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To Colombia July 1 1972, renamed Caldas.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 95k | Artist's conception of the Keith as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion 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 | |
| 155k | Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 11a. | - | |
| 165k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 240k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 82k | Undated, USS Willard Keith (DD-775) entering San Pedro, California. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration photo # 19-N-76873. | Robert Hurst | |
| 114k | 8 March 1945 (NARA 80G 310258). | Rob Rielly | |
| 41k | USS Tidewater (AD-31), USS Du Pont (DD-941), USS Weeks (DD-701), USS Willard Keith (DD-775), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Henley (DD-762) and USS Nimble (MSO-459) in Athens, Greece late 1961. | Michael J. Mogck | |
| 65k | Boston, August 1963 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 55k | Norfolk, VA 1965. | Marc Piché | |
| 183k | Off Norfolk, circa 1965. | Ken Dupree, YNCS (Ret.) | |
| 169k | Off Norfolk, circa 1965. | Ken Dupree, YNCS (Ret.) | |
| 87k | Off Norfolk, circa 1965. | Ken Dupree, YNCS (Ret.) | |
| 189k | New York Harbor in April 1969 with the USS Willard Keith (DD-775) inboard and USS Keppler (DD-765) outboard. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 40k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Colombian Service |
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| 48k | On the right side of the photo are the ex-USS Hale (DD-642) as the Colombian Navy DD 01 Antioquia and the ex-USS Willard Keith (DD-775) as the Colombian Navy DD 02 Caldas circa 1975-1976 after they had been decommissioned and were awaiting scrapping in Cartagena. | Luis Bernardo Castro | |
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CDR Lewis Levi Snider Dec 27 1944 - ? LCDR Edward Maynard Day 1946 - 1947 CDR Frank Hardeman Brumby Jr. Nov 11 1950 - ? CDR Leslie James O'Brien Jr. 1952 - ? (Later RADM) CDR Frank John Coulter 1952 - Feb 1953 CDR Herman Kennedy Rock Feb 1953 - ? CDR Carl Richard Berquist 1956 - 1958 CDR Philip Michael Donahue 1958 - ? CDR Robert Gerard Hirsch 1962 - ? CDR Dale Calvin Brumbaugh 1963 - ? CDR Claude Leonidus Tyler ? 1963 - 1963 CDR Claiborne Sheldon Bradley 1963 - ? CDR Francis Joseph Beitzer 1965 - ? CDR Donald James Maynard 1967 - 1969 CDR Henry Gerald Ehleringer 1969 - 1971 CDR Billy Jerl White ? LCDR John Raymond Brandon ? - Jul 1 1972
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