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	70k	Halsey Powell was born 03 August 1883 in McAfee, Kentucky, 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
	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
	121k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	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
	127k	Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS) plan for the invasion of Saipan on June 15 1944.		Wayne VanDerVoort
	131k	The Wisconsin (BB-64) refueling Halsey Powell (DD-686) while underway in 1945.		Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	148k	As above.		Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	126k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) coming alongside USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on 27 February 1945, to refuel, during operations near Japan Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-K-3264.		Tommy Trampp
	165k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) coming alongside USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on 27 February 1945, to refuel, during operations near Japan Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-K-3262.		Tommy Trampp
	189k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) coming alongside USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on 27 February 1945, to refuel, during operations near Japan. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-K-3266.		Tommy Trampp
	55k	Being hit by a Kamikaze aircraft just aft of mount 55. USS Hancock (CV-19) in background.		Bill Taylor/Tracy White
	30k	The USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), showing her down by the stern with smoke pouring from the spot where a Japanese Kamikaze plane crashed into her. 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 for 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
	101k	"Making the pennants ready for 'Dress Ship' Saturday when USS Powell will be prettied up for Miamians inspection." Miami Herald staff photo, dated July 1953.		Dave Wright
	151k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), circa 1954, location unknown. U.S. Navy All Hands magazine, April 1954.		Robert Hurst
	215k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), underway, circa 1954, location unknown. U.S. Navy All Hands magazine, March 1960.		Robert Hurst
	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
	227k	USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), underway, circa 1965. location unknown. U.S. Navy All Hands magazine, August 1965.		Robert Hurst
	77k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	87k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	136k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski

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CDR Garrison Brown    Jul 3 1956 - Jan 27 1958

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