whipple (DD-217), USS Edsall (DD-219), USS MacLeish (DD-220), USS Simpson (DD-221), USS Bulmer (DD-222), USS McCormick (DD-223), USS John D. Ford (DD-228), USS Paul Jones (DD-230), USS Hatfield (DD-231), USS Hopkins (DD-249) and USS Lawrence (DD-250) all thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Added a newspaper clipping of the USS Perry (DD-11) thanks to Mike Mohl.

18 Aug 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Coontz (DLG-9) thanks to Tommy Trampp. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Gamble (DD-123, USS Tillman (DD-135, USS Boggs (DD-136), USS Ward (DD-139), USS Greer (DD-145) and USS Elliot (DD-146) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

17 Aug 2012 - Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS O'Brien (DD-51), USS Nicholson (DD-52), USS Wadsworth (DD-60), USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), USS Gwin (DD-71) and USS Evans (DD-78) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Added a photo of the USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) thanks to Robert Hurst. Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Morris (DD-417), USS Radford (DD-446), USS Conyngham (DD-371) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

15 Aug 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Laboon (DDG-58) thanks to Fabio Peńa. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Bainbridge (DD-1), USS Hopkins (DD-6), USS Peary (DD-11), USS Worden (DD-16), USS Terry (DD-25), USS Monaghan (DD-32), USS Beale (DD-40), USS Duncan (DD-46) and USS Benham (DD-49) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

14 Aug 2012 - Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Mahan (DDG-72), USS Decatur (DDG-73), USS McFaul (DDG-74), USS Porter (DDG-78), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Preble (DDG-88), USS Mustin (DDG-89), USS Pinckney (DDG-91), USS Momsen (DDG-92), USS Kidd (DDG-100), USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) and USS Spruance (DDG-111) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Case (DD-285), USS LaVallette (DD-315) and USS Paul Jones (DD-230) along with a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Hank (DD-702) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

12 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Putnam (DD-287), USS Borie (DD-215), USS Case (DD-285), USS Chase (DD-323), USS Corry (DD-334), USS Dallas (DD-199), USS Farenholt (DD-332), USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307), USS Hart (DD-110), USS Hazelwood (DD-107), USS Hulbert (DD-342), USS Hull (DD-330), USS Paul Jones (DD-230), USS King (DD-242), USS LaVallette (DD-315), USS Maury (DD-100), USS McCawley (DD-276), USS McDermut (DD-262), USS McFarland (DD-237), USS Mervine (DD-322) and USS Meyer (DD-279) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added photos of the USS Moody (DD-277) thanks to Carrie Schmidt. Added a view of the USS Decatur (DD-341) thanks to Mike Mohl. Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Added images of the collision of the USS Porter (DDG-78).

11 Aug 2012 - Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Stout (DDG-55), USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), USS Laboon (DDG-58), USS Gonzalez (DDG-66), USS Cole (DDG-67), USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), USS Milius (DDG-69) and USS Hopper (DDG-70) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Nitze (DDG-94) thanks to Ron Reeves

10 Aug 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Dyess (DD-880) thanks to Thomas Becher. Added a view of the USS Brownson (DD-868) thanks to Mike Green. Added an image of the USS Chafee (DDG-90) thanks to Captain Wade Armstrong. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Nitze (DDG-94) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) thanks to Ron Reeves.

09 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS King (DD-242) and added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Dewey (DDG-105) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Pinckney (DDG-91), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) and USS Laboon (DDG-58) thanks to Ron Reeves. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the HMAS Brisbane (D-41) and FGS Lütjens (D-185) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

08 Aug 2012 - Added a photo of the USS John Paul Jones (DD-932) thanks to Girard Kelly. Added another current image of the USS Edson (DD-946) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Ed also reports that there is a slide show of the Edson's trip located on their website at http://www.ussedson.org/ Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Sampson (DDG-10), USS Buchanan (DDG-14), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Semmes (DDG-18), USS Tattnall (DDG-19), USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23), USS Waddell (DDG-24), HMAS Perth (D-38) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Ramage (DDG-61) thanks to Ron Reeves.

