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To Turkey July 7 1974, renamed Kocatepe.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| No Photo Available | - | Benjamin White Norris was born in Callao, Peru on 15 May 1907. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on 15 May 1919. He completed flight training on 6 May 1938. He was subsequently promoted to Major on 16 May 1942. He was killed in action on 4 June 1942, while serving as Division Commander and a pilot in Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron VMB-241, Marine Air Group MAG-22 at NAS Midway, leading a search and attack mission in the Battle of Midway. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 101k | Undated, location unknown | Ed Mehl | |
| 118k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Mehl | |
| 108k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Mehl | |
| 77k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Mehl | |
| 108k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard W. Baragar | |
| 185k | Undated, the XO, up on the gun deck. That is where he spent agood share of his off time doing his daily exercises | Richard W. Baragar | |
| 164k | Undated, on shake down and we are launching the first torpedo | Richard W. Baragar | |
| 45k | Undated postcard Copyright © Arnold Art, Newport, RI. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 107k | 1st commanding officer, CDR Terrence Andrew Nisewaner USN | Ed Mehl | |
| 158k | First skipper of the Norris, Terrence Andrew Nisewaner. The Captain with him is the commander of the squadron that the Norris was in. The officer in the middle background is the XO. | Richard W. Baragar | |
| 97k | Commissioning cermony Bethlehem Steel, Treasure Island Calif. June 9 1945. | Ed Mehl | |
| 288k | Circa 1952, preparing to refuel. The helicopter is a HO3S-1 Dragonfly of HU-2 "Fleet Angels.". | Robert Carey | |
| 76k | L-R, USS Keppler (DDE-765), USS Fred T. Berry (DDE-858), USS Norris (DDE-859), USS McCaffery (DDE-860) and USS Harwood (DDE-861 of DesRon 6 steaming through the Caribbean in June 1956. | Robert Hurst | |
| 120k | USS Norris (DD 859) outbound off Hotel Chamberlin, Hampton Roads, Virginia, August 31 1956. (© Atlantic Fleet Sales by Nobe Smith) | Bill Gonyo | |
| 295k | February 1962, Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba U.S.S. Norris (DD-859) with sister ship U.S.S. Fred T. Berry (DD-858) "Shore power, potable water, and Cinderella Liberty" | Dave Cupples (MM 2nd 1960-1964) | |
| 239k | April 1963 'E' Ticket Ride { Right to Left with a Little Up and Down } "The Things we do, Just to Get John Wayne Movies" U.S.S. Norris (DD-859) to U.S.S. John W. Weeks (DD-701) | Dave Cupples (MM 2nd 1960-1964) | |
| 217k | 1964 Official Navy Flyover Photo (somewhere off the East Coast) | Dave Cupples (MM 2nd 1960-1964) | |
| 222k | 1964 Official Navy Flyover Photo (somewhere off the East Coast) | Dave Cupples (MM 2nd 1960-1964) | |
| 85k | Western Mediterranean 1964. | Marc Piché | |
| 116k | USS Cadmus (AR-14) at Naval Station Newport, R.I., 30 May 1970 with Nipmuc (ATF-157), Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and Norris (DD-859) alongside. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 41k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Turkish Service |
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| 60k | As the TCG KOCATEPE D354. The original D354, USS Harwood (DD-861), was sunk in error in 1974 during the war between Turkey and Greece. 80 sailors were lost. After the sinking she was replaced by the USS Norris (DD-859) with the same Turkish hull number. | Murat Kurtulmus | |
| 93k | As KOCATEPE D-354 in service with the Turkish Navy | Ed Mehl | |
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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