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| 35k | Henry Erben, born in New York City 5 September 1832, entered the Navy as a midshipman 17 June 1848. He gave distinguished service in the Civil War, commanding the ironclads St. Louis and Sumter in the Mississippi, and Pinola in the Gulf of Mexico, and with the naval howitzer battery which served with the Army during the Antietam campaign. He retired 6 September 1894, but returned to duty during the Spanish-American War, commanding the Patrol Fleet which guarded the coast of the United States from Galveston to Bar Harbor. Rear Admiral Erben died in New York City 23 October 1909. Digital ID: det 4a15102, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. | Bill Gonyo |
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| 87k | Undated, location unknown. | Wally Brockway |
| 46k | Undated, location unknown. | Wally Brockway |
| 67k | Undated, location unknown. | Fran Hupfer |
| 163k | USS Monterey (CVL-26) maneuvers to recover planes planes during operations in the Bismarcks-New Guinea area, March 1944. Photographed from USS Santee (CVE-29). Bow of USS Erben (DD-631) is in the foreground. Note details of her forward 5"/38 gun mount and crewmen lounging on her foredeck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 97k | Navy Photo 949-45, aft plan view of USS Erben (DD 631) outboard of USS Hale (DD 642) at Mare Island on 8 Feb 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 102k | Navy Photo 950-45, amidships view of USS Erben (DD 631) outboard of USS Hale (DD 642) at Mare Island on 8 Feb 1945. Fuel barge is outboard of Erben. | Darryl Baker |
| 94k | Navy Photo 1022-45, bow on view of USS Erben (DD 631) departing Mare Island on 8 Feb 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 158k | Navy Photo 1024-45, broadside view of USS Erben (DD 631) off Mare Island on 8 Feb 1945. She was in overhaul at the yard from 22 Dec 44 until 9 Feb 45. | Darryl Baker |
| 151k | Navy Photo 1027-45, stern view of USS Erben (DD 631) in the Mare Island channel on 8 Feb 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 107k | San Diego, CA 1953. | Marc Piché |
| 82k | Sailing in WestPac Circa 1953-4. | Bill Abbott (ex DD-760) |
| 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 |
On Republic of Korea Service
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| 68k | As the ROKS ChungMu (DD-911), ROK Navy changed Hull No. in 1979 to 91.
| Kyeong Weon, Cheon |
| 67k | As above. | Kyeong Weon, Cheon |
| 136k | As above. | Kyeong Weon, Cheon |
| 82k | As above. | Kyeong Weon, Cheon |
| 57k | Left : Hull No. 911 - ROKS ChungMu (DD-911) ex-USS Erben(DD-631),
center : Hull No. 917 - ROKS DaeGu (DD-917) ex-USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) and right : Hull No. 925 - ROKS JeonJu (DD-925) ex-USS Rogers (DDR-876). | Kyeong Weon, Cheon |
To South Korea May 16 1963, renamed Chung Mu.
