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| 50k | Harold Glenn Epperson, born 14 July 1923 in Akron, Ohio, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 12 December 1942. Private Epperson served with distinction in the assaults on Tarawa and Saipan, sharing in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his organization for its service at Tarawa. He was killed in action on Saipan 25 June 1944, and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his great courage and self-sacrifice in throwing himself on an enemy hand grenade to save his comrades from the effect of its explosion. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 154k | Artist's conception of the Epperson 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 | |
| 38k | Undated, location unknown. | Harold Lind | |
| 43k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 47k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1954-55". | Robert Hurst | |
| 193k | Undated, underway replenishment with the USS Vega (AF-59) and the USS America (CVA-66). | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 157k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 67k | Delivery from Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark, New Jersey on September 17 1946. | Gerd Matthes | |
| 118k | The incomplete USS Epperson (DD-719) (left) and USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) at Bath Iron Works, January 1948. The old steam tug Sequin, a long-time resident on the Kennebec River, is in the foreground. | Robert Hurst | |
| 91k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) Photographed when first completed, probably during her delivery voyage from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 18 March 1949. Her Weapon "Able" anti-submarine rocket launcher has not yet been installed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 67k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) Delivery photograph, taken by the Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, 18 March 1949. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 148k | USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has fired a dual Hedgehoge pattern, and is over-running the impact area. Note that she carries only one twin 5"/38 gun mount forward. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 30k | USS Epperson (DDE-719), in the foreground and USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has fired a dual Hedgehoge pattern. | Fred Weiss | |
| 121k | USS Epperson (DDE-719), center and USS Sarsfield (DD-837), at right Dropping depth charges during anti-submarine warfare exercises, 15 June 1950. Sarsfield has also fired her "K-Gun" depth charge projectors, making vertical smoke trails (aft of the ship) and impact splashes to port and starboard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 151k | Key West on June 15 1950. | Robert Hurst | |
| 156k | May 1955, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 118k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) Undergoes an inclining experiment at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, 8 July 1957. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 190k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) Underway at sea, 23 March 1958 Photographed by Pierce. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 131k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in May 1958. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 112k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) underway in the Pearl Harbour Channel, Oahu, 22 January 1962. Photographed by PHCS Robert A. Carlisle (USN Photo No NH 98870). | Robert Hurst | |
| 152k | USS Epperson (DD-719) In drydock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, undergoing her FRAM I modernization, 14 April 1964. Photographed by Joseph Demattos. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 385k | Three images from the Tico yearbook 1966-67. | Gene McCallister | |
| 282k | As above. | Gene McCallister | |
| 360k | As above. | Gene McCallister | |
| 60k | Taken in 1967 on R&R visit to Sydney prior to return to Gunline off Vietnam. | Don Searle, Royal Australian Navy 63-72 | |
| 95k | USS Epperson (DD-719) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, circa the late 1960's (USN Photo No NH 98873). | Robert Hurst | |
| 141k | USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 12 February 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 126k | USS Eppersone (DD-719) operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 29 August 1968. Photographed by PHCM/AC Louis P. Bodine of Squadron VC-1 (USN Photo No NH 98875). | Robert Hurst | |
| 77k | USS Epperson (DD-719) Underway off the coast of Hawaii, 18 December 1969. Photographed by PH2 D.L. Fry. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 137k | USS Epperson (DDE-719) Jacket patch of the ship's insignia, as used prior to 1962. Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 142k | USS Epperson (DD-719) Jacket patch of the Engineering Department's insignia, as used in 1967. The design's background is the Destroyer Squadron 25 insignia, overlaid with a "confident lion" and the motto "We Can Handle It". Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 102k | USS Epperson (DD-719) Emblem adopted in 1974. Its design alludes to her duty as Naval Reserve Training ship at Seattle, Washington. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 47k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
CDR Terrell Hoyt Wilhelm Connor Mar 19 1949 - Jun 14 1950 CDR Philip Kingsland Sherman Jr. Jun 14 1950 - Jan 1952 CDR Charles Handen Mead Jr. Jan 1952 - Nov 1953 CDR Nathaniel Burt Davis Jr. Nov 1953 - Nov 1955 CDR Donald Clark Kirk Nov 1955 - Nov 1956 CDR James Hervey Batcheller Jr. Nov 1956 - Jul 1957 CDR Brian McCauley Jul 1957 - Aug 1959 (Later RADM) CDR Gail James Ellerbe Aug 1959 - Sep 1961 CDR Thomas Arthur Bush Jr. Sep 1961 - Feb 1964 LCDR Charles Culberson Denman Jr. Feb 1964 - Sep 1964 CDR Paul Kenneth Clausen Sep 1964 - Aug 1966 CDR Ralph Ensign Wilson Jr. Aug 1966 - Jul 1967 CDR Cedric Sterling Wallace Jul 1967 - 3 May 1969 CDR Leighton Dale Smith May 3 1969 - Oct 1970 CDR Robert Wade Freeman Oct 1970 - Apr 1972 CDR George Milton Elliot Apr 1972 - Aug 1973 CDR Joe Don Camp Aug 1973 - Oct 1 1975 LCDR David Paul Richardson Oct 1 1975 - Dec 1 1975
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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