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| 55k | John Vincent Power, born in Worcester, Mass., enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 7 July 1942 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 31 October 1942. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in January 1944, he was killed during the fight for Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1 February 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo |
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| 73k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Hart |
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| 48k | Undated postcard Copyright © M. Cee Bishop, Jacksonville, FL. | Mike Smolinski |
| 90k | Markab (AD-21) with destroyers Dashiel (DD-659), Isherwood (DD-520), Power (DD-839) and William C. Lawe (DD-763) alongside at Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown. | Mark Roberts, Destroyersonline.com |
| 119k | USS Missouri (BB-63) (center) off Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 April 1946. She had brought the body of the Late Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, home for burial, on a mission that was also made to influence Soviet Middle East policy. USS Power (DD-839) is at left, and the Turkish Battlecruiser Yavuz (formerly the German Goeben) is at right. Dolmabahce Mosque is in the foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 32k | LCDR Frank A. Visconti, Sr., Chief Engineer, in front of Mount 51 circa 1949-1951. | Frank A. Visconti, Jr. |
| 143k | Refueling in the Mediterranean in 1950: Top to bottom - USS Powers (DD-839), USS Newport News (CA-148), USS Salamonie (AO-26), amd USS Hanson (DD-832). The cruiser is carrying an H03S-1 helo on her fantail. When completed, the Newport News had seaplane catapults on her stern, but they were removed shortley after she was commissioned. | George Klos |
| 130k | The Power during the Summer of 1954 on a Mediterranean Cruise and she made a port call at Venice, Italy. | William H. Neal, Jr. |
| 45k | Mediterranean Sea, August 1967 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 201k | Newspaper clipping from March 1974 as the Power enters Brooklyn Navy Yard. | Lon Finnerty |
| 31k | New York April 1975. | Marc Piché |
| 60k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 49k | Front page from the decommissioning pamphlet, October 1 1977. | Lon Finnerty |
On Taiwanese Service
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| 86k | As the Sheng-Yang February 7 2005, at Keelung Naval Base, Taiwan. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 61k | Two views of the Sheng-Yang October 11 2005 during a Press photo op. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 50k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 118k | Four views from the Decommissioning ceremony of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy's last ex-Gearing destroyer, the DDG-923 Sheng-Yang, the ex-USS DD-839 Power, took at Keelung Harbor this afternoon (November 26, 2005). The ceremony was hosted by Adm. Bon-Chi Chen, the commander-in-chief of ROCN. Hundreds of people used to be the crew member of Sheng-Yang were invited to attend the ceremony. The final fate of Sheng-Yang is unknown, it is very possible to become a warship museum, but the Ministry of Defence has not decided yet. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 99k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 59k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao |
| 91k | As above. | Yu-Lun Miao |
To Taiwan October 1 1977, renamed Sheng-Yang.