06 Aug 2012 - Added a current photo of the USS Edson (DD-946) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

05 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Converse (DD-291) thanks to Ron Reeves. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Renshaw (DD-176) and USS Lawrence (DD-250) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Luce (DL-7), USS MacDonough (DL-8), USS Coontz (DL-9), USS Dahlgren (DL-12), USS Dewey (DL-14) and USS Preble (DL-15) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

04 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Peary (DD-226), USS Pope (DD-225), USS Rizal (DD-174), USS Selfridge (DD-320), USS Sinclair (DD-275), USS Smith Thompson (DD-212) and USS Toucey (DD-282) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Ernest G. Small (DD-838) thanks to Susan Spoto. Updated Reunion and Contact info for the USS Ault (DD-698) thanks to Emily And James Wilkerson. Added a photo of the USS Edson (DD-946) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

03 Aug 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294), USS Barker (DD-213), USS Borie (DD-215), USS Bruce (DD-329), USS Bulmer (DD-222), USS Somers (DD-381), USS Doyen (DD-280), USS Farragut (DD-300), USS Goff (DD-247), USS Hart (DD-110), USS Hatfield (DD-231), USS Renshaw (DD-176), USS Hopkins (DD-249), USS Paul Jones (DD-230), USS William Jones (DD-308), USS Kane (DD-235), USS LaVallette (DD-315), USS Lawrence (DD-250), USS MacLeish (DD-220), USS McCawley (DD-276), USS McCormick (DD-223), USS McDermut (DD-262), USS McFarland (DD-237), USS Meyer (DD-219) and USS Osborne (DD-295) thanks to Ron Reeves. Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), USS John King (DDG-3), USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), USS Towers (DDG-9), USS Kinkaid (DD-965), USS Hewitt (DD-966), USS Elliott (DD-967), USS Merrill (DD-976), USS Stump (DD-978), USS John Hancock (DD-981), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Cushing (DD-985), USS Fife (DD-991), USS Fletcher (DD-992) and USS Hayler (DD-997) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

02 Aug 2012 - Continued our maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc., this update includes the USS Mitscher (DL-2), USS John S. McCain (DL-3), USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4), USS Wilkinson (DL-5), USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938), USS DuPont (DD-941), USS Hull (DD-945), USS Somers (DD-947) and USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

01 Aug 2012 - Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Cushing (DD-985) thanks to Bill Gonyo. Began a maintenance project to clean up broken links, duplicates, description errors, etc. so far including the USS Ringgold (DD-500), USS Sigsbee (DD-502), USS Conway (DD-507), USS Eaton (DD-509), USS Thatcher (DD-514), USS Wadsworth (DD-516), USS Walker (DD-517), USS Abner Read (DD-526), USS Bush (DD-529), USS Hazelwood (DD-532), USS Heerman (DD-532), USS Hoel (DD-533), USS Yarnall (DD-541), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Bradford (DD-545), USS Brown (DD-546), USS David W. Taylor (DD-551), USS Laws (DD-558), USS Wren (DD-568), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), USS John Rodgers (DD-574), USS Conner (DD-582), USS Bancroft (DD-598), USS Barton (DD-599), USS Boyle (DD-600), USS Champlin (DD-601), USS Murphy (DD-603), USS Coghlan (DD-606), USS Harding (DD-625), USS Abbot (DD-629), USS Erben (DD-631), USS Doran (DD-634), USS Stemble (DD-644), USS Dashielle (DD-659), USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668), USS Waldron (DD-699), USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717), USS Epperson (DD-719), USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), USS Collett (DD-730), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Hyman (DD-732), USS Shannon (DD-737), USS Drexler (DD-741), USS Frank Knox (DD-742), USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748), USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), USS Lowry (DD-770), USS Gwin (DD-772), USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774), USS Willard Keith (DD-775), USS Presto9n (DD-795), USS Benham (DD-796), USS Chevalier (DD-805), USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808), USS Johnston (DD-821), USS Basilone (DD-824), USS Carpenter (DD-825), USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827), USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Ozbourn (DD-846), USS Warrington (DD-843), USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858), USS Norris (DD-859), USS McCaffery (DD-860), USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), USS Fechteler (DD-870), USS Duncan (DD-874), USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875), USS Perkins (DD-877), USS Bordelon (DD-881), USS Stickell (DD-888), USS O'Hare (DD-889) and USS Meredith (DD-890) thanks to all the great efforts of Ed Zajkowski.

