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	28k	William Maxwell Wood (May 27, 1819 - March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 1800s. He became the first Surgeon-General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore after rising to Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the years following the American Civil War. In that role, Wood was instrumental in increasing the stature of the Naval Surgeon, by championing a bill eventually passed by Congress that increased the rank and compensation of physicians in the Navy, enabling the Navy to attract and recruit more qualified physicians.Wood is most remembered in U.S. Naval history for his daring journey through Mexico in 1846 at the onset of the Mexican-American War, where he eluded detection and capture as a U.S. spy in enemy territory and successfully provided vital intelligence leading to the possession of California by the Pacific Squadron, as well as providing intelligence information to the Secretary of the Navy in Washington regarding Mexican fortifications and military operations. Wood was also an accomplished writer, and authored three books chronicling his voyages with the Pacific and East India Squadrons, and his ideas on improving the U.S. Navy, as well as many literary articles for notable publications of his day.		Bill Gonyo
USS William M. Wood (DD-715)
	95k	Undated, alongside the USS Arcadia (AD-23).		Tommy Trampp
	116k	Undated image from the NAVSEA Journal.		Bob Bush
	57k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	101k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	103k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	108k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	150k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	71k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	63k	USS William M. Wood (DD-715) steams around the end of Manhattan Island, enroute from her builder to New York Navy Yard for commissioning. Wide World photo A-59828, bylined 20 January 1946.		Dave Wright
	62k	Circa 1945-1946		Ronaurd G. Golby, Mailman 3rd class
	101k	At Guantanamo Bay during 1946, as seen from the USS Kearsarge (CV-33). From the collection of John R. Leone.		Dave Leone
0571553	425k	William M. Wood (DD-715) entering San Francisco Bay, circa 1946-1949.		Darryl Baker
	215k	The USS Valley Forge (CV-45) along with the USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), USS William M. Wood (DD-715), USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) and the USS Keppler (DD-765) during their 1948 World Cruise at Pearl Harbor.		Bob Bush
	84k	USS Yellowstone (AD-27) with destroyers and submarines alongside circa 1950. The destroyers are USS Rich (DD-820), Damato (DD-871), and William M. Wood (DD-715). One of the early Guppy conversion submarines is alongside to starboard. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 99871		Tony Cowart
	86k	USS Yellowstone (AD-27) with destroyers and submarines alongside circa 1950. The destroyers are USS Rich (DD-820), Damato (DD-871), and William M. Wood (DD-715). Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 99872		Tony Cowart
	53k	Western Mediteranean October 1950.		Marc Piché
	164k	USS William M Wood (DD-715) during Gunnery Shoot in Atlantic, June 1961 picture taken from USS Boston (CAG-1).		Roy Williams
	256k	View from 1962 Welcome Aboard pamphlet.		Ron Reeves
	152k	At Genoa May 24 1962.		Carlo Martinelli
	248k	At Genoa May 27 1962.		Carlo Martinelli
	76k	Valletta, Malta June 20 1964.		Irwin Albrecht, LT (SC), USN (Ret.)
	185k	William M. Wood in drydock at Philadelphia NSY during her FRAM refit. Picture taken from front over of Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, 29 November 1964. Officer on high reach is Captain Joseph J. Stillwell, Captain of the Yard.		Ron Reeves
Change of Command pamphlet - January 20 1965				Ron Reeves
	294k	Post FRAM update image possibly in the Mediterranean.		Michael Goughan
	92k	USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD 850), USS William M. Wood (DD 715), and USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2) at Barcelona, Spain, in late January 1970. If you look closely, you will notice that Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. was fitted with ULQ-6, while William M. Wood lacked this active countermeasures system.		Fabio Peña
	260k	View from the mid 1970's, location unknown.		Ron Reeves
	85k	Three views of the Wood from Spring 1973 Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea as she passes by the Soviet Kashin class DDG Krasny Krim.		Eugene Ivkin
	159k	As above.		Eugene Ivkin
	120k	As above.		Eugene Ivkin
	98k	William M. Wood (DD-715) at Kiel, Germany in June, 1975.		Gerhard Muller-Debus
	49k	Portsmouth, England July 7 1975.		Marc Piché
	92k	Norfolk, Virginia, August 1975.		© Richard Leonhardt
	146k	Wood passing under the Yorktown River Bridge in October of 1975 heading for the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station to off-load ammo prior to be being decommissioned.		Dave Miller
	198k	Circa 1976 in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Wood passes by the Soviet Kashin class DDG Krasny Krim.		Eugene Ivkin
	81k	Mediterranean Sea, May 1976		© Richard Leonhardt
	120k	Mediterranean Sea, May 1976		© Richard Leonhardt
	85k	Mediterranean Sea, May 1976		© Richard Leonhardt
Decommissioning pamphlet - December 1 1976				Ron Reeves
	158k	USS Hawkins (DD-873) and USS William M. Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1980.		Ed Zajkowski
	159k	USS Hawkins (DD-873) and USS William M. Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1980.		Ed Zajkowski
	84k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	65k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	110k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
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CDR George Rees Wilson    Nov 24 1945 - 1946

CDR Farris Thomas Farwell    1946 - 1947

CDR Thomas Richard Fonick    1947 - 1949

CDR Desmond Kiernan O'Conner    1949 - 1951

CDR Roger Farrington Miller    1951 - 1952

LCDR John McLaughlin    1952 - Sep 30 1952

(Decommissioned Sep 30 1952 - Jun 6 1953)

CDR John Sim Slaughter    Jun 6 1953 - Dec 8 1954

CDR Philip Stanley McManus    Dec 8 1954 - Oct 1957

CDR George Lawrence Block    Oct 1957 - Jan 31 1959

CDR James William Perkins Sr.    Jan 31 1959 - ? 1960

CDR Douglas Yates Munnikhuysen    ? 1960 - May 1961

CDR Harrison Grover Dudley Sr.    May 1961 - 1962

CDR Emory Parker Smith    1962 - May 20 1964

CDR Robert Arthur Baldwin    May 20 1964 - Jan 20 1965

CDR Robert Davison McCrary    Jan 20 1965 - 1966

CDR Royal Robert Ross    1966 - Aug 5 1968

CDR Charles Lee Royal Anderson    Aug 5 1968 - Feb 1970

CDR Charles (Chuck) Traub III    Feb 1970 - Apr 26 1971

CDR Charles Wilfred O'Reilly    Apr 26 1971 - Jul 7 1972

CDR George Tsantes Jr.    Jul 7 1972 - 1974

CDR John Baptist Castano    1974 - Mar 31 1976

CDR Warren Everett McLaine Jr.    Mar 31 1976 - Oct 1976