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[1] [2]	56k 129k	Loveman Noa was born 5 October 1878 at Chattanooga, Tenn. Appointed to the Naval Academy as a midshipman 5 September 1896, he graduated in June 1900, and was ordered to the Asiatic station in gunboat Mariveles. The morning of 26 October 1901 Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from Mariveles in a small boat to watch for craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar. When ready to return to Mariveles, they found the wind and the tide against them. As the boat was taking on water, they put into a small cove on the island of Samar. While scouting the adjacent jungle, Noa, was attacked and stabbed four times by Filipino insurgents. He died before aid could reach him. [1] Portrait of Naval Cadet David Bernard Loveman Noa. [2] Commemorative plaque at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD erected by the Class of 1900 in Memorial Hall.		Bill Gonyo
	94k	Artist's conception of the Noa 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
	164k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	108k	November 20 1945, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	173k	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during summer 1949.		Ray Pass
	109k	Convoy operations in November 1949.		Ray Pass
	111k	Convoy operations in November 1949.		Ray Pass
	129k	1949 operations with the USS Mindoro (CVE-120).		Ray Pass
	152k	December 1951, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	165k	Two views of the Noa coming alongside the USS Tarawa (CVS-40) in the Atlantic from ALL HANDS magazine of April 1960.		Stanley Svec
	161k	As above.		Stanley Svec
	111k	November 2 1961, US Navy photo.		Ed Velasquez
	147k	Photo taken from mount 32 on the USS Brough (DE-148) over looking the Mayport FL harbor naval complex. The ship off the port bow is the USS Noa (DD-841), and the aircraft carrier across the harbor is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, (CVA-42).		Bill Netsch
	99k	This post-FRAM, official Navy photograph, makes an interesting comparison to the pre-FRAM view, above. It was taken in Nov. 1968, while Noa was preparing for a Vietnam deployment; at the time, the mast supporting the antennas of her EW systems (atop the hangar) had been rebuilt to add an ULQ-6 active system, intended to counter the threat of the anti-ship missiles believed to be in the North Vietnamese inventory.		Fabio Peña
	152k	Circa 1969 postcard view taken in Mayport, FL. Ships include the USS Turner (DD-834), USS Stribling (DD-867), USS Noa (DD-841) and USS Fiske (DD-842).		Rich Wersinger, CDR, USNR (Ret.)
	54k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	61k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
On Spanish Service
	72k	Blas De Lezo (D65) was named after Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (or Olabarrieta). Born in Pasajes, Guipúzcoa, España, 3 February 1689. Died in Cartagena de Indias, Nueva Granada, [now Colombia,] 7 September 1741. Spanish Admiral. He was one of the best, and at the same time least known, strategists in Spanish Navy history.		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez
	95k	As the Spanish D-65 circa 1980s.		Marc Piché
	31k	Ship's patch.		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez
	14k	Coat of arms for the Spanish DesRon 11, USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Furse (DD-882), USS O'Hare (DD-889), USS Leary (DD-879) and USS Noa (DD-841).		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez
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CDR Rathel L. Nolan Jr.    Nov 2 1945 - Sep 12 1947
CDR Rufus Lackland Taylor    Sep 12 1947 - Apr 9 1948 (Later VADM)
CDR J. S. Fletcher    Apr 9 1948 - Aug 10 1949
CDR Russell Henry Buckley    Aug 10 1949 - Aug 4 1950
CDR Malcolm Townsend Munger    Aug 4 1950 - Feb 24 1951
CDR William Roy Barnes    Feb 24 1951 - Mar 5 1951
CDR George H. Rood    Mar 5 1951 - Mar 24 1952
CDR William H. Ayer    Mar 24 1952 - Aug 19 1953
CDR Ralph B. Terrill    Aug 19 1953 - Oct 7 1955
CDR Melvin Hulquist Dry    Oct 7 1955 - Dec 27 1957
CDR Daniel W. Abercrombie III    Dec 27 1957 - Mar 2 1960
CDR Richard Wheeler Belt    Mar 2 1960 - Jun 8 1960
CDR Lawrence Eugene (Larry) Traynor    Jun 8 1960 - Mar 24 1961
CDR John Dryden Exum    Mar 24 1961 - Oct 17 1962
CDR Frank George Schettino    Oct 17 1962 - Dec 30 1963
CDR H. B. Gibbs    Dec 30 1963 - Feb 21 1965
CDR Walter William Doescher Jr.    Feb 21 1965 - Oct 31 1966
CDR J. E. Edmundson    Oct 31 1966 - Jul 18 1968
CDR Horace Desmond (Skip) Mann Jr.    Jul 18 1968 - Jul 18 1969
CAPT John Staige Kern    Jul 18 1969 - Aug 5 1969 (Later RADM)
CDR H. L. Hunt    Aug 5 1969 - Jun 5 1971
CDR Jack Lewis Marriott    Jun 5 1971 - 1972
CDR William Henry Peerenboom    1972 - Sep 1973
LCDR Raymond Allan Helbig    Sep 1973 - Oct 31 1973

CdF Juan L. Sobrino Buhigas    Oct 31 1973 - Nov 28 1974
CdF Agustin Guimera Peraza    Nov 28 1974 - Feb 20 1976
CdF Manuel Arias Sanchez    Feb 20 1976 - Sep 3 1977 (Later VADM)
CdF Luis Ayesta Granda    Sep 3 1977 - Sep 3 1979
CdF Jose Luis Torres Fernandez    Sep 3 1979 - Mar 3 1981 (Later VADM)
CdF Eduardo Gomez Castillo    Mar 3 1981 - Sep 3 1982 (Later VADM)
CdF Jesus Fontan Suances    Sep 3 1982 - Mar 6 1984
CdF Gabriel Portal Anton    Mar 6 1984 - Sep 6 1985 (Later ADM)
CdF Vicente Cuquerella Jarillo    Sep 6 1985 - Mar 6 1987 (Later VADM)
CdF Luis Roca Ramirez    Mar 6 1987 - Sep 12 1988 (Later ADM)
CdF Jose Luis Gonzalez-Irun Sanchez    Sep 12 1988 - Mar 16 1990
CdF Alvaro Armada Vadillo    Mar 16 1990 - Sep 30 1991