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| 56k | Harold C. Agerholm was born on 29 January 1925 in Racine, Wisconsin and enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 at Milwaukee, Wis. Following training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego and at Camp Elliott also in that city, Agerholm was shipped overseas and arrived in the Pacific theater on 23 November. He was assigned to the 2d Marine Division and saw action in the assault on the Gilbert Islands at Tarawa. Agerholm was promoted to private first class (PFC) on 26 January 1943 and, while serving with the Fourth Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Division, participated in the assault and occupation of Saipan, Marianas Islands. In action against a determined Japanese counterattack on 7 July 1944, PFC Agerholm volunteered to assist in the defense and evacuation of the wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made dangerous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire to single-handedly recover approximately 45 casualties. Working tirelessly for over three hours, Agerholm continually ignored his own safety and was mortally wounded by Japanese rifle fire as he ran to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded marines. For his heroism and service to his country, PFC Agerholm was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Fourth Battalion, Tenth Marines, Second Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 7 July 1944. When the enemy launched a fierce, determined counterattack against our positions and overran a neighboring artillery battalion, Private First Class Agerholm immediately volunteered to assist in the efforts to check the hostile attack and evacuate our wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made extremely perilous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire and single-handedly loaded and evacuated approximately forty-five casualties, working tirelessly and with utter disregard for his own safety during a grueling period of more than three hours. Despite intense, persistent enemy fire, he ran out to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded Marines but was himself mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper while carrying out his hazardous mission. Private First Class Agerholm's brilliant initiative, great personal valor and self-sacrificing efforts in the face of almost certain death reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Agerholm as she appeared after FRAM I 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 | |
| 58k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 53k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 226k | Undated, at Vancouver, BC. | Chris Howell | |
| 86k | Navy Photo 7748-12-50, bow on view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 88k | Navy Photo 7750-12-50, broadside view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. She was in overhaul at the yard from 21 Oct to 28 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 97k | Navy Photo 7751-12-50, stern view of USS Agerholm (DD 826) at the South end of Mare Island on 18 Dec 1950. | Darryl Baker | |
| 67k | USS Baussell (DD-845), USS Rogers (DD-876) and USS Agerholm (DD-826) in San Diego July 1956. | Everett Ellestad | |
| 109k | San Francisco 1957. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 138k | USS Agerhold is seen departing Mare Island on Oct. 1, 1960 after completion of her FRAM overhaul at the yard. | Darryl Baker | |
| 82k | USS Angerholm (DD-826) underway circa 1961 after FRAM conversion. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition. | Robert Hurst | |
| 129k | May 11, 1962 photo of the Agerholm firing an ASW ASROC rocket equipped with a nuclear depth charge. This weapon was the hope for the U.S. Navy fighting the Russian submarine menace, but two items thwarted its deployment; (1) the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and (2) the fragility of the destroyers' hulls when in the vicinity of a nuclear explosion. WW2 era hulls weren't built to withstand such stresses and shocks. This may be the only actual firing of the ASROC fitted with a nuclear depth charge as the test ban treaty went into effect shortly after this firing | - | |
| 52k | As above. From the San Francisco NARA, Hunter's Point Historical Photo Collection. | Tracy White | |
| 98k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
| 270k | The USS Prairie (AD-15), USS Shields (DD-596), USS Agerholm (DD-826), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) and an unidentified destroyer on August 20 1962, location unknown. NHC photo #94750. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 178k | Wirephoto dated August 5 1964, USS Agerholm (DD-826) and USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786). | Ron Reeves | |
| 244k | Conducting an Underway Replenishment (UNREP) with an unidentified auxiliary and destroyer USS Agerholm (DD-826). Photo from the Ranger's 1964–65 Cruise Book (5 August 1964–6 May 1965). | John Slaughter | |
| 56k | Kaohsuing Taiwan, February 28 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 85k | USS Intrepid CVS-11 refueling the Agerholm July 1967. | Larry Backus | |
| 179k | August 22 1968, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 63k | Sydney, Australia circa 1970's. | Marc Piché | |
| 202k | From October 1971 ALL HANDS magazine. Alonside the USS Piedmont (AD-17) during a Seventh Fleet deployment. | Stanley Svec | |
| 110k | September 25 1973, location unknown. | Chris Howell | |
| 30k | San Francisco July 1974. | Marc Piché | |
| 71k | anchored off Coronado, California, on 7 August 1976, with two dock landing ships and a tank landing ship in the background, in this view taken by Photographer 3rd Class C.M. Phelps. U.S. Naval Historical Centre. Photo # USN 1168655. | Robert Hurst | |
| 90k | Fremantle, Australia 1978 | Graeme D. Fuller | |
| 102k | USS Enterprise (CVN-65) departs San Diego, California, 8 April 1978, on her 9th WestPac deployment and returning from her 21st and final WestPac deployment. Photos taken from USS Jouett (CG-29). | Carl T. Orbann | |
| 77k | Vancouver July 25 1978. | Marc Piché | |
 
 Decommissioning pamphlet - December 1 1978 | Wolfgang Hechler | |||
| 170k | Auckland, New Zealand on December 7 1978. | Chris Howell | |
| 180k | As above. | Chris Howell | |
| 58k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 57k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 34k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 165k | Destroyer Division 12 patch. | Ed Velasquez | |
| 20k | Navy Task Group JTF -8 (Joint Task Force Eight) from the Nuclear Atmospheric Test Force in the Pacific, 1962. | Chet Morris | |
| 57k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 43k | Ship's Zippo circa 1977. | John A. Altfeltis | |
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CDR Frank Dewey Schwartz Jun 20 1946 - Aug 24 1947 (Later RADM) CDR Paul Brennan Ryan Aug 24 1948 - Dec 9 1948 CDR Earle Grace Gardner Jr. Dec 9 1948 - Jul 6 1950 CDR Gorden Bennett Williams Jul 6 1950 - Dec 22 1951 CDR Walter Joseph Stencil Dec 22 1951 - May 23 1953 CDR William McKinley Price May 23 1953 - May 28 1955 CDR Ebenezer Finley Porter May 28 1955 - Nov 9 1956 CDR Charles W. Rogers Nov 9 1956 - Jan 4 1958 CDR George Martin Metze Jan 4 1958 - Aug 25 1959 CDR Elmer Ray Rath Aug 25 1959 - May 25 1960 LCDR W. M. Matthew May 25 1960 - Feb 10 1961 CDR Victor Jay Sibert Feb 10 1961 - May 3 1963 CDR Edward William Behm May 3 1963 - Mar 30 1965 CDR Edmund Henry Ellis Mar 30 1965 - Oct 4 1966 CDR John Donald Stensrud Oct 4 1966 - Jul 11 1968 CDR Robert Treat Shultz Jul 11 1968 - Feb 20 1970 CDR Francis Clephen Taylor Feb 20 1970 - Jun 18 1971 CDR Walter Arthur Toehlke Jun 18 1971 - Oct 13 1972 CDR James Parrish Cox Oct 13 1972 - Oct 10 1973 LCDR Bruce Wheelon Hulbert Oct 10 1973 - Nov 12 1973 CDR Jack Anthony Hodgens Nov 12 1973 - Jan 17 1976 CDR Charles Patrick Ragan Jan 17 1976 - Jan 24 1978 CDR Kenneth A. Barry Jan 24 1978 - Dec 1 1978
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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