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USS FISKE (DD-842 / DDR-842)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBBU

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - DEPUTY

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME April 9 1945.
Launched September 8 1945 and commissioned November 28 1945.
Decommissioned April 1 1952, recommissioned Nov 25 1952.
Reclassified DDR-842 July 18 1952, reverted to DD-842 April 1 1964.
Decommissioned June 6 1980.
Stricken August 6 1987.
To Turkey June 5 1980, renamed Piyale Pasa.
Fate Heavily damaged when she ran aground in late 1996 scrapped in 1999.

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Fiske 56kAdmiral Bradley Allen Fiske ,1854-1942, American naval officer and inventor, b. Lyons, N.Y., grad. Annapolis, 1874. In the U.S. navy he devoted himself to the invention of instruments for shipboard use. His numerous inventions include an electrically powered gun turret, the torpedo plane, a naval telescopic sight, an electromagnetic system for detonating torpedoes under ships, and an electric range finder—a device that brought him many citations when, as navigating officer of the gunboat Petrel, he successfully employed it in the battle of Manila Bay. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1911, but he was forced to retire in 1916 when his agitation for a stronger navy clashed with the policies of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Photo #: NH 49555. Portrait photograph, taken October 1912. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Fiske 118kUndated, location unknown. Photo © Atlantic Fleet Sales.Robert M. Cieri
Fiske 65kPhoto #: NH 102953, USS Fiske (DD-842) off Boston, Massachusetts, 8 January 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 78kPhoto #: NH 102954, USS Fiske (DD-842) off Boston, Massachusetts, 8 January 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 80kPhoto #: NH 102955, USS Fiske (DD-842) underway off Boston, Massachusetts, 8 January 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 59kPhoto #: NH 102956, USS Fiske (DD-842) underway off the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, 8 January 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 121kPhoto #: NH 102957, USS Fiske (DD-842) ship's starboard propeller, taken while she was drydocked at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, 19 March 1946. View looks inboard, with Fiske's twin rudders at left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 127kPhoto #: NH 102958, USS Fiske (DD-842) ship's propellers and twin rudders, taken while she was drydocked at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, 19 March 1946. View looks aft from below the starboard propeller shaft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 157kDestroyer Squadron Eight Change of Command, 1951 "Recently returned from Korea, Commander Destroyer Squadron Eight, Captain E.S. Von Kleeck, Jr., reads his farewell address on board the USS J. P. Kennedy, Jr., as officers and men of Destroyer Division 81 stand-by to receive their new commander." Captain Von Kleeck was relieved by Captain J.J. Laffan. Probably taken at Newport, Rhode Island, soon after 8 August 1951, when DesDiv 81 returned from a Korean War deployment. Ships present are (from right to left): USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850); USS William R. Rush (DD-714); USS Fiske (DD-842); USS Hawkins (DDR-873); and an unidentified escort destroyer (DDE). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Rush 83kUSS Joseph P. Kennedy (DD-850), USS William R. Rush (DD-714), USS Fiske (DD-842) and USS Hawkins (DD-873) from ALL HANDS magzine of October 1951.Stanley Svec
Fiske 107kPhoto #: NH 102959, USS Fiske (DDR-842) photographed in January 1953, following conversion to a radar picket destroyer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 106kPhoto #: NH 102960, USS Fiske (DDR-842) photographed in January 1953, following conversion to a radar picket destroyer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Tony Cowart
Fiske 100kPhoto #: NH 102961, USS Fiske (DDR-842) photographed in January 1953, following conversion to a radar picket destroyer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 78kPhoto #: 80-G-625699, USS Fiske (DDR-842) operating off Newport, Rhode Island, 10 July 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Tony Cowart
Fiske 62kUSS Fiske (DDR-842) at Newport, Rhode Island, 7 November 1953. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection (Photo No NH 66802).Robert Hurst
Fiske 146kPhoto #: NH 102962, USS Fiske (DDR-842) entering Monte Carlo harbor, Monaco, in 1957. Note crewmen in "Whites" at sea & anchor detail, and at quarters for entering port. Courtesy of Robert C. Mabe, Historian of the USS Fiske Association. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. While the Naval Historical Center indicates that the photo was taken in 1957, Fiske crewman Wayne Peterson states that it was actually taken during the port visit of May 13-17 1961.Tony Cowart
Fiske 100kCirca late 1950's in DDR configuration.Lou Nigro - ETR2
Fiske 63kBoston Naval Shipyard, May 1960© Richard Leonhardt
Fiske 106kUSS Fiske shows the appearance of most FRAM-I destroyers in this photo: twin 5"/38 gun mounts fore and aft; triple torpedo tubes on the 01 level just before the redesigned bridge; a tripod foremast to support newer and heavier surface- and air-search radar antennas; an ASROC launcher and control cabin between the heightened stacks; a DASH hangar and landing pad; and a short mast, carrying the electronic warfare antennas, atop the hangar. Official US Navy photo circa 1965.Fabio Peña
Fiske 66kTonkin Gulf, May 31 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Fiske 44kAtlantic, July 28 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Fiske 129kUSS Sierra (AD-18) at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 26 February 1967 with six destroyers alongside including the Basilone (DD-824), Fiske (DD-842), Davis (DD-937), Richard E Kraus (DD-849), Harwood (DD-861), and the Gyatt (DD-712). Taken from the USU Fred T. Berry (DD-858).© Richard Leonhardt
Fiske 45kUSS Fiske (DD-842) alongside the USS Chemung (AO-30) August 14 1967 in the Pacific.Ken Killmeyer
Fiske 152kCirca 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.)
Fiske 115kPhoto #: USN 1151464, USS Fiske (DD-842) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 27 March 1970. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.Tony Cowart
Fiske 139kPhoto #: NH 102964, USS Fiske (DD-842) underway in the Narragansett Bay Operating Area, Atlantic Ocean, on 18 October 1971. Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class George S. Zebrowski, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 126kPhoto #: NH 102965, USS Fiske (DD-842) underway off Newport, Rhode Island, 24 October 1971. Taken by Chief Photographer's Mate Frederick W. Gotauco, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Fiske 65kBayonne NJ June 28, 1975.Marc Piché
Fiske 96kNew York February 29 1976.Marc Piché
Fiske 151kphoto taken from USS from Cecil (DD-835)between mid-1979 and mid-1980 (most likely the summer of 1979) during an ASW exercise in the Caribbean.Howard P. Thomas ETCS (SS)(SW) USN (Ret)
Fiske 133kAs above.Howard P. Thomas ETCS (SS)(SW) USN (Ret)
Fiske 119kAs above.Howard P. Thomas ETCS (SS)(SW) USN (Ret)
Fiske 50kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Fiske 53kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Fiske 68kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Fiske 90kShip's patch.Tony Cowart
On Turkish Service
Fiske 107kUSS Johnston (DD-821) and Fiske 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)
Fiske 44kAs the TCG PIYALEPASA D350Murat Kurtulmus

