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	139k	Charles Ellwood Colahan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 25 October 1849. Colahan graduated from the United States Naval Academy 4 June 1869. His long and active career included command of Indiana (BB-1) and Cleveland (C-19). Commander Colahan died at Lambertville, N.J., 11 March 1904. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State in 1865. He served his country faithfully and well from the date of his appointment to the time of his death in 1904. During his long career in the Navy it may truly be said of him that he never evaded duty no matter how disagreeable. He was actively employed during his entire period of service in most conspicuous duties, being Executive Officer of the Detroit during the war with Spain, and as Commandant of Cadets at the Naval Academy from 1900 to 1904. It has been the lot of few men to have made and kept so many friends. Known throughout the Navy by young and old, to the young officer he was the beau ideal of what a Naval officer should be. He displayed in his life that high sense of duty and loyalty which, combined with courtesy and consideration for others, ever resulted in the best work enthusiastically performed. To the older members of the service he was a loved friend on whom, in official and in private life, the fullest dependence was placed. In him the Navy had a devoted servant whose aim from youth up was to advance its interest and to add to its efficiency. He left a memory of priceless to his country and to his service. Photo from the “Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Officers of the Army and Navy” (1905).		Bill Gonyo
	78k	Artist's conception of the Colahan 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
	8k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	156k	Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d.		Joe Radigan
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Charlie Flannery
	145k	USS Colahan (DD-658) underway, probably while being delivered to the Navy by her builder, Bethlehelm Steel Company, Staten Island, New York. The original negative in the National Archives is dated 21 August 1943, two days before she was commissioned. Note that Colahan is not flying the National Ensign and that her 20mm and 40mm guns, searchlights, and Mark 51 gun directors are covered with black tarps. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107200.		Robert Hurst
	41k	Circa 1944, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	145k	Circa 1944-1945 when Matthew's grandfather, Edwin Mullen, served aboard the Colahan.		Matthew D. Duval
	43k	USS Colahan going to the aid of the USS Hazelwood after the Hazelwood was hit by a Kamikaze off Okinawa on April 29 1945.		Wayne VanDerVoort
	79k	Navy Photo 471-47, broadside view of USS Colahan (DD 658) off Mare Island on 10 March 1947. She was in overhaul at the yard from 4 January to 12 March 1947.		Darryl Baker
	81k	Navy Photo 473-47, bow on view of USS Colahan (DD 658) at the South end of Mare Island on 10 March 1947.		Darryl Baker
	146k	Circa 1948, location unknown. Photo courtesy L & L van Ginderen.		Robert Hurst
	143k	Circa 1950, location unknown. Interesting gun crew!		Tommy Trampp
	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
	104k	Navy Photo 33353-3-57, broadside view of USS Colahan (DD 658) off Mare Island on 12 March 1957. She was in overhaul at the yard from 7 Dec 1956 to 11 March 1957.		Darryl Baker
	81k	Navy Photo 33355-3-57, stern view of USS Colahan (DD 658) in the Mare Island channel on 12 March 1957.		Darryl Baker
	165k	USS Colahan (DD 658) off Mare Island on December 12, 1957. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	105k	Off Point Loma, San Diego, pre 1960.		Chris Culp
	202k	In San Diego Bay post 1960.		Wolfgang Hechler/Chris Culp
	211k	USS Colahan (DD-658), USS Watts (DD-567), USS Tingey (DD-539) and USS Laws (DD-558) in Sasebo, Japan circa 1960-1962.		John J. Gobbell
	119k	August 13 1963, Reserve Training Ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.		Charlie Flannery
	80k	August 20 1963, operating in Hawaiian Waters with Joint Task Unit 99.9.		Charlie Flannery
	22k	Ships patch.		Mike Smolinski
	121k	Ships patch circa 1963.		Charlie Flannery
	94k	Forward COLAHAN stack, 1944-1950. The "Tomcat" insignia was initially designed/painted by the COLAHAN in World War II, then quickly adopted by other warships in Destroyer Squadron 53, the so-called "Tomcat Squadron." The insignia here has been colorized accurately: black & white snarling cat on a yellow field encircled by a dark green "C." The name "Tomcat" refers to advanced Fast Carrier Task Force pickets, prowling far out front of the fleet.		Jackson Sellers

CDR Donald Taylor Wilber    Aug 23 1943 - Feb 1945
CDR Martin Adam Shellabarger    Feb 1945 - Jun 1945
CDR Frank Dolan Whalen    Jun 1945 - Jun 14 1946
(Decommissioned Jun 14 1946 - Dec 15 1950)
CDR Gale Seaver Felton    Mar 20 1951 - Mar 19 1952
CDR William Kerr (Wild Bill) Brooks    Mar 19 1952 - Jul 29 1954
CDR Henry Joseph Brantingham    Jul 29 1954 - Mar 1956
CDR C. L. Keedy Jr.    Mar 1956 - Jan 1958
CDR John (Big Daddy) Gross    Jan 1958 - 1959
CDR Raymond Albert Hubbard    1960 - Jul 1 1961
CDR Reynold Masters    Jul 1 1961 - Aug 1962
CDR Adrian DeWitt (Papa Bear) Wagner    Aug 1962 - Oct 1964
CDR Rex Gygax    Oct 1964 - Aug 1 1966