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	118k	Lyman Knute Swenson was born in Pleasant Grove, Iowa, on 23 October 1892. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916 and served in surface combatants and submarines, including command of USS H-6 (SS-149) in 1919. Later, he commanded USS Isabel (PY-10) and Destroyer Division 64. In 1941, he became captain of the new cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52), placing her in commission in February 1942. Captain Lyman K. Swenson was killed in action when Juneau was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine on 13 November 1942, just after participating in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Photo #: 80-G-11251. Captain Lyman K. Swenson, USN, ashore at Fox Harbor, Newfoundland, 14 June 1942, while he was in command of USS Juneau (CL-52). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Bill Gonyo
	99k	Artist's conception of the Swenson as she appeared following her FRAM overhaul 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
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	85k	Undated, location unknown.		Tom Crew
	98k	Undated, location unknown. USS Shelton (DD-790), USS Blue (DD-744), USS Collett (DD-730) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) nested alongside an unidentified tender.		Robert Hurst
	89k	Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 22 July 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 9D. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	155k	1945 in the Pacific, photographed from DD-745. Courtesy Robert Baumbrucker, NHC NH 89376.		Ed Zajkowski
	93k	Lyman K Swenson underway in TG38.1, Spring or Summer 1945. Photo by T McCann, DD573.		Dave Schroeder/John Chiquoine
	106k	USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) steams through heavy seas in the Western Pacific, 1945. Photographed from USS Brush (DD 745). Courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker.		Joe Radigan
	105k	USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) Moored at San Diego, California, with two other destroyers, circa 1945-46. Middle ship is USS De Haven (DD-727). Courtesy of John Hummel, 1979. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	100k	Navy Photo 28-46, stern view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) moored at the South end of Mare Island on 3 Jan 1946.		Darryl Baker
	70k	Navy Photo 30-46, broadside view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) off Mare Island on 3 Jan 1946. She was in overhaul at the yard from 31 Oct 1945 to 10 Jan 1946.		Darryl Baker
	98k	Navy Photo 32-46, bow on view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) moored at the South end of Mare Island on 3 Jan 1946.		Darryl Baker
	138k	Navy Photo 53-46, forward plan view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) at Mare Island on 5 Jan 1946. The USS Wharton (AP 7) is inboard.		Darryl Baker
	90k	USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 5 January 1946. This view looks forward from alongside the ship's port side, showing her 26-foot motor whaleboat and 20mm gun platform by her after smokestack. Note floater nets (with attached water casks) and boxed supplies on deck just inboard from the whaleboat. Also empty racks for ready-service 40mm ammunition. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	152k	USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 5 January 1946. This view looks aft from alongside the ship's port bow, showing her anchoring gear, forward 5"/38 twin gun mounts and pilothouse. Note canted angle of the Mk.12/22 radar antennas atop her Mk.37 gun director. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	45k	Motor whale boat of the USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) is shown after its overhaul at the Mare Island boat shop on 27 Oct 1947.		Darryl Baker
	91k	Navy Photo 2253-47, broadside view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) off Mare Island on 7 Nov 1947. She was in overhaul at the yard from 10 Sep to 21 Nov 1947.		Darryl Baker
	80k	Navy Photo 2255-47, bow on view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) off Mare Island on 7 Nov 1947.		Darryl Baker
	91k	Navy Photo 2256-47, stern view of USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) off Mare Island on 7 Nov 1947.		Darryl Baker
	98k	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, November 1947.		Pieter Bakels
	93k	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, November 14 1947.		Pieter Bakels
	86k	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, November 14 1947.		Pieter Bakels
	84k	Circa July-August 1948, Destroyer Division 91 (L to R) 728 Mansfield (flag ship); 730 Collett; 727 DeHaven and 729 Lyman K. Swenson, at buoy in San Diego harbor.		Richard A. Bowman QM2
	96k	USS Platte (AO-24) refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949. Photographed by Ted Huggins from Valley Forge's flight deck as she dropped back after taking on oil. Note retractable radio antennas mounted alongside the flight deck. Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	126k	USS Platte (AO-24) refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949. Photographed by Ted Huggins. Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	122k	Inchon Operation, September 1950, a Chaplain reads the Last Rites service as Lieutenant (Junior Grade) David H. Swenson is buried at sea from USS Toledo (CA-133), off Inchon, Korea. He had been killed by North Korean artillery while his ship, USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) was bombarding enemy positions on Wolmi-do island, Inchon, on 13 September 1950. K. Swenson is in the background, with her crew at quarters on deck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	105k	Inchon Invasion, September 1950 Wolmi-Do island under bombardment on 13 September 1950, two days before the landings at Inchon. Photographed from USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), one of whose 40mm gun mounts is in the foreground. Sowolmi-Do island, connected to Wolmi-Do by a causeway, is at the right, with Inchon beyond. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	123k	Off Korea in November 1951. From the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection.		Carol Edgemon Hipperson, author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor & World War II in the Pacific
	51k	From the January 1952 ALL HANDS magazine.		Stanley Svec
	202k	Men of Destroyer Division 91 crowd the foc'sle and superstructure of their ships in Sasebo, Japan, to receive their Navy Unit Commendations. During the presentation on the Mansfield, a crane crew in the background continues its task of installing new gun barrels on the De Haven. Streaks of red lead on the Collett and the Swenson in the foreground show the work that has occupied all the crews while in port. By coincidence the famed 'Sitting Duck' destroyers are berthed in their numerical order: USS De Haven (DD-727), Mansfield (DD-728), Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), and Collett (DD-730)." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 18 December 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.		Joe Radigan
	144k	January 27 1961, photo NPC 1052991.		Ed Zajkowski
	215k	USS Lyman K. Swenson DD-729 refueling from USS Princeton LPH-5's 3rd Division's Fuel Pocket, January-February 1963.		Ron Reeves
	126k	USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) Underway off Oahu, Hawaii, 16 March 1970. Photographed by PH1 Dixon M. Dreher. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	54k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski

CDR Francis Thomas Williamson    May 2 1944 - May 31 1945 (Later RADM)
CDR William Baumert Braun    May 31 1945 - Oct 1946
CDR Frederick R. Matthews    Oct 1946 - 1948
CDR Lawrence H. Birthisel    1948 - 1949
CDR Robert Ayres Schelling    1949 - 1951
CDR William E. Kuntz    1951 - 1953 (Later RADM)
CDR James Grant Ross    1953 - 1955
CDR Carl Leonard Scherrer    1955 - 1957
CDR Cornelius John Smits    1957 - 1959
CDR William Compton Cook    1959 - 1961
CDR Robert John Trott    1961 - 1962
CDR David Diltz Work    1962 - 1963
CDR Burton Whitley Hancock    1963 - Jul 9 1965
CDR Robert Leroy Thorson    Jul 9 1965 - Mar 30 1967
CDR Neville L. Rockwell    Mar 30 1967 - 1968
CDR Larry J. Brown    1968 - 1970
CDR Richard Velez Dalton    1970 - Jan 1971
CDR Gary Bennett Lowe    Jan 1971 - Feb 12 1971