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| 38k | William Wister McKean (19 September 1800 - 22 April 1865) was an admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was noted for his service in the Union blockade that effectively closed Confederate seaports in the Gulf of Mexico. Born in Pennsylvania, McKean was the grandson of Thomas McKean, the governor of that state. McKean was appointed midshipman 30 November 1814. He served in the Navy from the War of 1812 to the Civil War, when he rose to the rank of flag officer in command of the Gulf Blockading Squadron and later the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. McKean was relieved from active duty 4 June 1862. | Bill Gonyo |
| 51k | Undated postcard. | Mike Smolinski |
| 56k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 18k | Invitation to the commissioning ceremony in Seattle, WA. | Lee Hilde |
| 115k | Two scenes from the commissioning on June 9 1945 at Seattle where Lee's Aunt Christine was the sponsor. | Lee Hilde |
| 80k | As above. | Lee Hilde |
| 74k | Navy Photo 20980-5-54, broadside view of USS McKean (DD 784) in the Mare Island channel on 4 May 1954. She was in overhaul at the yard from 29 January to 30 April 1954. | Darryl Baker |
| 126k | USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) refueling USS McKean (DDR-784), at right, and USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748) on 18 September 1962. Note that the carrier has ten A-3 "Skywarrior" heavy attack aircraft parked on her flight deck, amidships and aft. Planes parked forward include A-1, A-4, F-4 and F-8 types. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 28k | Esquimalt, British Columbia April 22 1977. | Marc Piché |
| 90k | Sailing up the Columbia River to Portland, Oregon for the Portland Rose Festival. She did this several times in the late 70's and this photo was available in the ship's store in 1977. | Robert Harrod
USS McKean CIC Officer |
| 31k | USS Hector (AR-7), USS McKean (DD-784) and USS Higbee (DD-806). The USS Hector had sailed up from San Diego to provide repair support for the McKean and the Higbee. On a Fall Sunday morning in the late 70's, the Hector started having problems with her engineering plant, and oil from a sump on her portside amidships started pouring into the water. Bob Harrod, the McKean CDO, called away the duty section with fire hoses to contain it between the ships while the crew sopped it up with orange waste collection sponges. Both the Higbee and the McKean were being supplied with power from the Hector which made for an interesting situation when the Hector dropped the load and all three without power. No power means no fire main pressure. The duty engineer, MM1 Moose Miller, went below and started our emergency diesel generator which meant the McKean was the only ship with electrical power. Then there was a fire on the Higbee. Mckean manned two hose teams and stood by to assist if needed. It turned out to be a cigarette butt thrown in a trash can which was extinguished with CO2. Before McKean could get their gear stored, they had a report of a fire up forward which turned out to be an arc-welder which had shorted out and was spitting six inch electrical arcs. Eventually Hector got her engineering plant back up and running, the sailors of the McKean finished cleaning up the Hector's oil spill. This picture probably was taken that morning before things got interesting. | Tom Lawson |
| 12k | Ship's Store photo available in the late 1970's, off the coast of San Diego | Wayne Smith |
| 40k | Seattle October 1980. | Marc Piché |
| 64k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 38k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
Fate To Turkey November 2 1982 and cannibalized for spare parts.
