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Decatur standing along side the John Paul Jones (DDG-32) and the Turner Joy (DD-951) |
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Decatur in rough seas 1968 in the Sea of Japan |
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Traversing the Panama Canal - headed to homeport - Long Beach, CA - 1967 |
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Taken from the Hancock during an unrep |
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DD-341 in the 1920s or 1930s |
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Current Decatur - DDG-73 - Fighting out of San Diego, CA |
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DD-936 in Tobruk, Libya circa 1960 |
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DD-936 in Rhodes, Greece in 1960
Courtesy of David Evans, IC3 |
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Back in Rhodes, Greece in 2006
Courtesy of David Evans, IC3, DD-936 |
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Russian sub surfaces during the October, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Courtesy of Jim McCracken, BM3, DD-936 |
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1966 Radar Gang musters in Newport, RI |
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Early DDG-31 decision makers - (l-r) XO McDaniel, CO Baggett, OPs Hellewell |
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Bring in the BIG Guns...USS New Jersey circa 1968 |
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Dittemore and Otis meet in December 2006. They'll rekindle their friendship at the Vegas reunion. |
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DD-936 Patch
Courtesy of Harold Vogel, RD3, DD-936 |
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DDG-31 entering Sydney , Australia |
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Project Mercury - Decatur "rescues" the 1st orbital capsule in 1961. |
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Change of Command Cover
Courtesy of Lee Noland and Mark Serafine |
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Decommissioning Ceremonial Cover
Courtesy of Mark Serafine and Lee Noland |
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Bumper sticker
Courtesy of Lee Noland |
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Another Bumper Sticker
Courtesy of Lee Noland |
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Steve (where are you?) and Brian during the '74-'75 WestPac cruise.
Courtesy of Tom Augustine, ET2 |
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USS Constellation (CVN-64) operations.
Courtesy of Tom Augustine, ET2 |
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(l-r) ET3 Ray Dunlap and HM2 Erb
Courtesy of Tom Augustine, ET2 |
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Our own Decatur "Superman" Hihn and Mark Serafine enjoy a pre-Vegas mini-reunion in San Antonio in May, 2007.
Courtesy of Jerry "Man of Steel" Hihn |
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Mark Serafine ponders the Vegas reunion and another Decatur hat...compliments of the Decatur Reunion Hat Committee |
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USS Forrestal: Another sister ship faces SINKEX as its fate? |
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BM1 John Bandu creates a "fighting ships" portrait for the DD-936 mess deck.
Courtesy of Patricia (Bandu) Smith |
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John Bandu's finished product...a Naval masterpiece |
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John Bandu's commemorative cake...truly, a great artist on any type of canvas |
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A typical WWII "4 stacker" menu from 1945
Courtesy: Joe Hanzel, WO1 (Retired), DD-341 (1935-1937) |
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The "fighting D" (DDG-73) fires an SM-3 interceptor.
"Another Decatur First."
A U.S.Navy Photo: Courtesy of Tom Augustine, ETN2, 1973-1975 |
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(l-r) Cardillo, Murray, Chaffinch, Morrison, Lucio,Larese, and West try out for "Dancing with the Stars," way back in 1968 (PI). The Larese collection |
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G Division's finest...circa 1970
Courtesy of Ron Sechrist |
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The USS San Antonio (LPD-17)...Pride of Texas. Ship's Motto: "Never Retreat - Never Surrender."
Thanks to Mark Serafine. |
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