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164 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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| 45k | Henry Clay Drexler was born on 7 August 1901 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He was appointed from Delaware to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and was commissioned an Ensign upon his graduation in June 1924. Drexler served on board USS Trenton when she suffered a gun-mount explosion on 20 October 1924, which took the lives of numerous crewmen. Drexler endeavored to stop the fire but lost his life in this attempt to save his shipmates. For his "extraordinary heroism" on this occasion, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Henry C. Drexler is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 82k | Overhead view of the USS Drexler (DD-741) in late 1944, as completed. The ship carries the , as designed, armament and configuration of the Allen M. Sumner class destroyers. Her armament consists of three 5"/38 twin mounts, twelve 40mm AA, eleven 20mm AA and two quintuple tube torpedo banks. Source: Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 302587. | Mike Green | |
| 225k | USS Drexler (DD-741) underway on 14 November 1944, as commissioned. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11A. Source:U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, Photo No. NH 107142. | Mike Green | |
| 80k | December 6 1944, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 11d. | - | |
| 248k | The U.S. Navy Allen M. Sumner class destroyer USS Drexler (DD-741) at sea being refueled by the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in the Caribbean Sea, 19 February 1945. On 28 May 1945 Drexler was sunk off Okinawa by two kamikazes. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation. | Bill Gonyo | |
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CDR Robert Lee Wilson Nov 14 1944 - May 28 1945
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