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| 30k | Edward Fitzgerald Beale was born in Washington, D.C., on 4 February 1822 and was appointed to the Naval School at Philadelphia on 14 December 1836, and received his warrant as a passed midshipman on 1 July 1842. In July 1846, while he was serving in the frigate Congress in California waters, war between the United States and Mexico erupted. Beale went ashore at recently captured San Diego as part of a small force sent to guide Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny's 1st Dragoons to that port. The two forces succeeded in the rendezvous; but, on the return trip, fought sharp battles on 7 and 8 December and ended up surrounded by a larger Mexican force. Beale and Kit Carson volunteered to slip through the Mexican lines to summon help from the San Diego garrison. Beale reached San Diego 27 hours later, and Carson came in the following morning. A relief column of 200 men went out, rescued Kearny's force, and escorted it back to San Diego. In February 1847, Beale--in company with Kit Carson and a small troop--set out overland across the North American continent and delivered his dispatches to Washington in June of that year. In 1848 and 1849, he made six journeys between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Promoted to master on 1 August 1849 and to lieutenant on 28 February 1850, Beale resigned on 5 March 1852 to accept an appointment as superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada. In the ensuing years, he conducted a number of surveys of railroad and wagon routes in the far west. He became Surveyor General of California in 1861 and at the end of the Civil War, retired to his ranch near the present day site of Bakersfield, Calif. In 1876, President Grant appointed him minister to the Austro Hungarian Empire; and, after holding that office for about a year, Beale returned to retirement. Edward Beale died in Washington on 22 April 1893. USAF Photo. | Bill Gonyo |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Beale as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
| 149k | Undated, location unknown. | James Clark |
| 89k | Undated, location unknown. | James Clark |
| 84k | The USS Beale (DD-471) at the time of her delivery to the USN, 22 December 1942. At this time she was armed with two twin 40mm and 4-20mm guns as her AA armament. | Rick E. Davis |
| 86k | A halftone reproduction photograph of the USS Beale (DD-471) taken circa 1942-1943. This image as been heavily retouched by the wartime censor, eliminating radar antennas on Beale's mast and Mark 37 gun director (USN photo No NH 103709). | Robert Hurst |
| 138k | The USS Beale (DD-471) undergoing an inclining experiment at New York NY, 9 March 1943, after the upgrading to the three twin 40mm gun mounts and 11-20mm guns which was becoming the standard for Fletcher class at that time. Ships in the background are probably a Royal Navy Leander class CL and the French battleship Richelieu. | Rick E. Davis |
| 46k | Seen in a Fire Support zone off the Northern Leyte landing beaches, October 20, 1944. View from USS Harrison by Tom McCann. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 21d. | John Chiquoine |
| 86k | The USS Beale (DD-471) 13 January 1945 at San Francisco after her upgrade to the five twin 40mm gun mounts and seven 20mm standard for Fletcher class destroyers. | Rick E. Davis |
| 104k | Our Navy Magazine, First of September 1954. | Stanley Svec |
| 79k | Circa 1959 on a deployment from the United Kingdom to Australia. Photo by Mark's grandfather. From Left to right: probably the USS Beale (DD-471), USS Massey (DD-778), USS Benham (DD-796), USS Murray (DD-576), USS Bache (DD-470) and USS Eaton (DD-510). | Mark Tylinski |
| 144k | USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) Steams in formation with other units of Task Force ALFA, during anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic, 1959. The other ships present are (from left): USS Murray (DDE-576), USS Beale (DDE-471), USS Bache (DDE-470), USS Eaton (DDE-510), USS Conway (DDE-507), USS Cony (DDE-508) and USS Waller (DDE-466). Photograph was released for publication on 3 August 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 91k | Task Group ALFA, formation portrait of the anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during 1959 exercises in the Atlantic, while Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke was embarked. Ships include the group flagship, USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. Aircraft overhead include two formations of S2F "Trackers" from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based P2V "Neptune" from Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia. Two HSS-1 helicopters are flying low, directly over the submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 105k | As above, different view. | Fred Weiss |
| 64k | USS Beale steaming in New York Harbour, circa the 1960's (USN Photo No NH 103714). | Robert Hurst |
| 98k | USS Beale underway at sea, circa the 1960's (USN Photo No NH 103716). | Robert Hurst |
| 83k | USS Beale underway at sea, 21 July 1964. photographed by Airman Darrell L. Johnson (USN Photo No NH 103710). | Robert Hurst |
| 42k | Chesapeke Bay, August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 50k | NOB Norfolk, August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 107k | USS Beale underway in harbour, 27 October 1964. Taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class G.A. Carpenter (USN Photo No NH 103711). | Robert Hurst |
| 66k | USS Beale (DD-471) photographed from directly astern while steaming in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia, 26 November 1965. Taken by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Blankinship. of Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia (Photo No NH 103717). | Robert Hurst |
| 77k | USS Beale (DD-471) underway off Subic Bay, philippines, during a naval gunfire support mission in July 1966. She began operations on the Vietman War "gunline" late in that month (USN Photo No NH 103712). | Robert Hurst |
| 94k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Marc Piché |
| 78k | Ship's patch. | Thomas F. Bolin CTO1 USN ret. |
| 45k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