USS FISKE DD-842 / DDR-842 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Charles Hubert Smith    Nov 28 1945 - 1947 (Later RADM)
Unknown    1947 - Feb 25 1949
CDR Newell Edward Thomas    Feb 25 1949 - Mar 1950
CDR John Enoch Pond Jr. Mar 1950 - Sep 15 1951
CDR Richard Banks Redmayne    Sep 15 1951 - Apr 1 1952
(Decommissioned Apr 1 1952 - Nov 25 1952)
Unknown    Nov 25 1952 - 1954
CDR Powell Prestridge Vail Jr.    1954 - Oct 1956
CDR Cyril G. Griffin    Oct 1956 - Sep 9 1958
CDR John B. Hough    Sep 9 1958 - Jul 1960
CDR Clifford Eugene Hunter    Jul 1960 - Apr 23 1962
CDR Cyrus H. Butt    Apr 23 1962 - 1964
CDR John Illingworth Bradbury    1964 - Nov 1 1967
CDR James Sylvester Brunson    Nov 1 1967 - Jul 11 1969
CDR Eugene Kirtley Walling    Jul 11 1969 - Aug 1972
CDR Roger Dennis Grady    Aug 1972 - 1974
CDR William R. Pettyjohn    1974 - 1975
CDR John F. Fitzgerald    1975 - Apr 22 1976
CDR William Raymond Pressler Jr.    Apr 22 1976 - Dec 13 1977
CDR John R. Dalrymple Jr.    Dec 13 1977 - Jan 19 1978 (later RADM)
CDR Steven L. Turner    Jan 19 1978 - Jun 5 1980

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Dan Gilroy
Address: 119 Stout Avenue, Middlesex, N.J 08846
Phone: 732-469-2868
E-mail: dgilroy703@aol.com


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