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	42k	Aquilla James Dyess, born 11 January 1909 in Augusta, Ga., served in the Army, then he was appointed first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve 4 November 1936. He was assigned to active duty at Norfolk 8 November 1940. He was killed in action at Namur Island, Marshall Islands, 2 February 1944. Lieutenant Colonel Dyess was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring and forceful leadership in the face of fierce opposition on the day of his death. Photo from the USMC History Division.		Bill Gonyo
	110k	Undated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria).		Rick Rowan
	72k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	34k	Undated, location unknown.		Joe Peters MM3, 1952
	144k	Undated, location unknown.		Marty Mustin
	155k	Undated, location unknown.		Marty Mustin
	52k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	37k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	153k	April 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	241k	April 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	91k	December 26 1951, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	183k	USS Bordelon (DD-881), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) in Italian waters on October 1 1956.		Carlo Martinelli
	74k	Boston, June 1965		© Richard Leonhardt
	55k	San Diego, February 5 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	47k	Eastern Pacific, February 8 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	45k	San Diego 5 February 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	108k	USS Dyess (DD-880) Whale Boat returning to the USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) in the Aden anchorage, Aden Protectorate July 23 1966.		© Richard Leonhardt
	68k	USS Dyess (DD-880) being assailed by demonstrators as she sails through Port Said Harbour for the Suez Canal, prior to the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War.		Robert Hurst
	33k	A series of three views of the USS Dyess (DD-880) alongside the British RFA Tidesurge (A-98) in the Indian Ocean, August 25 1967.		Ken Killmeyer
	36k	As above.		Ken Killmeyer
	37k	As above.		Ken Killmeyer
	77k	An interesting newspaper clipping from December 1968 on a little known part of the Cold War.		Robert
	105k	New York City, May 15 1971.		Marc Piché
	105k	New York City, May 1978.		Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	84k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	43k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	32k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	30k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	81k	DesRon 4 plaque, USS Gearing (DD-710), USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), USS Vogelgesang (DD-862), USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864), USS Dyess (DD-880), USS Bordelon (DD-881) and USS Furse (DD-882). Courtesy of Foro 11a Escuadrilla de Escoltas (http://www.destructorchurruca.es.vg/).		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez

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CDR Francis Edward Fleck Jr.    Nov 1947 - Jun 1948
CDR John Harlee    Jun 1948 - 1949 (Later RADM)
LCDR John Durant Patterson    1949 - 1950
CDR William Edward Wallace    1950 - 1951
CDR James M. Jones    1951 - Nov 1952
CDR John Elmer Dacey    Nov 1952 - Nov 1954 (Later RADM)
CDR Edward Isham Gibson    Nov 1954 - Feb 1957
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CDR Paul G. Hannon    Nov 1958 - Dec 1960
CDR Charles Eugene Little    Dec 1960 - Mar 1963
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CDR James Lloyd Moss    Dec 1964 - 1964
LCDR Earl Wallace Numbers    1964 - 1966
CDR Frank C. Mead    1966 - 1967
CDR William Coulter Semple III    1967 - 1968
CDR James Edward Murphy Jr.    1968 - 1970
CDR William F. Sheehan Jr.    1970 - 1972
CDR Minot C. Morse Jr.    1972 - 1973
CDR Donald G. Buxton    1973 - Dec 15 1974
CDR Bennett D. Katz    Dec 15 1974 - Jul 30 1976
CDR Donald J. Fitzpatrick    Jul 30 1976 - Oct 20 1978
CDR Sanford Joe Snuffer    Oct 20 1978 - Feb 27 1981