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- | John G. Sproston was born in Maryland and appointed to the Naval Academy in 1846. He served on the Pacific Station during the war with Mexico. During the Civil War, he served as commanding officer of Powhatan and as executive officer of Senneca. On 1 November 1861, during the battle for Port Royal, S.C., Sproston personally fired many of the 11-inch guns on board Senneca as the crew was new and untrained. Lt. Sproston was killed on 8 June 1862 while on a boat expedition to destroy a Confederate privateer in the St. John's River, Fla. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 156k | Undated, location unknown. | Al Fitz | |
| 116k | A June 1950 photo at San Diego NY shows the USS Nicholas (DDE-449), USS O'Bannon (DDE-450), USS Walker (DDE-517) and USS Sproston (DDE-577), returned to Mothballs after being converted to the DDE ASW configuration. All four of these DDE's were armed with of 2-5"/38cal, 5 Torpedo Tubes, Mk-15 ASW Projector, and provisions for 4x2-20mm guns. Also, seen is the USS Killen (DD-593) and several DE's, including USS Raymond (DE-341) and USS Dennis (DE-405) and an APD. Cropped from an USN Photo from the NARA photo files, 80-G-428265. | Rick E. Davis | |
| 98k | Pearl Harbor, May 1968 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 84k | Pearl Harbor Hawaii, April 1968 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 101k | Taken from the USS Boston (CAG-1) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early 1968. USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) and USS Cochrane (DDG-21). | John Jazdzewski | |
| 138k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski/David Buell | |
| 104k | Ship's patch | Elmer Everidge | |
CDR Fred Russell Stickney May 19 1943 - Oct 14 1943 CDR Michael Joseph Luosey Oct 14 1943 - Feb 6 1945 CDR Robert J. Esslinger Feb 6 1945 - Nov 2 1945 LT Robert Duane Karl Nov 2 1945 - Jan 18 1946 (Decommissioned Jan 18 1946 - Sep 15 1950) CDR William T. Alford Sep 15 1950 - Mar 17 1952 CDR Gayle Cecil Foltz Mar 17 1952 - Jun 16 1953 CDR Richard Shaw Harlan Jun 16 1953 - Jul 25 1955 CDR Patrick H. McGann Jul 25 1955 - Jul 6 1957 CDR Robert H. Lemmon Jul 6 1957 - Sep 9 1959 CDR John T. Lyons Sep 9 1959 - Dec 14 1961 CDR John Daniel Tompkins Dec 14 1961 - May 25 1963 CDR Robert D. Hill May 25 1963 - Dec 31 1964 CDR Raymond Lee Hoffman Dec 31 1964 - Sep 9 1966 CDR Harold Scudder Sep 9 1966 - Jul 26 1968 CDR John A. Maxwell Jul 26 1968 - Sep 30 1968
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