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	86k	Randolph Mitchell Holder was born on 20 September 1918 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy on 10 April 1940, following flight training. Reporting to Torpedo Squadron Six aboard the USS Enterprise (CV 6), he took part in the early carrier operations in the critical months following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then fought in the pivotal Battle of Midway, first of the great American successes in the War in the Pacific. In the gallant attack of the torpedo planes early on 4 June 1942, Holder and his comrades attacked the Japanese Fleet without fighter cover. Though Holder and many others were shot down while pressing this attack, they forced radical maneuvers and diverted Japanese air cover, so as to make the later raids lethal to the enemy fleet. Lieutenant (j.g.) Holder was presumed dead the next day, 5 June 1942, and was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism. Photo Courtesy of the USS Holder Association thanks to Doug Dame.		Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo
	32k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	44k	Undated, USS Rich (DD-820), USS Holder (DD-819) and USS New (DD-818) of DesRon 36.		Edward H. Cleary
	39k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	52k	New York, NY October 15 1946.		Marc Piché
	55k	Circa 1953, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	129k	USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	127k	USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) steaming in formation with Destroyer Squadron 36, during anti-submarine exercises of the Atlantic Fleet's Task Group ALFA, 6 November 1958. The destroyers are ((from top): USS Basilone (DDE-824); USS Damato (DDE-871); USS Robert L. Wilson (DDE-847); USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864); USS Holder (DDE-819) and USS New (DDE-818). Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	70k	Chesapeke Bay, August 1964		© Richard Leonhardt
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1968				Wolfgang Hechler
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1973 (part of a DesRon 28 pamphlet)				Wolfgang Hechler
	204k	In Boston Navy Yard in 1974.		Vince Venincasa
	35k	In a Philadelphia dry dock in 1975.		Frank F. Vosburgh III
	42k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
On Ecuadorian Service
	21k	BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro - José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (born on June 25, 1842; died on January 28, 1912) was the leader of the liberal revolution of Ecuador (1895-1924) and President of the Republic of Ecuador on two occasions, 1897-1901 and 1906-1911. For his central role in the battles of the revolution and for having fought conservatism for nearly 30 years, he is known as the "Viejo Luchador" ("Old Warrior.")		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez

CDR Barry Kennedy Atkins    May 18 1946 - Aug 13 1947 (Later RADM)
CDR Charles Loenard Frazier    Aug 13 1947 - 1948
CDR Franklin Duerr Buckley    1948 - Apr 6 1951
CDR George Levick Street III    Apr 6 1951 - Apr 22 1952
CDR Robert Gwathmay Merritt    Apr 22 1952 - May 1 1953
CAPT Elmore E. Higgins Jr.    May 1 1953 - 1954
CDR Roland George Mayer Jr.    1954 - Dec 21 1955
CAPT William Clyde Vickery Jr.    Dec 21 1955 - Sep 25 1957
CDR Woodbury Appleton    Sep 25 1957 - 1959
CDR Ellery E. Tyler    1959 - Feb 1961
CDR Edward Louis Klaus    Feb 1961 - 1962
CDR Edwin Paul Smith    1962 - Dec 1962
LCDR Roger Alan Chapman    Dec 1962 - Aug 26 1963
CDR Charles Anthony Rankowski    Aug 26 1963 - Sep 1964
CDR Robert Studebaker Smith    Sep 1964 - Jul 17 1965 (Later RADM)
CDR William Luke King Jr.    Jul 17 1965 - Nov 4 1967
CDR Thomas Edward Wynkoop    Nov 4 1967 - Aug 27 1969
LCDR Stanley Davis Clark Sr.    Aug 27 1969 - Jun 26 1971
CDR Ace Freeman Trask    Jun 26 1971 - Sep 6 1972
CDR Herbert Aloysius Ellis Jr.    Sep 6 1972 - Mar 16 1974
CDR Joseph Harold (Jay) Maston III    Mar 16 1974 - Aug 1976
CDR Leonard L. Manderfield    Aug 1976 - Oct 1 1976