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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
62 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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| 52k | Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, born in Georgetown, S.C., 4 February 1873, was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1888, and commissioned Ensign in 1894. Attaining the rank of Vice Admiral in 1932, his commands included Perkins; Dixie; Flotilla 2, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet; Melville; Idaho; Naval War College; Battleship Division 3, Battle Force; and Battleships; Battle Force. For his service during World War I he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as commanding officer, Melville and Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, European Waters. He died at San Diego, Calif., 25 September 1932. Photo from the Naval Historical Center. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Pringle 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 | |
| 83k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 44k | Undated newspaper clipping, location unknown. | Jason R. Martin | |
| 114k | 'Fletcher' class destroyer USS Pringle (DD-477) underway sometime in December 1942, location unknown. Note that she is fitted with a catapult, which replaced the after torpedo tubes and No.3 gun turret. Note also that the forward turrets have their top hatches open. | John N. Egeland, Jr. | |
| 147k | This 25 April 1943 photo taken off Pearl Harbor NY shows the USS Pringle (DD-477) after her catapult was removed and she was returned to Fleet destroyer configuration. The Pringle at this time has three twin 40mm gun mounts, one on the fantail, and 10-20mm guns. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 64k | The USS Pringle (DD-477) was upgraded in September-October 1944 to the standard five twin 40mm gun mounts and seven 20mm guns as seen in this 16 October 1944 photo at Hunters Point NY. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 86k | As above. | Rick E. Davis | |
LCDR Harold O. (Swede) Larson Sep 15 1942 - Apr 1943 (Later VADM) CDR George DeMetropolis Apr 1943 - Jun 1944 (Later RADM) LCDR John Lawrence Kelly Jr. Jun 1944 - Apr 16 1945
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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