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	70k	Halsey Powell was born 3 August 1883 in McAfee, Ky., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1904. During the next years he served on such famous ships as Kearsarge, Illinois, and Tennessee and studied at the Naval War College, rising to the rank of Captain in 1926. Captain Powell was aide to the Secretary of the Navy in 1926 and Naval Attaché at Peking, 1927-29. After commanding Pittsburgh he returned to Washington, where he died 24 December 1936. Captain Powell was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding performance as a destroyer division commander on convoy duty during World War I.		Bill Gonyo
	79k	Artist's conception of the Powell 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
	24k	Undated, location unknown.		Bill Taylor
	26k	Undated postcard of the USS GREGORY (DD-802) and USS HALSEY POWELL (DD-686).		Mike Smolinski
	63k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	60k	Hudson River, New York Harbor, October 1943.		John A. Barrett
	158k	Shakedown cruise, Atlantic Ocean, November 1943.		John A. Barrett
	127k	USS Halsey Powell (DD 686) taken on November 13 1943, place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	132k	USS Halsey Powell (DD 686) taken on January 9 1944, place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	24k	Being hit by a Kamikaze aircraft just aft of mount 55. USS Hancock (CV-19) in background.		Bill Taylor
	30k	The USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), showing her down by the stern with smoke pouring from the spot were a Japanese Kamikaze plane crashed into her. Photos taken from "Untied States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	90k	The Halsey Powell showing the damage she suffered from a Japanese Kamikaze hit on her stern. Photos taken from "Untied States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	258k	March 20 1945, results of a Kamikaze hit while screening USS Hancock.		Ed Zajkowski
	153k	Crewman examine the hole in the deck of USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) after she was by a kamikaze while screening off Kyushu on 20 March 1945. Official U.S.Navy Photograph.		Ed Zajkowski
	57k	Halsey Powell (DD-686) has just cleared the carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) and is noticeably down by the stern, though the fires have largely been extinguished by progressive flooding. Halsey Powell had been refuelling alongside Hancock, on 20 March, when a single Kamikaze struck. Aiming dor the carrier, the pilot missed long and, passing over the edge of Hancock's flight deck, hit the destroyer just aft mount 55, causing a huge plume of smoke and water. Photo National Archives and Records Administration.		Robert Hurst
	145k	USS Halsey Powell, DD 686, Official USN Photograph, dated 6 July 1945. Photo # 9859, via The Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Location-near San Pedro, CA.		David Buell
	130k	Circa 1950's.		Marc Piché
	163k	April 15 1954, Task Force 70.2 in the South China Sea, USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) in front with USS Boxer (CVA-21), USS Gregory (DD-802) and an unidentified auxiliary.		Ed Zajkowski
	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
	122k	San Francisco 1958.		Robert M. Cieri
	126k	The Powell in Hong Kong during November 1959 with the submarines Barbero, Wahoo and Aspro in the foreground.		Ron Phillipi
	50k	USS HALSEY POWELL (DD686), USS MARSHALL (DD676) and USS GURKE (DD783). This photo was taken in 1962, on the day these three destroyers returned from deployment to Mid-Pac where they participated in Operation DOMINIC		Don Sparks, YNC(SS), USN-Ret
	169k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) underway at sea, 13 July 1963. Photographer: De Garmo. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.		Robert Hurst
	77k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	87k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski

CDR William Thomas McGarry    Oct 25 1943 - Aug 1944
CDR Sidney Douglas Buxton Merrill    Aug 1944 - ?
LCDR Robert Earle Hawthorne    Sep 1946 - Dec 10 1946
(Decommissioned Dec 10 1946 - Apr 27 1951)
CDR Francesco (Francis) Costagliola    Apr 27 1951 - 1953
CDR Albert Stanley Freedman Jr.    1953 - 1954
CDR Henry Lee Vaughan    Jul 1954 - Jul 3 1956
CDR Garrison Brown    Jul 3 1956 - Jan 27 1958
CDR David Fowler Loomis    Jan 27 1958 - Jul 1959