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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
To Greece February 9 1960, renamed Lonchi.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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201k | The story of the ship's namesake, Elijah Hall. | Vernon L Hargrave | |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Hall 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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104k | Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 1d. | John M. Minicucci, Jr GM1c | |
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201k | A colorized version of the above image. | Vernon L Hargrave | |
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| 113k 196k | The Commissioning dinner menu from July 7 1943. | Vernon L Hargrave | |
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36k | The USS Hall (DD-583) being hit while engaged in fire support duties during the Iwo Jima landings. Photo from "Untied States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
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![]() | 201k 149k 203k 180k 185k 112k 182k 187k 205k 155k 176k 182k 182k 163k 203k 137k 225k 157k 189k 196k | Crew photos from October 1 1945. | Vernon L Hargrave | |
| 75k | Laid up in mothballs at Long Beach, California, date unknown. From left to right are USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657), USS Stemble (DD-644), USS Wiley (DD-597), USS Hudson (DD-475) and USS Hall (DD-583). | Robert Hurst | |
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43k | On Greek service, HN Ship "LONCHI", D-56, ex- USS Hall, D-583, dressed in flags, somewhere in the Aegean Sea, date unknown. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
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58k | Circa 1968, location unknown. On Greek service as the Lonchi. | Robert Hurst | |
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113k | HNS Lonchi, D-56, ex-USS Hall, DD 583, moored at Souda naval Base, 1995, waiting to be towed for scrapping. Next to her is HNS Ierax, D-31, ex-USS Ebert, DE 768. | Anthony J. Vrailas | |
CDR John Francis Delaney Jr. Jul 6 1943 - ? CDR Laurence C. Baldauf ? 1944 - ? (Later RADM) CDR William J. Coleman unknown
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