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	67k	William Gwin was born on 6 December 1832 in Columbus, Indiana. He entered U.S. Navy service as a Midshipman in April 1847, subsequently serving in the frigate Brandywine on the Brazil Squadron until late in 1850. During the next five years he was assigned to the sloop of war Germantown, flagship of the African Squadron, the steamer Princeton and the brig Bainbridge. In September 1855, while serving in the latter, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. From late 1857 until after the outbreak of the American Civil War in the spring of 1861, Gwin was an officer of the steamer Saranac and sloop of war Vandalia, both in the Pacific, and of the steam frigate Susquehanna in the Mediterranean. Returning to the United States in mid-1861, Lieutenant Gwin began Civil War combat service in the newly acquired cruiser Cambridge and, later in the year, was assigned to the brig Perry. Early in 1862 he went west to begin a very active period on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, initially as Commanding Officer of the gunboat Tyler, which played a significant role in several combat actions between February and July. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July, Gwin commanded the ironclad Mound City during much of the summer and in September took command of the big ironclad Benton. On 27 December 1862, in a heated engagement with Confederate artillery on the Yazoo River, his ship was seriously damaged and Gwin mortally wounded. Lieutenant Commander William Gwin died on 3 January 1863. In reporting his death to the Navy Department, Gwin's squadron commander, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, remarked: "The country has lost one of its bravest officers." Digital ID: cwpb 04900, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	224k	September 29 1944 at Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro. Still referred to at this point as DD-772 although completed as DM-33.		Ed Zajkowski
On Turkish Service
	34k	As the TCG MUAVENET DM357		Murat Kurtulmus
	51k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	48k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	120k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	221k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	71k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	106k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	96k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	79k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	65k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	90k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	49k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	64k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	53k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	221k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	197k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	281k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	47k	Undated, location unknown. From the collection of CPO Erdem (Ret.).		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	73k	At Philadelphia Navy Yard in November 1971.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	147k	Circa 1973-1974, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	201k	Circa 1973-1974, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	50k	Circa late 1970's, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	19k	Circa 1980's, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	56k	Ship's patch.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
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CDR Frederick Samuel Steinke    Aug 30 1944 - Sep 23 1945
As DM-33
CDR Elmer Cecil Long    Sep 23 1945 - Sep 3 1946 
CDR Ray Earnest Oliver    Jul 8 1952 - ?
LCDR William Edgar Benbow    ? 1954 - ?

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