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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Endicott (DD-495, later DMS-35), 1944-1970 --
Actions, Activities and Crew

This page features views of USS Endicott's actions, activities and crew.


For additional images of this ship, see USS Endicott (DD-495, later DMS-35).

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 54382

USS Endicott (DD-495)


Sinking the German corvette Nimet Allah during the Southern France Operation, 17 August 1944. A large splash or explosion can be faintly seen in the left center.
Helmets on watching men indicate that this photograph may have been taken from a British ship, perhaps HMS Aphis or HMS Scarab.

Courtesy of Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 51566

Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley, USN
,
Commanding Officer, USS Endicott (DD-495)

Sketch by Radioman 2nd Class Grantier, depicting LCdr. Bulkeley photographing the sinking of the German corvette Nimet Allah by Endicott during the Southern France Operation, 17 August 1944. He is using a 35mm camera.

Courtesy of Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 54383

Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., USNR,
Commander of the Special Operations Group's Eastern Diversionary Unit,
Captain Henry C. Johnson, Commander Special Operations Group (CTG 80.4) and
Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Endicott (DD-495)
(listed from left to right)

On USS Endicott's bridge during the Southern France Operation, August 1944.
This may have been taken after the 17 August engagement that sank the German corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola.

Courtesy of Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: 80-G-432568

Thai frigate Prasae


Stranded behind enemy lines on the Korean east coast, January 1951. She had gone ashore in a snowstorm on 7 January and had to be destroyed after unsuccessful efforts to pull her off.
A helicopter and several U.S. Navy ships, including USS Endicott (DMS-35), are offshore covering salvage operations.
Prasae was formerly the British corvette Betony and the Indiana Navy's Sind.

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

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

 
Photo #: NH 73682

USS Endicott (DMS-35)


Is welcomed to Pearl Harbor by Hawaiian Hula dancers, 18 March 1951, as she returns from eight months of Korean War operations.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 97030

"Plank Owners"


Boatswain's Mate First Class Orville Cox (left) and Chief Boilerman William T. Ashford hold the "Eight" flag by the forward 5"/38 gun mount of USS Endicott (DMS-35), as she was returning to San Diego from an eight-month deployment in the Korean War Zone, circa March 1951. Both men have served on on board Endicott since she was commissioned in 1943, eight years previously, and by Navy tradition "own" a plank from the ship's deck.
In Endicott's case, however, there are no "planks", as her decks are entirely made of steel.
Probably photographed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The photograph was released by Commander Mine Force, Pacific Fleet, on 20 March 1951.

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

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Photo #: NH 73684

USS Endicott (DMS-35)


Ship's officers, 25 November 1952.
Lieutenant Commander Donald K. Traxler, Commanding Officer, is seated in the center of the first row. He is flanked by Lieutenant J.T. Layden, Executive Officer, and Lieutenant J.M. Van Eaton, the relieving Executive Officer.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 73683

USS Endicott (DMS-35)


Ship's officers and crew, 25 November 1952.
Lieutenant Commander Donald K. Traxler, Commanding Officer, is seated in the center of the first row. He is flanked by Lieutenant J.T. Layden, Executive Officer, and Lieutenant J.M. Van Eaton, the relieving Executive Officer.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 

For additional images of this ship, see USS Endicott (DD-495, later DMS-35).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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23 October 1999