31 Jul 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Whipple (DD-217) thanks to Ron Reeves.

30 Jul 2012 - Added a photo of the crew of the USS Walke (DD-34) thanks to Matt Sexauer. Added a view of the USS Sampson (DDG-10) thanks to Carlo Martinelli. Added Ship's Zippo accessories for the USS Cochrane (DDG-21), USS Compton (DD-705), USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), USS Conway (DD-507), USS Conyngham (DDG-17) and USS Cushing (DD-985) thanks to John Altfeltis.

29 Jul 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), USS Mitscher (DDG-57), USS Ramage (DDG-61), USS Stethem (DDG-63), USS Higgins (DDG-76), USS Porter (DDG-78), USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Mustin (DDG-89), USS Pinckney (DDG-91), USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93), USS James E. Williams (DDG-95), USS Gridley (DDG-101), USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) and USS Spruance (DDG-111) thanks to Joe Myles. Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Spruance (DDG-111) and USS Mustin (DDG-89) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Commanding Officer liustings for the USS Breck (DD-283), USS Case (DD-285), USS Lardner (DD-286), USS William B. Preston (DD-344) and USS Davis (DD-395) thanks to Ron Reeves.

28 Jul 2012 - Addsed Ship's patches for the USS Furse (DD-882), USS John W. Weeks (DD-701), USS Gearing (DD-710), USS Hamner (DD-718), USS Taussig (DD-746), USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), USS Lowry (DD-770), USS Preston (DD-795), USS Cushing (DD-797), USS Agerholm (DD-826) and USS Fechteler (DD-870) thanks to Mike Smolinski.

27 Jul 2012 - Added a photo from the USS Mustin (DDG-89) thanks to Robert Hurst.

26 Jul 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings and/or the Operational History for the USS Sinclair (DD-275), USS McCawley (DD-276), USS Moody (DD-277), USS Henshaw (DD-278), USS Meyer (DD-279), USS Isherwood (DD-284), USS Case (DD-285), USS Lardner (DD-286), USS Putnam (DD-287), USS Worden (DD-288), USS Dale (DD-290), USS Converse (DD-291), USS Percival (DD-298), USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299), USS Farragut (DD-300), USS Yarborough (DD-314), USS Wood (DD-317), USS Kidder (DD-319), USS Selfridge (DD-320), USS Robert Smith (DD-324), USS Mullany (DD-325), USS Coghlan (DD-326), USS Prestron (DD-327), USS Lamson (DD-328), USS Bruce (DD-329), USS Hull (DD-330), USS MacDonough (DD-331), USS Farenholt (DD-332), USS Sumner (DD-333), USS Corry (DD-334), USS Zane (DD-337), USS Wasmuth (DD-338), USS Trever (DD-339), USS Perry (DD-340), USS William B. Preston (DD-344), USS Preble (DD-345), USS Sicard (DD-346), USS Pruitt (DD-347), USS Somers (DD-381), USS Dunlap (DD-384), USS Bagley (DD-386) and USS Davis (DD-395) thanks to Ron Reeves.

24 Jul 2012 - Added newspaper photos of the USS Cushing (TB-1) and USS Porter (TB-6) thanks to Mike Mohl. Added photos of the USS Thompson (DD-627) and USS Sampson (DD-394) thanks to Robb Boswell.

23 Jul 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Mitscher (DDG-57), USS McCampbell (DDG-85), USS Decatur (DDG-73) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added a photo of the USS Leftwich (DD-984) thanks to Richard Leonhardt.

21 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54), USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), USS Decatur (DDG-73), USS Lassen (DDG-82), USS McCampbell (DDG-85) and USS Pinckney (DDG-91) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated Commanding Officer listings for the USS Mitscher (DDG-57) and USS Lassen (DDG-82) thanks to Ron Reeves.

