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| 88k | Admiral John Sidney McCain, Sr. (b. August 9, 1884, Teoc, Mississippi - d. September 6, 1945). He was born in Teoc, Mississippi, and attended the University of Mississippi before going to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1906. His first assignments was in the Asiatic Squadron, after which he went to the naval base in San Diego, California. During the First World War, he was on convoy duty in the Atlantic Ocean. In the 1920s and early 1930s, McCain served on the USS Maryland (BB-46), USS New Mexico (BB-40), and USS Nitro (AE-2). His first command was the USS Sirius (AK-18). In 1936, he became a Naval Aviator, and from 1937 to 1939 he commanded the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4). For the first year of World War II he served as Commander of Air Forces for Western Sea Frontier and the South Pacific Area. In this post, McCain was asked to conduct extra reconnaissance missions over "The Slot" in the Solomon Islands on August 8, 1942. For reasons never explained, McCain failed to order these missions, and compounded this by not informing the naval commanders at Guadalcanal that they weren't carried out. Thus, Allied naval forces were surprised and defeated in the Battle of Savo Island on August 9, which jeopardized the entire Guadalcanal operation. In October 1942, McCain became Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and in August 1943 was promoted to Vice Admiral and assigned as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air). In 1944 he returned to the Pacific Theater, commanding Task Group 38.1 under Marc Mitscher. McCain's skillful tactics at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 earned him the Navy Cross. Vice Admiral McCain died on September 6, 1945, just after arriving back in the United States, and was posthumously promoted to Admiral effective that date. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. For his performance as an air planner and carrier task force commander he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and two Gold Stars in lieu of subsequent awards. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 88k | Admiral John Sidney McCain, Jr. (b. January 17, 1911 - d. March 22, 1981). He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931. Like his father and son, he graduated towards the bottom of his class. During World War II, "Junior" - who preferred to be called "Jack" - commanded the submarine Gunnel at Operation Torch. Like many U.S. subs in the Atlantic, Gunnel was attacked in error by friendly aircraft. The Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesels (known, of course, as "whores") which powered the Gunnel were troublesome; at one point enroute, drive gears of all four of the main engines were out of commission, and McCain had to rely on his tiny auxiliary for the last 1800km (1000nm). Gunnel went into the navy yard for an extensive refit, and was replaced on patrol station off North Africa by Pilly Lent's Haddo). After the refit, the Gunnel was transferred to the Pacific. In June 1943, in the East China and Yellow Seas, he sank two ships (confirmed postwar by JANAC): Koyo Maru (6400 tons) and Tokiwa Maru (7000 tons). However, more trouble from the sub's diesels cut the patrol to only eleven days, after which he returned to Pearl Harbor. The Gunnel was the first Pearl Harbor H.O.R. boat to be re-engined and she returned to action off Iwo Jima in December 1943). Alerted by Hypo of carriers on the night of 2-3 December, McCain shot four torpedos at IJNS Zuiho at a very long range of 5500m (6000yd, 3nm), only to miss as Zuiho zigged; Even though he missed, he was still one of only a handful of U.S. skippers to get such an opportunity. On his final patrol, on 18 March 1944, off Tawi Tawi, the main Japanese fleet anchorage in the Philippines, McCain got an another shot at a carrier, firing from extremely long range (8200m {9000yd}). He missed and was counterattacked, but only with sixteen depth charges. He tried to attack the same carrier over the next four days, but could get no closer than 10km (5.5nm). During the May 1944 U.S. air strike on Surabaya, the Gunnel lay off Tawi Tawi in company with Robert Olsen's Angler, but McCain managed no attacks on Japanese ships. He shifted his operations to the coast of Indochina, where on 8 June 1944, he picked up a convoy, escorted by yet another aircraft carrier. He was unable to approach closer than 28km (15nm). On his return to Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to the submarine Dentuda. He had one patrol with the Dentuda, in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Straits, damaging a large freighter and sinking two patrol craft. After the end of the war, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel until 1948. He assumed command of Submarine Division 71 in the Pacific the next year. In 1950, he was assigned to a series of posts at The Pentagon. He spent the 1960s in a series of commands in the Atlantic, becoming Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe in 1967 and 1968. He was involved in the investigations that followed the USS Liberty incident. During the Vietnam War, Admiral McCain served as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command from 1968 to 1972. During this time, his son, Navy pilot (and future U.S. senator) John S. McCain III was held in Hanoi as a prisoner of war for nearly 5 1/2 years. Admiral McCain retired in 1972 and died in 1981. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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| 47k | September 26 1992, Bath, Maine, the guided missile destroyer John S. McCain (DDG-56) slips down the ways after being christened at the Bath Iron Works shipyard. | Fred Weiss | |
