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Photo # NH 97062:  Destroyer Squadron Eight change of command, 1951

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Activities in the United States, 1951 - July 1953


This page features miscellaneous images of Korean War activities in the United States during 1951-53 and provides links to other domestic views taken during those years

For additional views taken during this time, see:

  • ---Ship Reactivations, 1951;
  • ---Ship Reactivations & Shipbuilding, 1952;
  • ---Ship Homecomings, 1951;
  • ---Ship Homecomings, 1952-53;
  • ---Hospital Scenes, 1951-53.

    For links to photographs of Korean War activities in the United States in 1950, see:

  • Activities in the United States.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-482803

    Navy Department Building ("Main Navy"),
    Washington, D.C.


    View of the building's central entrance, on Constitution Avenue NW, across from the foot of 18th Street. It looks south and slightly westward. Photographed on 23 June 1953, a few days before the end of the Korean War.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 97062

    Destroyer Squadron Eight Change of Command, 1951


    "Recently returned from Korea, Commander Destroyer Squadron Eight, Captain E.S. Von Kleeck, Jr., reads his farewell address on board the USS J. P. Kennedy, Jr., as officers and men of Destroyer Division 81 stand-by to receive their new commander." Captain Von Kleeck was relieved by Captain J.J. Laffan.
    Probably taken at Newport, Rhode Island, soon after 8 August 1951, when DesDiv 81 returned from a Korean War deployment.
    Ships present are (from right to left):
    USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850);
    USS William R. Rush (DD-714);
    USS Fiske (DD-842);
    USS Hawkins (DDR-873);
    and an unidentified escort destroyer (DDE).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Note:
    This photograph is slightly disfigured by a ripped emulsion in the lower center left.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-442409

    USS Antietam (CV-36)


    Off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, en route to the Far East for her first Korean War deployment.
    Photo is dated 26 September 1951.
    Diamond Head is faintly visible in the right distance.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-433593

    USNS General M.B. Stewart (T-AP-140)


    Troops of the Army's 43rd Infantry Division prepare to embark for overseas duty, at Hampton Roads Pier, Virginia, 10 October 1951.
    At right, Red Cross workers are passing out doughnuts and coffee to the men.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-633888

    USS Bataan (CVL-29)


    Underway in January 1952 with F4U-4B "Corsair" fighter-bombers of VMF-314 on board.
    Photo was taken as she was working up in preparation for her second Korean War deployment.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 590 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-438383

    Transfer of ships to the Republic of Korea Navy


    Four U.S. Navy ships at Astoria, Oregon, during their transfer to the ROK Navy. In the foreground are USS LSSL-77, which became the Korean Yung Huang Man (LSSL-107), and USS LSSL-91, which became the Korean Kang Hwa Man (LSSL-108). Behind them are USS PC-485, which became the Korean Han La San (PC-705), and USS PC-600, which became the Korean Myo Hyang San (PC-706).
    Note snow on the ships.
    Photograph is dated 24 January 1952.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 116KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439813

    USS Wisconsin (BB-64)


    SA George E. Riel, Jr., USN, checks a plotting board to ensure that no aircraft are in the path of projectiles that will soon be fired at targets ashore, during gunnery practice in the Atlantic area.
    Photo is dated 3 March 1953.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 85670

    Vice Admiral and Mrs. Joel T. Boone, USN (MC)


    Receiving a framed photograph in early 1952, commemorating the first helicopter landing on USS Consolation (AH-15) on or about 21 December 1951.
    Presenting the photograph is Rear Admiral H. Lamont Pugh, the Surgeon General of the Navy.
    The photograph alone is Photo # NH 85669.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Joel T. Boone, 1977.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     

    For additional views of Korean War Activities in the United States during 1951-53, see:

  • ---Ship Reactivations, 1951;
  • ---Ship Reactivations & Shipbuilding, 1952;
  • ---Ship Homecomings, 1951;
  • ---Ship Homecomings, 1952-53;
  • ---Hospital Scenes, 1951-53.

    For links to photographs of Korean War activities in the United States in 1950, see:

  • Activities in the United States.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    Page made 16 August 2000
    New image added 28 September 2005