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Loaned to Spain, renamed Churruca (D61).| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 17k | Eugene A. Greene, born 21 November 1921 in Smithtown, L.I., N.Y., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 13 January 1941, and after aviation training, was commissioned ensign 30 August 1941. Serving in Bombing Squadron 6 in Enterprise (CV-6), he was killed in action 4 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway. He distinguished himself in breaking through heavy Japanese fighter and antiaircraft opposition to dive bomb a Japanese carrier, and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his selfless heroism. The name Eugene A. Greene was assigned to DE-549 on 28 October 1943, canceled on 10 June 1944, and reassigned to DD-711 on 10 July 1944. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 20k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 22k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 40k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 48k | Prior to the end of the World War II, either July or early August, 1945, Location unknown. | Charles Allen Curtis | |
| 86k | Western Mediteranean 1948. | Marc Piché | |
| 89k | Malta February 19 1949. | Marc Piché | |
| 162k | BORDELON DD-881 and EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 at Brest, France 1957. | Marc Piché | |
| 55k | NOB Norfolk, August 1964. (Full Image) | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 50k | NOB Norfolk, August 1964. (Bow Up Of Ship)
DD-711 Eugene A. Green Photo 7 | © Richard Leonhardt | | |
| 80k | NOB Norfolk, August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 69k | 1966, location unknown. | Bob Clark | |
| 43k | Refueling from USS Neosho (AO23) 1966. | Bob Clark | |
| 17k | Helo replenishment from USS Constellation (CVA 64) 1966. | Bob Clark | |
| 70k | Taken by Barry Litchfield from USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) during replenishment operations in Tonkin Gulf, 1966-67. | Barry Litchfield | |
| 59k | Taken by Barry Litchfield from USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) during replenishment operations in Tonkin Gulf, 1966-67. | Barry Litchfield | |
| 49k | This close-up of USS Eugene A. Greene (DD 711) shows the typical bridge of a FRAM-I destroyer, considerably larger than the original one and fully enclosed, for all-weather operations. Also visible are the port triple mount of Mk.32 torpedo tubes (on the 01 level) and the dish of the Mk.25 radar for her Mk.37 gun director (atop the bridge). This is possibly one of the last photographs of Eugene A. Greene as an active U.S. warship, as it was taken (at Barcelona, Spain) in mid-1972, in the closing days of her final deployment and a little over two months before her transfer to the Spanish Navy. Ship alongside is USS Barney (DDG 6). | Fabio Peña | |
| 155k | Aerial photograph of USS Eugene A. Greene (DD 711), scanned from a Spanish newspaper ("La Vanguardia Española", July 18, 1972). This photo illustrated an article announcing the forthcoming transfer of five FRAM-I destroyers (one of them Eugene A. Greene) to Spain. | Fabio Peña | |
| 63k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 63k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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