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No Photo Available | - | John Vincent Johnston of Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the Navy in September 1861 as First Master in gunboat St. Louis. He assisted in the Union gunboat attacks that captured strategic Fort Henry on the Tennessee River 6 February 1862. The night of 1 April 1862 he was the Navy commander of a combined Army-Navy boat expedition from St. Louis which landed and spiked the guns of Fort No. 1 above the Confederate stronghold, Island No. 10. He was promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant for gallantry in this expedition. After joining in the bombardments of Vicksburg, he took command of Forrest Rose to patrol the Mississippi River and its tributaries. On 15 February 1864 his gunboat repelled the attack of confederate raiders, saving the town of Waterproof, Louisiana, and its federal garrison. LT Johnston resigned from the naval service 23 June 1864 and died 23 April 1912 at St. Louis, Missouri. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 116k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 181k | Crew photo from 1946, looks like they are waiting for liberty call. From the collection of RM2 Everett J. Jensen. | Gary A. Jensen |
| 179k | USS Johnston (DD-821) and USS William R. Rush (DD-714) in Dublin, Ireland in April 1948. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 244k | Three views, circa 1951 at NAS Pensacola as seen from the USS Monterey (CV-26). From the collection of Evan R. Wescott. | Robert E. Wescott |
| 278k | As above. | Robert E. Wescott |
| 253k | As above. | Robert E. Wescott |
| 126k | Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, June 1978. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 26k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, 4 Jan 1980 photo by PH1 Frank Jankowski. | John Hummel |
| 107k | Johnston and USS Fiske (DD-842) after she had been transferred to Turkey as D350. It was taken in 1980 or 1981 (more likely 1980) in the Reserve Basin at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The picture was taken within a day or two of the turnover of the Fiske from the USS Corry (DD-817). | Howard P. Thomas ETCS (SS)(SW) USN (Ret) |
| 177k | April 8 1981 at a Philadelphia private pier awaiting transfer to Taiwan. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 142k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 194k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 150k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 294k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 386k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 48k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 62k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 71k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 54k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
On Taiwanese Service
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| 101k | March 26 1981, location unknown. | David Buell |
| 110k | USS Johnston (928) and USS Hollister (929) in Keelung Harbor September 21 2002. | Michael from Taiwan |
| 92k | USS Johnston moored starboard side to the USS Hoolister in Duao, Taiwan horbor 2006. | Perry Huang |
| 162k | As above. | Perry Huang |
| 89k | As above. | Perry Huang |
| 126k | As above. | Perry Huang |