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To Turkey September 21 1973, renamed Maresal Fevzi Çakmak.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 73k | Charles Howard Roan, born 16 August 1923 in Claude, Tex., enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 12 December 1942. He was killed in action 18 September 1944 on Peleliu. For his selfless heroism in absorbing the impact of a hand grenade to save the lives of his four companions, Private First Class Roan was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division.![]() | Bill Gonyo | |
| 81k | Underway, circa 1954-1955. | Jimmie E. Epling, Sr. | |
| 162k | NS024238, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) and USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) being refueled by USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) in the Med, 1960. | Image courtesy of Larry Blumenthal, "US Navy Photos" | |
| 240k | Arriving in the harbor at Taranto, Italy on June 29, 1964. | Richard E. Manson, DK1 | |
| 44k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 63k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 38k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Turkish Service |
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| 47k | Undated, in the Bosphorus. | Murat Kurtulmus | |
| 70k | Undated, location unknown. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 71k | Undated, location unknown. TCG Istanbul D-340 (ex USS Clarence K. Bronson DD-668), TCG Izmir D-341 (ex USS Van Valkenburgh DD-656) and TCG M.F.Çakmak D-351 (ex USS Charles H. Roan DD-853). | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 55k | TCG M.F.Çakmak in 1974. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 56k | Davut KARAKAYA, GMC ( Ret.), Turkish Navy at the brow of the TCG M.F.Çakmak in Port Poyraz, Gölcük-Kocaeli, Turkey in 1986. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 53k | Display Determination Exercises in the Mediterranean Sea during 1986. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
| 73k | Going under the Bogaziçi Bridge in Instanbul, circa 1990s. | Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy | |
CDR Richard B. Derickson Sep 12 1946 - Jun 29 1948 CDR William Nolin Deragon Jun 29 1948 - Nov 25 1949 CDR David L. Martineau Nov 25 1949 - Jan 4 1951 (Later RADM) LCDR Willis Henry Fisher Jan 4 1951 - May 26 1952 CDR James Henry Curran May 26 1952 - Jul 6 1954 CDR Charles Samuel Hart Jul 6 1954 - Dec 28 1955 CDR David G. Brice Dec 28 1955 - Aug 27 1957 CDR John Lawrence Nuttall Jr. Aug 27 1957 - May 29 1959 CDR Thomas Patrick Connell May 29 1959 - Aug 4 1961 LCDR Lawrence P. Treadwell Jr. Aug 4 1961 - Mar 29 1962 CDR Charles H. Hayden Mar 29 1962 - Oct 28 1963 LCDR William Richard Uhrig Oct 28 1963 - Nov 29 1963 (Acting) CDR Wallace M. Riggs Nov 29 1963 - Dec 28 1965 CAPT Raymond E. Ward Dec 28 1965 - Aug 14 1967 CDR Max L. Slankard Aug 14 1967 - Aug 29 1969 CDR Robert W. Wilson Jr. Aug 29 1969 - Sep 11 1971 CDR Charles Peter Poreda Sep 11 1971 - Feb 12 1973 LCDR Glynn Murphy Thompson Feb 12 1973 - Aug 27 1973 LCDR David Peter Micalchuck Aug 27 1973 - Sep 21 1973
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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