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DD-865 USS CHARLES R. WARE

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBGE

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - SEA BREEZE

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 Bethlehem Steel,Staten Island NY November 1 1944.
Launched April 12 1945 and commissioned July 21 1945.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken November 30 1974.
Fate Sunk as target in Caribbean November 15 1981.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
92k	Charles Rollins Ware, born 11 March 1911 in Knoxville, Tenn., enlisted in the Navy 14 June 1929, and the following year was appointed to the Naval Academy. After graduation in 1934, he served in Texas (BB-35) and Dahlgren (DD-187) until February 1940 when he entered flight training at Pensacola. Serving with Scouting Squadron 5, based on Yorktown (CV-5), Lieutenant Ware was reported missing in action 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in pressing home his attack on the Japanese fleet in the face of fierce fighter opposition and formidable antiaircraft fire.	Bill Gonyo
70k	Undated, location unknown.	-
51k	Undated World War II image.	Captain Jerry Mason USN
113k	Sixth Fleet warships anchored off the city, during a "good will" visit, 2 March 1950. Note Navy personnel on the landing at left centre, with United States and Turkish flags flying nearby. Ships present are from left to right: USS Glennon (DD-840); USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865); USS Newport News (CA-148); USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830) and USS Midway (CVB-41). Photo No 80-G-413452.	Robert Hurst
69k	Circa 1954, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
65k	Circa 1956, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
173k	Chesapeake Bay, July 1964	© Richard Leonhardt
78k	Chesapeke Bay, July 1964. (Full Image)	© Richard Leonhardt
58k	Chesapeke Bay, July 1964. (Close Up Of Ship)	© Richard Leonhardt
101k	Three scenes of the USS Sylvania (AFS-2) doing underway replenishment with the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) and the USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) during a 1965 Mediterranean deployment.	William C. Swisher
82k	As above.	William C. Swisher
97k	As above.	William C. Swisher
74k	Approaching the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) on Operation Sea Dragon off the coast of North Vietnam, Spring 1967.	Eric Bollin
89k	Circa 1967, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
57k	Ship's patch.	Mike Smolinski

USS CHARLES R. WARE DD-865 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Frank Biondo
Address: 579 Buxton Ave, West Hempstead, NY 11552
Phone: 516-481-0034
E-mail: munkb@msn.com

Note About Contacts.

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