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	133k	USS Compton (DD-705) and USS Gainard (DD-706) just before launching at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny, NJ March 28 1944.		Steve Golden
	81k	The destroyers USS Compton (DD-705), USS Purvis (DD-709), USS Dickson (DD-708) and the USS Gainard (DD-706) behind the USS Yosemite (AD-19). Circa mid 1950's, location unknown.		William T. Bullard
	136k	November 1944, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	126k	The USS Compton (DD-705), USS Gainard (DD-706), USS Perry (DD-844) and USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) circa 1958. From the collection of John L. Slade who was XO of the Perry from 1951 to 1953 and Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	173k	Circa 1957-1959, from the collection of John L. Slade who was Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	272k	Image from a "Wecome Aboard" pamphlet circa 1957-1959, from the collection of John L. Slade who was Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	189k	Image of some of the Chiefs and Officers, Captain Slade is in the Center, circa 1957-1959. From the collection of John L. Slade who was Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	214k	Gainard alongside the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) on December 15 1957, photo (CVA-42-4035). From the collection of John L. Slade who was Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	271k	A letter from the Commader of the Destroyer Force dated August 21 1959 thanking Captain Slade for his service with the "Tin Can Navy." From the collection of John L. Slade who was Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.		John L. Slade III
	58k	Atlantic, March 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	51k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	42k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	67k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	70k	Atlantic, March 1967. Alongside AO-39 Kankakee.		© Richard Leonhardt
	82k	Newport RI., March 1967. In Between DD-842 Fiske And DD-858 Fred T. Berry.		© Richard Leonhardt
	161k	Gainard at Rapallo (Genoa) on October 11 1968.		Carlo Martinelli
	60k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	39k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski

CDR Francis Joseph Foley    Nov 23 1944 - May 1946
CDR Walter Harlen Baumberger    May 1946 - Sep 1949 (Later VADM)
CDR John Robert Welsh    Dates Unknown
CDR Robert Somers Brookings II    1952 - 1954
CDR Samuel Elijah Watson    1956 - Aug 1957
CDR John Lathrop Slade    Aug 1957 - Aug 1959
CDR Charles Kittelle Moore    Feb 1961 - Apr 1963
CDR Richard A. Griswold    Apr 1963 - ?
CDR CDR Aloysius J. Pickert Jr.    1964 - ?
CDR CDR Willard H. Clark    ?
CDR Raymond Thomas Mc Donald    1968 - 1969
CDR William J. Clermont Jr.    1969 - Jan 1970
LCDR Edgar Gene Trayer    Jan 1970 -  Feb 26 1971