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To Iran March 19 1971, renamed Babr.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 134k | Thomas Edward Zellars was born on 11 August 1898 in Grantville, Ga. Prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy Tommie attended Culver Military Academy where he received his childhood education. He was appointed a midshipman at the Naval Academy on 13 June 1917 and graduated on 3 June 1920, a year early as the result of the wartime shortening of the Academy's course of instruction. On 9 July 1920, he reported for duty in Mississippi (Battleship No. 41). Zellars served his entire, brief Navy career in Mississippi, rising to the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) and attaining the position of turret commander in Mississippi's No. 2 14-inch turret. On 12 June 1924, while the battleship was engaged in gunnery practice off San Pedro, Calif., an explosion and fire engulfed his turret. Lt. (jg.) Zellars and 47 others were asphyxiated almost immediately but not before he turned on the flood valve which extinguished a burning powder train—an act which undoubtedly saved the ship and many of his shipmates from destruction. Photo from the United States Naval Academy Yearbook - Class of 1921 | Bill Gonyo | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Zellars 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 | |
| 98k | Artist's conception of the Zellars as she appeared after FRAM II 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 | |
| 92k | Original oil painting by George "Bill" Samson. | John Patterson | |
| 20k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 134k | Undated, location unknown. Refuelling from the USS Kearsage (CV-33). | Robert Hurst | |
| 98k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 141k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 43k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navy (Ret.) | |
| 70k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navy (Ret.) | |
| 62k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navy (Ret.) | |
| 35k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navy (Ret.) | |
| 52k | USS Zellars (DD-777) underway off Puget Sound Navy Yard, on 23 January 1945. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration photo # 19-N-77480. | Robert Hurst | |
| 100k | April 2 1945, two ships in the gunfire support group, TF 54, that were hit nearly simultaneously on 12 April, but the difference in their sizes accounted for the relative seriousness of the damage they suffered. USS Zellars (DD-777), on the right, was hit by a 'Jill' with a large bomb that exploded under her bridge. Fortunately, the explosion carried aft, away from the 5" magazines, but it forced the abandonment of the forward fireroom and started a fire that took several hours to contain. Zellars wa ultimately repaired, but not in time to rejoin the war. USS Tennessee (BB-43) also took a single hit, from a 'Val' also carrying a large armour-piercing bomb. The bomb penetrated her main deck and exploded in warrant officers' country, which was gutted by a persistent fire. She, however, was back in the firng line two days later. Photo National Archives and Records Admininstration. | Robert Hurst | |
| 162k | November 12 1947 at Taranto, Italy. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 81k | Circa 1955, location unknown. Photo courtesy P. Gildea-Evans. | Robert Hurst | |
| 104k | USS Zellars (DD-777) and USS Massey (DD-778) in St. Thomas, USVI 1956. | Jeff Savage | |
| 108k | Beirut, Lebanon April 1959. | Bob Armstrong | |
| 113k | As above. | Bob Armstrong | |
| 62k | USS Zellars (DD-777) circa 1961, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition. | Robert Hurst | |
| 81k | Chesapeke Bay, July, 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 204k | Riva Trigoso, Italy on Jul 6 1969. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| 107k | Newport, August 1970 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 85k | Circa 1967. | Marc Piché | |
| 170k | USS Zellars (DD-777) and the USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713) in Genoa, Italy on June 29 1968. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| 50k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Iranian Service |
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| 92k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navt (Ret.) | |
| 267k | September 18 1973 under Iranian command as the Babr. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 175k | ITS Babr (D-71, ex-USS Zellars) as seen from USS Midway (CV-41) on November 1 1977. Photo ID:DN-ST-87-12401. | Yucel Umar, CPO Turkish Navt (Ret.)/Robert Hurst | |
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CDR Blinn Van Mater Oct 25 1944 - Feb 8 1945 (Later RADM) CDR Leon Samuel Kintberger Feb 8 1945 - ? (Later RADM) CDR Fred Daniel Michael 1950 - ? CDR Joseph Harry Floyd Mar 1955 - 1956 CDR Richard Michael Hayes ? 1957 - ? CDR Lewis Clark Bartlett July 15 1957 - July 1959 CDR Herbert Henry Anderson ? CDR James Edward Murphy Jr. 1962 - Jun 1963 CDR Leo Joseph Marshall Jr. Jun 1963 - Sep 1965 CDR Warren W. Erikson ? 1966 - ? 1967 CDR Joseph John Zable 1969 - ? CDR Minot C. Morse Jr. ? - Mar 19 1971
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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