20 Jul 2012 - Updated Commanding Officer listings and/or Operational History for the USS Whipple (DD-15), USS Worden (DD-16), USS Duncan (DD-46), USS McFarland (DD-237), USS King (DD-242), USS Welles (DD-257), USS Gillis (DD-260), USS McDermut (DD-262), USS McLanahan (DD-264), USS Edwards (DD-265), USS Greene (DD-266), USS Ballard (DD-267), USS Shubrick (DD-268) and USS Thornton (DD-270) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added a photo of the USS Decatur (DD-341) thanks to Tommy Trampp. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Greene (DD-266) and USS Anthony (DD-172) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

19 Jul 2012 - Added Ship's Zippo accessories for the USS Agerholm (DD-826), USS Barry (DD-933), USS Bearss (DD-654), USS Benner (DD-807), USS Blandy (DD-943), USS Bordelon (DD-881) and USS Caron (DD-976) thanks to John Altfeltis.

18 Jul 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) thanks to anneandmick. Added a view of the USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) thanks to Patricia Dengler. Added a series of views of the USS Edson (DD-946) taken today, and an image of the USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) also taken today thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

16 Jul 2012 - Added a series of photos of the FGS Lütjens (D-185) thanks to Thomas Arnold. Added newspaper photos of the USS Beale (DD-40), USS Downes (DD-45), USS Paulding (DD-22), USS Ammen (DD-35) and USS Jouett (DD-41) thanks to Mike Mohl. Added a view of the USS Ozbourn (DD-846) thanks to John Donaldson. Added a view of the USS Brownson (DD-868) thanks to Robert Hurst.

14 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713), USS Hull (DD-350), USS Murray (DD-576), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Orleck (DD-886), USS Hanson (DD-832), USS Ingersoll (DD-652), USS Putnam (DD-757), USS Hamner (DD-718), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Epperson (DD-719), USS Upshur (DD-144), USS Buchanan (DD-484) and USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Added a photo of the USS Kearny (DD-432) thanks to Tommy Trampp.

13 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Glennon (DD-840) and USS Rogers (DD-876) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Norman Scott (DD-690) thanks to Wayne VanDerVoort.

12 Jul 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Colahan (DD-658) along with Commanding Officer portraits for the USS DeHaven (DD-727), USS John S. McCain (DL-3) and USS Colahan (DD-658) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

11 Jul 2012 - Added a newspaper photo of the USS Nicholson (TB-29) and USS O'Brien (TB-30) thanks to Mike Mohl.

10 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Perkins (DD-877), USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), USS Hollister (DD-788), USS Vesole (DD-878), USS Hall (DD-583), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852), USS Davison (DD-618), USS Schley (DD-103), USS Benham (DD-397), USS Taussig (DD-746), USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Cony (DD-508), USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), USS Gurke (DD-783) and USS Philip (DD-498) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Updated the Contact info for the USS John A. Bole (DD-755) thanks to Ray Hancock.

08 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Duncan (DD-874), USS Prichett (DD-561), USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875), USS Dewey (DLG-14), USS John D. Henley (DD-553), USS Fiske (DD-842), USS Preston (DD-795), USS Harwood (DD-861), USS Dent (DD-116), USS Philip (DD-498), USS Wedderburn (DD-684), USS Montgomery (DD-121)and USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler. Added a Commanding Officer portrait for the USS Rowe (DD-564) and updated the Commanding Officer listing for the USS Norman Scott (DD-690) thanks to Ron Reeves.

07 Jul 2012 - Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Walke (DD-723), USS Edson (DD-946), USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16), USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), USS Thorn (DD-647), USS Wainwright (DD-419), USS Taylor (DD-468), USS Orleck (DD-886), USS Parsons (DDG-33), USS Porterfield (DD-682) and USS Maddox (DD-731) along with Commanding Officer listing updates for the USS Norman Scott (DD-690) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

05 Jul 2012 - Added photos of the USS Thompson (DD-305), USS Jarvis (DD-393), USS Collett (DD-730), USS Hamner (DD-718), USS Farragut (DDG-99), USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) and USS Aulick (DD-569) thanks to Tommy Trampp.

