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To Greece June 16 1959, renamed Velos.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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32k | George Charrette, born in Lowell, Mass., 6 June 1867, enlisted in the Navy 24 September 1884. As a gunner's mate third class, on 2 June 1898, he volunteered with seven others to sink Merrimac under heavy Spanish fire across the entrance to the harbor of Santiago, Cuba, thus bottling up the enemy fleet. Taken prisoner by the Spanish, Charrette was exchanged 6 July 1898. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism, commissioned lieutenant 3 August 1920, and retired from the Navy in 1925. He died 7 February 1938. Photo #: NH 79954. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Charrette 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 | |
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42k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1959-60." | Robert Hurst | |
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117k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74844. | Daniel Dunham | |
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109k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74846. | Daniel Dunham | |
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102k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74848. | Daniel Dunham | |
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102k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74843. | Daniel Dunham | |
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113k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74845. | Daniel Dunham | |
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116k | Boston, MA August 4 1943. NARA # 80G74847. | Daniel Dunham | |
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31k | The Charrette's World War II scoreboard. | Charles W. Tugman | |
| 170k | Navy Photo 129-46, forward plan views of (from left to right) are USS McDermut (DD 677), USS Howorth (DD 592) and USS Charrette (DD 581). Howorth was in overhaul at the yard from 28 Nov 1946 to 17 Jan 1946. | Darryl Baker | |
| 170k | As above. | Darryl Baker | |
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66k | Undated, from a vistor leaflet. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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90k | Probably from her arrival in Greece October 15 1959. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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97k | Probably from her arrival in Greece October 15 1959. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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57k | Circa 1968, in Valletta harbour, Malta. Photo by A. & J. Pavia. | Robert Hurst | |
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45k | Circa 1970's, location unknown. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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117k | On 25 May 1973, Velos, under the command of Cdr Nicholaos Pappas, while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the dictatorship in Greece, anchored at Fiumicino, Italy, refusing to return to Greece. When in patrol with other NATO vessels between Italy and Sardinia the captain and the officers heard from a radio station that naval officers (60 from Hellenic Navy, 4 from Air Force and 4 from Army) had been arrested and tortured in Greece. Cdr Pappas was involved in a group of democratic officers, loyal to their oath to obey the Constitution, and planning to act against the junta. Pappas understood that the arrested officers opposed the junta so there was no hope for a movement inside Greece and decided to act alone in order to motivate global public opinion. He mustered all the crew to the stern and announced his decision, which was received with enthusiasm by the crew. Pappas signaled the commander of the squadron and NATO Headquarters of his intentions, quoting the preamble of the North Atlantic Treaty (founding treaty for NATO) which declares that "all governments ...are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law", and, leaving formation, sailed for Rome. There when anchored about 3.5 nautical miles away from coast of Fiumicino three officers (three Ensigns Ens Gkortzis, Ens Mataragkas, Ens Stratos) went ashore with a whaleboat and went to the Fiumicino Airport and telephoned to international press agencies informing for the situation in Greece, the presence of the destroyer and for a press confenrance held from the Captain next day. This action caused international interest for the situation in Greece. The captain, six officers, and twenty five petty officers (without family in Greece) requested and remained abroad as political refugees, actually the whole crew wished to follow their captain (269 signed relevent request) but advised (due to fera of retaliations from Junta to their families) by their officers to remain onboard and return to Greece to inform their families and friends about what happened. Velos returned to Greece after a month with a replacement crew. After the fall of junta (July 24 1974) all officers and petty officers returned to Navy by Spacial Decree. Cdr Nicholaos Pappas reached to the rank of Vice Admiral and was appointed as the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 1980's. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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179k | At Genoa, Italy between May 27 1973 and May 30 1973. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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118k | At Genoa, Italy between May 27 1973 and May 30 1973. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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203k | At Genoa, Italy between May 27 1973 and May 30 1973 along with the USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) as the Turkish D-353. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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194k | At Genoa, Italy between May 27 1973 and May 30 1973. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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135k | At Genoa, Italy between May 27 1973 and May 30 1973. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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104k | Cdr Pappas disembarking from Velos D16 to an Italian Coast Guard vessel to continue action against diacatorship in Greece. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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171k | Cartoon by Austrian cartoonist Rudolf Dirr about the Velos Mutiny. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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44k | Charrette DD-581 as Velos D-16 dockside at Souda Bay, Crete, 1979. | Marc Piché | |
| 224k | The Greek Salamis Naval Base on 31 August 1979. Visible among other ships are the six Greek Fletcher-class destroyers: Kimon (ex-USS Ringgold (DD-500), Nearchos (ex-USS Wadsworth (DD-516), Sfendoni (ex-USS Aulick (DD-569), Aspis (ex-USS Connor (DD-582), Lonchi (ex-USS Hall (DD-583), and Velos (ex-USS Charrette (DD-581). Also visible are the landing ships Nafkratoussa (ex-USS Fort Mandan (LSD-21), Oinoussai (ex-USS Terrell County (LST-1157), and Kos (ex-USS Whitfield County (LST-1169). Photo by PHC C. Pedrick, USN. U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: photo VIRIN: DN-SC-82-00328. | Robert Hurst | |
| 112k | The HNS "Kanaris" D-212 and the HNS "Velos" D-16 during the 1980's from HN archives. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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91k | At Poros Island before moving to Faliron as a museum on June 30 1996. | George Haralampides | |
