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	153k	Thomas Shields, Purser, USN, was born in New Castle, Delaware, and appointed midshipman on 2 January 1804. He served in Congress and Constitution until 1807 and was attached to the naval station at Philadelphia and Baltimore. While in Constitution, he sustained an injury which rendered him physically incapable of performing all the duties .required of a line officer. He requested appointment as Purser, which he received on 14 April 1809. He served in Nautilus until March 1811 when he was ordered to the New Orleans Naval Station. On 18 January 1815, following the Battle of New Orleans, he led a small expedition to harass the retreating British. He and his party succeeded in capturing numerous prisoners and destroyed several vessels. Shields remained at the New Orleans Naval Station until his death on 22 May 1827.		Bill Gonyo
	82k	Artist's conception of the Shields 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
	30k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	132k	Undated, location unknown.		K. Dupree, YNCS, USN(Ret)
	88k	Commissioning ceremony at Puget Sound Navy Yard February 8 1945.		Tracy White
	33k	Commissioning ceremony at Puget Sound Navy Yard February 8 1945.		Tracy White
	48k	USS Metcalf and USS Shields 5 Dec 1945 on the Whang-Poo River Shanghai, China.		Albert Ferguson
	28k	USS Shields on the Whang-Poo River Shanghai, China, 1945.		James Willis
	185k	USS Shields (DD-596) May 1948, a San Francisco Examiner photo.		David Buell
	59k	USS Shields (DD-596) and USS Colahan (DD-658) in the early 1950s in Yokosuka, Japan.		Armand Richard
	128k	Destroyer Squadron 17, photographed at the foot of Broadway, San Diego, California, in March 1955. Destroyers in front row include (left to right): USS Twining (DD-540); USS Erben (DD-631); USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) and USS Gregory (DD-802). Behind them are (left to right): USS Shields (DD-596); USS Colahan (DD-658); USS Marshall (DD-676) and USS Porterfield (DD-682). USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) is tied up in the left distance, at Naval Air Station, North Island. Structure in the bottom center is the "Naval Destroyer Boat House". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	140k	San Diego, circa 1959-1960.		John Cocoma
	82k	Off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, December 1962.		Ed Velasquez
	156k	December 28 1966, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	58k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	123k	DesRon 5 patch		Ed Velasquez
	116k	DesRon 27 patch		Ed Velasquez
	129k	DesRon 17 patch		Ed Velasquez
	116k	Ship's plaque as designed by the Shield's Captain, Robert L. Wessel, in 1961.		Ed Velasquez
	104k	DesRon 5 plaque.		Ed Velasquez
	82k	ComCruDesPac plaque.		Ed Velasquez

CDR George Bernard Madden    Feb 8 1945 - Jun 12 1945
CDR George T. McDaniel Jr.    Jun 12 1945 - Oct 22 1945
CDR Marcy Mathias DuPre III    Oct 22 1945 - Jun 14 1946
(Decommissioned Jun 14 1946 - Jul 15 1950)
LCDR Miles Rush Finley Jr.    Jul 15 1950 - Apr 2 1952
CDR William Sherman Kirkpatrick Jr.    Apr 2 1952 - Mar 20 1954
CDR Leigh C. (Early) Winters    Mar 20 1954 - Mar 23 1955
CAPT Robert H. Holmes    Mar 23 1955 - Apr 7 1955
CDR Albert Francis Hollingsworth    Apr 7 1955 - Apr 5 1957
CDR Richard Morgan Wright    Apr 5 1957 - Mar 8 1958
CDR Samuel L. Morton    Mar 8 1958 - Apr 4 1960
CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr.    Apr 4 1960 - Mar 13 1961
CDR Joseph Lewis Sperandio    Mar 13 1961 - 1961 (Acting)
CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr.    1961 - Sep 19 1961
CAPT Robert Lee Wessel    Sep 19 1961 - Apr 18 1963
CDR Howard Jackson Ursettie    Apr 18 1963 - Sep 17 1964
CDR Victor Gordon Warriner    Sep 17 1964 - Oct 23 1965
CDR John Francis Tarpey    Oct 23 1965 - Apr 8 1967
CAPT Paul Walter Rohrer    Apr 8 1967 - Oct 28 1968 (Later RADM)
CDR Robert Joseph Forsyth    Oct 28 1968 - Jun 17 1970
CDR Billy Banks Traweek    Jun 17 1970 - Dec 10 1971
CDR William F. Wolff    Dec 10 1971 - Jul 1 1972