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Fate To Iran July 1977 and cannibalized for spare parts.
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| 52k | Born in San Antonio, Tex., 15 December 1920, William James Bordelon enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. Staff Sergeant Bordelon was killed in action on Tarawa 20 November 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. 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 | |
| 47k | Undated, location unknown. | Frank Doherty | |
| 40k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 41k | May 1946, Wangpoo River, Shanghai, China. | Frank Doherty | |
| 117k | Western Mediteranean June 1948. | Marc Piché | |
| 48k | Circa 1950, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 68k | Trieste 1952. | Frank Doherty | |
| 72k | Valetta, Malta March 28 1952. | Marc Piché | |
| 122k | Sixth Fleet ships in Naples harbour, circa 1955. destroyers in left centre are USS Preston (DD-795) and USS Irwin (DD-794). Destroyer in the centre, slightly to the right, appears to be USS Bordelon (DDR-881). The other U.S.Navy ships present are mainly amphibious types. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (Photo No NH 99290). | Robert Hurst | |
| 162k | BORDELON DD-881 and EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 at Brest, France 1957. | Marc Piché | |
| 146k | Pearl Harbor, circa May 18 1960. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 53k | USS Bordelon (DD 881) shows the appearance of most FRAM-I destroyers in this 20 July 1964 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. | Fabio Peña | |
| 53k | 20 July 1964, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 22k | Taken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the water | Walter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time | |
| 10k | Taken in the fall of 1976 after Bordelon and John F. Kennedy were involved in a collision during refueling. Note nearly everything higher then the top of the stack is knocked flat, Forward gun mount knocked askew and riding low in the water | Walter Bengtson Jr. on board Brumby FF-1044 at the time | |
| 62k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 84k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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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