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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
22 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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| 82k | Artist's conception of the Read 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 | |
| 115k | Undated, Abner Read with her jury rigged rudder at Puget Sound Navy Yard. | Robert Hurst | |
| 63k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 73k | San Francisco Navy Yard, April 2 1943. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 87k | Bow view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 13 June 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 67k | Stern view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 26 June 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 63k | Broadside view of USS Abner Read (DD 526) off Hunters Point Navy Yard after her overhaul at that yard on 13 Jun 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 74k | USS Abner Read (DD-526), after being hit by a Japanese "Val" single-engined dive bomber off Samar, while operating with T.G.77.1. She took only 36 minutes to plunge to the bottom of Letye Gulf, on 1 November 1944. Photo from "United States destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
CDR Thomas Burrowes Feb 5 1943 - Jan 1944 (Later RADM) CDR Arthur Montgomery Purdy Jan 1944 - Nov 1 1944
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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