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71k | HN Ship Velos (D 16) ex-USS Charrette, DD-581 has been preserved as a Museum in the Hellenic Navy Sea Park, Gulf of Athens. On 23 May 1973, Velos and her crew, while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the dictatorship in Greece, anchored at the Port of Rome, Italy, refusing to return to Greece. Incident attracted worldwide attention. Ship was returned to Greece after a month with replacement crew. VELOS stands for ARROW in Greek language. Photos taken on 28 July 2003. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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75k | As above. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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105k | At the museum at Faliron near athens on October 10 2004. | George Haralampides | |
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110k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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110k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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120k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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112k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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96k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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135k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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103k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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118k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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111k | As a museum ship, 12 December 2004. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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125k | As above. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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112k | As above. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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143k | At the museum at Faliron near athens on December 26 2004. | George Haralampides | |
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111k | As above.. | George Haralampides | |
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97k | As above.. | George Haralampides | |
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115k | As above.. | George Haralampides | |
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102k | As above.. | George Haralampides | |
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134k | As above.. | George Haralampides | |
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104k | At the museum at Faliron near athens on September 10 2005. | George Haralampides | |
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124k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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115k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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110k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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117k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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94k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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93k | As above. The galley mixer. | George Haralampides | |
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124k | As above. The galley soup kettles. | George Haralampides | |
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124k | As above. The galley preparation area. | George Haralampides | |
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94k | As above. The laundry. | George Haralampides | |
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107k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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108k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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134k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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90k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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138k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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143k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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151k | As above. | George Haralampides | |
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105k | Museum photos taken in 2006. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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102k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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116k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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100k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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118k | As above, the galley. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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76k | As above, inside Mount 51. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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71k | As above, inside Mount 54 (originally Mount 55). | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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97k | As above, inside Mount 54 (originally Mount 55). | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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109k | As above, looking forward on the port side with the rear of the Hedge Hog Mount in view. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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123k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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98k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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137k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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156k | As above, the ship's laundry. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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100k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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127k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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136k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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149k | Destroyer A/T Velos (D 16) formerly USS Charrette (DD 581) taken in 1/1/2007 with dressing ship for the New Year's Day, also note (in front of the sea ladder of ship) the "Christmas Boat" (there is a tradition, especialy in greek islands, an ornamented boat or boat model to be used with the same manner as a Christmas tree during Christmas). | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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121k | As above. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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172k | Inside sick bay in 2008. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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167k | The Hellenic Navy commissioning pennant flying from the mast in 2008. | Panagiotis Moschovitis | |
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370k | Museum ship Velos outside of Piraeus, 01 September 2017. | George Haralampides | |
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39k | Ship's patch on Greek service. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
CDR Eugene Simon Karpe May 18 1943 - Jun 5 1944 LCDR Gerald Patrick (Gerry) Joyce Jun 5 1944 - ? LCDR Pride Cinclair Brown Jr. Jan 3 1946 - Apr 20 1946 LT Garnet Milton Smithson Apr 20 1946 - Jan 15 1947
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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