| 89k | The Launching Program for the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56). | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 155k | US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS McCain DDG-56 Departing Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine. USS McCain Heading out of the Kennebec River Passing Fort Popham to open waters. When US Navy ships leave Bath Iron Works, May 27, 1994. | Steven Cardali | |
| 181k | Lockheed Martin Photo 1994. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 29k | Fremantle, Australia April 9 1996. | Marc Piché | |
| 59k | Fremantle, Australia April 9 1996. | Marc Piché | |
| 35k | Fremantle, Australia April 13 1996. | Marc Piché | |
| 33k | Fremantle, Australia April 13 1996. | Marc Piché | |
| 101k | Fremantle 1996. | Graeme D Fuller | |
| 100k | Fremantle 1996. | Graeme D Fuller | |
| 125k | Fremantle 1996. | Graeme D Fuller | |
| 118k | Fremantle 1996. | Graeme D Fuller | |
| 52k | San Francisco, April 19 1997. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 77k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 81k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 90k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 74k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 87k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 100k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 79k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 109k | The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) patrols the waters of the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Guided missile destroyers are multi-mission (ASW, anti-air and anti-surface warfare) surface combatants. With the combination of Aegis, the Vertical Launching System, an advanced anti-submarine warfare system, advanced anti-aircraft missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers such as John S. McCain continue the revolution at sea. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza. [980211-N-4142G-015] Feb 11, 1998. | Fred Weiss | |
| 101k | DN-SD-01-04806, 980301-N-4541B-002. Onboard the Arleigh Burke Class, Guided Missile Destroyer, USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56), US Navy Signalman Seaman Shelton D. Ruffin flashes a coded message to the USS SEATTLE (AOE-3) (Not shown), during a underway vertical replenishment in the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia build-up. Photo by PH2 Gloria Barry, March 1 1998. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 125k | DN-SD-01-04857, 980305-N-4541B-020. US Navy Damage Controlman 1st Class (Surface Warfare) John T. Brown, Landing Signal Enlisted, directs a US Navy HH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, with a sling load of cargo, toward the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56). The AEGIS destroyer is deployed to the Persian Gulf while conducting Maritime Interception Operations in support of the Southwest Asia build-up. Photo by PH2 Gloria Barry, March 5 1998. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 130k | DN-SD-00-03078, 980306-N-4541B-022. Onboard USS JOHN S. MC CAIN (DDG-56) Boarding security team members inspects life vests prior to boarding an Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) (not shown) during a Maritime Interception Operation (MIO) in the North Arabian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia (SWA) build up. Photo by PH2 Gloria Barry, March 6 1998. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 53k | (Left to right) Kuwait Patrol craft Failaka (P3715), USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), USS Cushing (DD-985), and Kuwait Patrol craft Maskan (P3717), participate in a U.S.-Kuwait photo exercise (PHOTOEX) in the Persian Gulf, February 6, 2000. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Christian Eskelund (#000206-N-9568E-001). | USN | |
| 43k | Fremantle, Australia March 31 2000. | Marc Piché | |
| 73k | As Part of a Bilateral Exercise, ANNUALEX, between the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Navy, USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) steam in formaton November 9 2000. U.S. Navy Photo by PH3(AW) John Sullivan. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 47k | 010517-N-4790M-001, at sea aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56, May 17 2001, a 54 caliber round fires from the barrel of of McCain’s five-inch gun during naval shore fire support of an amphibious attack on Shoal Water Bay Training Area (SWBTA) as part of Exercise "Tandem Thrust" 01. | Tony Cowart | |
| 98k | Shoalwater Bay, Australia, May 19, 2001 HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41) and USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) cruise in Australian waters supporting operations during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. Tandem Thrust is a combined U.S. and Australian military training exercise being held in the Shoalwater Bay training area off the coast of Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines are participating in this training exercise for crisis action planning and execution for contingency response operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Andrew Meyers. [010519-N-4790M-005] May 19, 2001. | Fabio Peña | |