03 Jul 2012 - Added a painting of the USS Norris (DD-859) by and thanks to Robert McFeeley.

01 Jul 2012 - Added photos of the USS Bache (DD-470) and USS Sumner (DD-333) thanks to Tommy Trampp.

30 Jun 2012 - Added a namesake image for the USS Greer (DD-145) thanks to Bill Gonyo.

29 Jun 2012 - We have been experiencing server problems and one of the results has been the returning or loss of E-mail directed to the Destroyer Archive. I currently have no mail in my In Box so if you sent something in the last few days please try again. Added part of a Welcome Aboard pamphlet from the USS Holder (DD-819) thanks to Pete Skoutas.

26 Jun 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Beatty (DD-756) thanks to Charles Livingstone.

25 Jun 2012 - Updated the Operational History of the USS Stockton (DD-73) thanks to Roy.

22 Jun 2012 - Added more indentification comments on Unknown Destroyer #52 thanks to Rick Davis.

19 Jun 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Bennion (DD-662) thanks to Tommy Trampp.

18 Jun 2012 - Updated Reunion info for the USS Rich (DD-820) thanks to Marshall DuBois. Unidentified our Unknown Destroyer #52 thanks to Ron Kellar. Added a photo of the USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781) and updated her Commanding Officer listing thanks to Allan Marshall.

14 Jun 2012 - Added photos of the USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), USS Wilkinson (DL-5), USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), USS John Rodgers (DD-983), USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), USS John Hancock (DD-981) and USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

13 Jun 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Lamson (DD-18), USS Jouett (DD-41), USS Murray (DD-97), USS J. Fred Talbot (DD-156), USS Smith (DD-17), USS Whipple (DD-15) and USS Stewart (DD-13) along with Operational History updates for the USS Bailey (TB-21) and USS Bagley (TB-24) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added a photo of the USS Robinson (DD-88) thanks to Ed Zajkowski.

12 Jun 2012 - Added photos of the USS McFarland (DD-237) thanks to Mike Mohl.

11 Jun 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Breck (DD-283) thanks to C. Paul Daelemans. Added views of the USS Childs (DD-241) thanks to Mike Mohl. Added images of the USS Gonzales (DDG-66) thanks to Chris McKnight. Added photos of the USS Baldwin (DD-624) and USS Maddox (DD-622) thanks to Mike Green. Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Lamson (DD-18), USS J. Fred Talbot (DD-156), USS Murray (DD-97), USS Jouett (DD-41), USS Bailey (TB-21) and USS Bagley (TB-24) thanks to Wolfgang Hechler.

09 Jun 2012 - Added a photo of the USS McCampbell (DDG-85) thanks to Ron Reeves.

08 Jun 2012 - Added a photo of the USS Sharkey (DD-281) thanks to Mike Mohl. Added a view of the USS Maddox (DD-622) thanks to Tommy Trampp.

07 Jun 2012 - Added photos of the USS Coontz (DLG-9), USS Turner Joy (DD-951) and USS Henderson (DD-785) thanks to Richard Albright.

06 Jun 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Norfolk (DL-1) thanks to Ron Reeves. Added Commanding Officer portraits for the USS Lamson (DD-18) and USS Noa (DD-343) thanks to Bill Gonyo. Added a photo of the USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) thanks to Chris Howell.

05 Jun 2012 - Added a Sealed Bid Pamphlet for the USS Norfolk (DL-1) thanks to Ed Zajkowski. Added a photo of the USS Sterett (DDG-104) thanks to Gary Priolo.

04 Jun 2012 - Updated the Commanding Officer listings for the USS Flusser (DD-20), USS Lamson (DD-18), USS Preston (DD-19), USS Reid (DD-21), USS Monaghan (DD-32), USS Perkins (DD-26), USS Roe (DD-24), USS Terry (DD-25), USS Henley (DD-39), USS McCall (DD-28), USS Jouett (DD-41), USS Jenkins (DD-42), USS Downes (DD-45), USS Ericsson(DD-56), USS Rowan (DD-64), USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Bailey (TB-21), USS Perry (DD-11), USS Preble (DD-12), USS Stewart (DD-13), USS Smith (DD-17), USS Mayrant (DD-31), USS Beale (DD-40) and USS Whipple (DD-15) thanks to Ron Reeves.

Comments and Suggestions about this page, E-mail DestroyerInfo
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster