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	3k	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
	154k	Artist's conception of the Wood as built in a cutaway view 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
	95k	Undated, alongside the USS Arcadia (AD-23).		Tommy Trampp
	62k	Circa 1944-1946		Ronaurd G. Golby, Mailman 3rd class
	189k	Task Group 58.1 Flag Plot Maneuvering Board, March 24 1945.		Bob Culver
	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	Photo #: NH 99871, 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. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	86k	Photo #: NH 99872, 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). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	108k	In the South China Sea en-route to Bombay, India, 8 April 1950.		Robert Hurst
	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
	76k	Valetta, Malta June 20 1964.		Irwin Albrecht, LT (SC), USN (Ret.)
	152k	At Genoa May 24 1962.		Carlo Martinelli
	248k	At Genoa May 27 1962.		Carlo Martinelli
	294k	Post FRAM update image possibly in the Mediterranean.		Michael Goughan
	116k	Undated image from the NAVSEA Journal.		Bob Bush
	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
	85k	Two 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
	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
	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
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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 - 1970
CDR Charles Traub III    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
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