| 64k | 020208-N-0000R-001, at sea aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), February 8 2002, a standard missile launches from the ships forward missile mount to intercept an incoming “hostile” target drone. U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Matthew C. Ruble. | Tony Cowart | |
| 36k | USS JOHN S MCCAIN in the Northern Arabian Gulf, May 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom. | Lt Steve Dundas, CHC USNR | |
| 38k | USS JOHN S MCCAIN in the Northern Arabian Gulf, May 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom alongside the HMAS Canberra (FFG-02). | Lt Steve Dundas, CHC USNR | |
| 36k | USS JOHN S MCCAIN in the Northern Arabian Gulf, May 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom. | Lt Steve Dundas, CHC USNR | |
| 36k | USS JOHN S MCCAIN in the Northern Arabian Gulf, May 2002, Operation Enduring Freedom after leaving the side of the USS Hue City (CG-66). | Lt Steve Dundas, CHC USNR | |
| 121k | At sea aboard USS John S. McCain, June 4, 2002 a gunner's mate aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) loads a magazine into the ship's mounted .50 caliber bridge gun. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class (SW) Arlo K. Abrahamson. [020604-N-5362A-007] June 4 2002. | Fred Weiss | |
| 88k | At Sea aboard the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 November 16, 2002 US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS John S. McCain flying a large ensign participates in Exercise Keen Sword 2003 off the Coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a serious in a regularly scheduled joint\bilateral field exercises training since 1996 involving the Japanese Maritime Self defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Military. The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the U.S. and Japan. US Navy Photo Photographers mate 1st Class Ted Banks. | Steven A. Cardali | |
| 96k | At sea with the Guided Missile destroyer USS McCain DDG-56 approaches the USS Kitty Hawk for a replenishment at sea (RAS) US Navy Photo Jan. 26, 2003. | Steven A. Cardali | |
| 69k | 030217-N-0120R-003 Central Command Area of Responsibility, February 17 2003, an MH-60S "Knighthawk" helicopter assigned to the “Providers” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5) flies by the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) during a refueling at sea (RAS) with the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). | Tony Cowart | |
| 47k | 040124-N-9288T-032, Pacific Ocean, January 24 2004, the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) closes in on the bow of the guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG 49), commencing a towing exercise. After three hours of rigging the tow, McCain will tow Vincennes at a speed of five knots for 15 minutes off the coast of Japan. | Tony Cowart | |
| 57k | 040124-N-9288T-029, Pacific Ocean, January 24 2004, the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) closes in on the bow of the guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG 49), commencing a towing exercise. | Tony Cowart | |
| 58k | 040124-N-9288T-062, Pacific Ocean, January 25 2004, the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) commencing a towing of the guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG 49). | Tony Cowart | |
| 55k | 040206-N-2970T-001, at sea aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), February 6 2004, guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) fires a RIM-66 standard surface-to-air missile during a training exercise. During the exercise, the missile intercepted a remote controlled, GPS-guided test drone. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Marvin E. Thompson Jr. | Tony Cowart | |
| 60k | 050321-N-9588P-001, Chinae, Republic of Korea, March 21 2005, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) haul in lines in preparation to departing the port of Chinae, Republic of Korea. | Tony Cowart | |
| 24k | 050328-N-9851B-009, Yokosuka, Japan, March 28 2005, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) returns to her forward deployed operating base, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, after completing a regularly scheduled underway period. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 38k | 050407-N-9851B-007, Yokosuka, Japan, April 7 2005, sailors assigned to the large harbor tug USS Massapequa (YBT 807) throw a messenger line to Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as she prepares to get underway from her forward deployed operating base, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 43k | 050407-N-9851B-008, Yokosuka, Japan, April 7 2005, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) man the rails as the ship pulls away from her forward deployed operating base, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 55k | 060411-N-9851B-004, Pacific Ocean, April 11 2006, Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Lucas Alderson pulls a mooring line onto the deck of Arleigh Burke-Class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). McCain is getting underway for a Friends and Family Day cruise from its homeport at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 125k | DN-SD-07-01870, 060411-N-9851B-013. US Navy (USN) Boatswain's Mate Seaman (BMSN) Charles Holmes mans the helm aboard the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG 56) as the ship gets underway for a Friends and Family Day cruise. The MCCAIN is getting underway for a Friends and Family Day cruise from its homeport at Commander Fleet Activities (CFA) Yokosuka Naval Base (NB), Japan (JPN). Photo by PH2 John Beeman, April 11 2006. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 41k | 060506-N-4953E-002, Yokosuka, Japan, May 4 2006, the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), left, guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) participate in Divisional Tactics (DIVTACs), a maneuvering exercise where ships execute various formations in close proximity to each other. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Danny Ewing Jr. | Tony Cowart | |
