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| USS Doyle (DD-494) |
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| 85k | Richard Doyle entered the Navy on board the schooner Enterprise 25 August 1803 at Malta. On 14 November 1803 he was promoted to quarter gunner. He volunteered for the expedition under Stephen Decatur, Jr., which entered the harbor of Tripoli and daringly destroyed the former U.S. frigate Philadelphia 16 February 1804. Doyle later served in the frigate John Adams, and died 27 June 1807 while serving in Wasp. Image is a Painting of the Burning of the Philadelphia on 16 February 1804. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 105k | Shipbuilders standing aboard the destroyer USS Doyle (DD-494), decorated for its launch on March 17 1942. Photo courtesy of Life Magazine (For educational non-commercial use only). | Bill Gonyo | |
| 126k | The Irish workers who built the destroyer USS Doyle sitting before it along with a sign painted on the dock that reads "Irish! 40 Days Soon," indicating their hard work in getting the ship ready to be launched by St. Patrick's Day. Photo courtesy of Life Magazine (For educational non-commercial use only). | Bill Gonyo | |
| 132k | Mrs. C. M. Maloney, carrying a bouquet of flowers and a wrapped bottle of champagne, is preparing to help launch the destroyer USS Doyle (DD-494). Photo courtesy of Life Magazine (For educational non-commercial use only). | Bill Gonyo | |
  | 186k 161k | USS Doyle (DD-494) entering the water as she is launched on 17 March 1942 at the Seattle Yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard. Source: Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studio, Photo No. K-A. | Mike Green | |
  | 420k 415k | Seattle Post Intelligencer article dated March 18 1942 covering the launching. | Andy Hopkins | |
| 67k | USS Doyle off Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding, January 8 1943. | Gerd Matthes | |
| 53k | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Dusk falls over the Navy Yard docks, circa June-September 1943. The ship in the centre, just beyond the crane, is USS Gherhardi (DD-637). USS Luce (DD-522) is at left, with only her bow visible. USS Butler (DD-636) is at right, with only her stern visible. USS Doyle (DD-494) is in the right background. A British light cruiser, painted in yellow primer, is in the left background (USN Photo No 80-G-K-3859). | Robert Hurst | |
| USS Doyle (DMS-34) |
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| 137k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 59k | At San Diego, 1950 | Gene Starns | |
| 30k | At Midway, 1950 | Jack Donovan | |
| 211k | The Caine Mutiny lobby card showing wardroom of Doyle. | Bill Gonyo | |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCDR Clarence Evans Boyd (USNA 1927) | 27 January 1943 - 26 March 1944 |
| 02 | CDR James Gilbert Marshall (USNA 1932) | 26 March 1944 - 30 June 1945 |
| 03 | LCDR Thurston Barnes Morton (USNA 1933) | 30 June 1945 - 27 October 1945 |
| 04 | LCDR David Martin Armstrong (USNA 1941) | 27 October 1945 - ???? |
| 05 | LCDR Donald Stanley Cramer USN | August 1947 - July 1948 |
| 06 | LCDR Neal Almgren (USNA 1939) | July 1948 - November 1949 |
| 07 | CDR Charles Henry Morrison, Jr. (USNA 1938) | 1950- ???? |
| 08 | CDR Florn Lamar Lee USNR | May 1952 - July 1953 |
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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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