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	49k	Max Silverstein was born in Chicago, Ill., on 15 February 1911 and was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy on 18 June 1928. He was commissioned ensign on 02 June 1932 and went to sea in Chester (CA 27) on the 26th as an aircraft gunnery observer. He was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) on 2 June 1935 and subsequently served in Chaumont (AP 45), Tattnall (DD 125), and Seattle (CA 11). After being promoted to lieutenant on 13 March 1940, later changed to date from 01 August 1939, Lt. Silverstein reported for duty as Engineer and Damage Control Officer in Sims (DD 409). On 07 May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Sims came under aerial attack. Though knocked unconscious by the first bomb, Lt. Silverstein quickly recovered and "coolly directed the securing of the boilers, the jettisoning of topside weights to preserve stability and the preparations for repairs to save the vessel from sinking." Lt. Silverstein died soon thereafter when Sims sank. For "his relentless determination and inspiring heroism . . . ," Lt. Silverstein was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal and the Purple Heart. USS Silverstein (DE 534) (1944-1959) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1932)		Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal.
	57k	undated, souvenir ship portrait		Alfred F. McDonald GM2c 51-52
	103k	undated, another souvenir ship portrait		Tommy Trampp Benton City, Wash.
	59k	undated		Ronald W. (Fett) West
0653412	232k	14 January 1953: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - USS Silverstein (DE 534) at Pearl Harbor Naval Station. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-630969 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)		Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
	299k	1955: off the coast of Hawaii - Silverstein underway off Pearl Harbor. (Photo by John's Dad, BMC Albert Curry)		John M. Curry
	96k	1956: off Enewetok and Bikini Atoll, the Marshall Islands - Photo was taken when Silverstein was part of a flotilla of ships involved in a series of 17 tests of A-bomb and H-bomb devices, under the code name of "Redwing."		John W. Smith EM3, USN 1954 - 1957
	137k	USS Silverstein Commanding Officers 1944 - 1959 (Photo © Ron Jensen, 1944 crew)
	329k	28 May 1958: off the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Silverstein shown lying on the hull of USS Stickleback (SS 415) following a collision that took place during ASW exercises.		Robert M. Cieri
	397k	28 May 1958: off the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Silverstein, shortly after separating from Stickleback following a collision that took place during ASW exercises.		Charles Hansen (ex-PH2, USN)
	227k	Page from Silverstein's Scrapping Booklet showing her laid up in storage.		Ed Zajkowski      and Tim Rizzuto
	219k	Page 11 from Silverstein's Scrapping Booklet designating which items have to be demilitarized.

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