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32 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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| 60k 68k 214k | Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August 1846 - 3 January 1912), commanded the U.S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" on its world-wide cruise of 1907-1908. Born in Floyd County, Virginia, Evans was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1864. He was ordered to active duty in September 1863. In the attacks on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, he exhibited great gallantry under fire on 15 January 1865. He led his landing party of Marines through heavy fire to charge the Confederate defenses. Evans continued to fight even after his fourth wound, drawing his pistol and threatened to kill any man who attempted to amputate his leg in surgery when he was evacuated. Evans held numerous important sea commands during the 1890s. In 1891 and 1892, commanding Yorktown on the Pacific Station, he won great acclaim for his firm and skillful handling of a tense situation with Chile, becoming known as "Fighting Bob" Evans. During the Spanish-American War he commanded the battleship Iowa in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Rear Admiral Evans commanded the Great White Fleet in its passage in 1907 and 1908 from the Atlantic through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific, where he was relieved of command because of ill health. | Bill Gonyo/Tony Cowart/Ron Reeves | |
| 102k | Artist's conception of the Evans as she appeared in late World War II 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 | |
| 78k | Artist's conception of a cutaway view of the Evans 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 | |
| 65k | Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 7d. | - | |
| 50k | World War II image, location unknown. | Pieter Bakels | |
| 103k | USS Evans (DD-552) in the Gulf of Mexico, 22 December 1943. Official U.S. Navy photo # 80-G-204640. | Robert Hurst | |
 
| 76k 69k | USS Evans, believed to be at the Majuro anchorage in 1944, seen in a home-made quality 7d pattern. From the CDR Dayton Brown collection. | Dave Schroeder | |
| 172k | Casualties from USS Evans (DD-552) are brought aboard USS PCER-855 from USS Ringness (APD-100), after Evans was damaged by Kamikaze attacks while on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 11 May 1945. Photographed from on board PCER-855. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 174k | She was damaged while stationed at RP 15 on the morning of 11 May, by four hits or near-misses, one of which carried a bomb that passed down through her galley and into the forward fireroom, where the explosion demolished both boilers. The photograph, taken at Kerama Retto from a repair ship alongside, shows the starboard bulkhead of the galley blown out, allowing the electric range to be seen along with other cooking equipment. Photo National Archives and Records Administration. | Robert Hurst | |
| 92k | Navy Photo 5491-45 (cropped) broadside view of the USS Evans (DD 552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at Mare Island on 28 July 1945. She is berthed at the yards ammunition depot. | Darryl Baker | |
| 51k | Navy Photo 5494-45 (cropped) broadside view of the USS Evans (DD 552) showing her battle damage upon arrival at Mare Island on 28 July 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
| THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION to the UNITED STATES SHIP EVANS (DD-552) For extraordinary heroism in action as support destroyer on radar picket station number 15 during an attack by approximately 100 enemy Japanese planes, 40 miles northwest of the Okinawa Transport Area, May 11, 1945. Fighting valiantly against waves of hostile suicide planes plunging toward her from all directions, the USS EVANS sent up relentless barrages of anti-aircraft fire during one of the most furious air-sea battles of the war. Repeatedly finding her targets, she destroyed 14 enemy planes, assisted in downing three others and, by her vigilance and superb battle readiness, avoided damage to herself until subjected to a coordinated attack by five Japanese planes. Shooting one down clear of the ship, she was crashed by the other four with devastating effect. With all engineering spaces flooded and with a fire raging amidships, the gallant officers and men of the EVANS fought desperately against almost insurmountable odds and, by their indomitable determination, fortitude and skill, brought the damage under control, enabling their ship to be towed to port and saved. Her brilliant performance in this action reflects the highest credit upon the EVANS and the United States Naval Services. | Bill Gonyo | |||
CDR Floyd Charles Camp Dec 11 1943 - Nov 1 1944 CDR Bosquet Neill Wev Nov 1 1944 - Mar 12 1945 CDR Robert John Archer Mar 12 1945 - Aug 28 1945 (Later RADM) CDR John Edward Pace Aug 28 1945 - Nov 7 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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