| 52k | 050531-N-9851B-008, Yokosuka, Japan, May 31 2005, Gunner's Mate 3rd Class David Rizkallah stands force protection watch with an M-60 machine gun on the bridge wing of the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as the ship gets underway for a Friends and Family Day Cruise. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 103k | 050531-N-9851B-018. Yokosuka, Japan, May 31 2005, First Lieutenant, Ens. Nicholas Leshock explains the ship's compass on the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) to a Yokosuka Middle School student. McCain is underway for a Friends and Family Day Cruise. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 47k | 060419-N-9851B-008, Yokosuka, Japan, April 19 2006, guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) transits Truman Bay, as she departs forward deployed operating base Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, for a scheduled underway. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman. | Tony Cowart | |
| 54k | 060608-N-2385R-004, Yokosuka, Japan, June 8 2006, Personnel Specialist Seaman Recruit Anthony Van Dover stands by as a line-handler in preparation for the departure of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). McCain is pulling out for a regularly scheduled deployment from her forward deployed operating base, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. | Tony Cowart | |
| 36k | 060618-N-7597G-031, Philippine Sea, June 18 2006, guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), foreground, followed by guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) underway replenishment oilier USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) shown in formation during the photo portion of Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. | Tony Cowart | |
| 53k | 061013-N-6959H-022, Yokosuka, Japan, October 13 2006, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Mustin (DDG 89) display their flags commemorating the U.S. Navy’s 231st Birthday. U.S. Navy photo by Operations Specialist 2nd Class Kevin Harris. | Tony Cowart | |
| 61k | 061018-N-6106R-080, Pacific Ocean, October 18 2006, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) sails behind the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). McCain is part of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group that is on a regularly scheduled fall deployment in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen W. Rowe. | Tony Cowart | |
| 144k | June 29 2007, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) pulled into Kure, Japan recently after spending a weekend underway hosting 22 midshipmen from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. McCain Sailors spent three days with the midshipmen, leading them on tours through the ship's main spaces and demonstrating a variety of shipboard evolutions, which included a gun shoot on the ship's 50 caliber machine guns. USS John S. McCain Commanding Officer Cmdr. Thomas G. Halvorson (center) poses with Japanese midshipmen onboard the ship. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 91k | Nigata, Japan, June 30 2007, local media captures the arrival of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) in Niigata, Japan, for a scheduled port visit. While in Niigata, Sailors will have the opportunity to experience the local culture and to participate in community relations projects. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 80k | Manistee (YTB-782) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain (DDG-56) away from the pier at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 10 September 2007. McCain is unit of Destroyer Squadron 15 (DESRON-15). US Navy photo # 070910-N-2638R-001 YOKOSUKA, Japan by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bryan Reckard. Photo from the Navy Newsstand. | Chet Morris | |
| 129k | A series of four views of the McCain taken by Chris while flying with HS-14 in the Kitty Hawk Battle Group during Operation Annualex 19G with the JMSDF in the Fall of 2007. | LTJG Chris Stevens, HS-14 | |
| 96k | As above. | LTJG Chris Stevens, HS-14 | |
| 95k | As above. | LTJG Chris Stevens, HS-14 | |
| 74k | As above. | LTJG Chris Stevens, HS-14 | |
| 115k | Pacific Ocean, March 18 2008, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) fires her five-inch gun system during a live-fire exercise. McCain is one of seven Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Byron C. Linder, ID# 080318-N-9123L-001. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 59k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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