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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
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Size | Image Description | Contributed By |
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| 38k | John Rich Craig, born 13 September 1906 in Jacksonville, Fla., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930 and received flight training the following year. During 1935 and 1936 he underwent submarine training. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he commanded R-17 (SS-94). He took command of Grampus (SS-207) 16 September 1942. and during the next 6 months he led the submarine on daring attacks against Japanese shipping. She sank two enemy transports and a cargo ship and damaged three enemy destroyers. While on her sixth war patrol, Grampus was lost in the Southwest Pacific with all hands 22 March 1943. Lt. Comdr. Craig was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his extraordinary heroism. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 23k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 58k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 140k | USS Tolovana (AO-64) refueling Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) to starboard and John R. Craig (DD-885) to port, date and place unknown. | Erich Utecht, USS Tolovana 1968-70 | |
| 58k | Undated postcard, location unknown. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 155k | Undated, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 163k | Official US Navy Photograph #CNFE-1819 from the Photographic Laboratory of Commander, Naval Forces Far East. The photo shows USS Princeton (CV-37), during underway replenishment with USS Ashtabula (AO-51), along with USS John R. Craig (DD-885) breaking away, on 30 September 1952, between air strikes on the Hungnam area on the east coast of North Korea. Princeton was nearing the end of her third Korean War cruise (21 March - 3 November 1952). | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 99k | San Francisco July 30 1957. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 204k | March 28 1960, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 113k | USS John R. Craig DD-885 transfering personnel to USS Midway CVA-41. Photos from 1961 cruise book. | - | |
| 79k | USS John R. Craig DD-885 transfering personnel to USS Midway CVA-41. Photos from 1961 cruise book. | - | |
| 164k | Three views of the USS John R. Craig (DD-885). They were taken in November 1966 from the USS Coral Sea while refueling in the China Sea. | Michael O'Brien | |
| 204k | As above. | Michael O'Brien | |
| 135k | As above. | Michael O'Brien | |
| 100k | Midway Island 1973, (L-R) USS George K. Mac Kenzie DD 836, USS John R. Craig DD 885, USS Albert David DE 1050 and USS Theodore E. Chandler DD 717. | Charles E. Walker Jr. STGCS (SW) USN ret. | |
| 62k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 70k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 43k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 65k | Ship's patch. | Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (Ret.) | |
CDR Lester Cameron Conwell Aug 20 1945 - Apr 1946 CDR John Ignatius Manning Apr 1946 - Jun 1947 CDR Hilary Cecil Rowe Jun 1947 - Sep 1949 CDR Sanford Elza (Red Dog) Woodard Sep 1949 - Sep 1951 CDR James McIntosh Robertson II Sep 1951 - Jan 1954 CDR Richard Lull Cochrane Jan 1954 - Nov 1955 CDR Jack Stanley Ross Nov 1955 - Nov 1957 CDR Frederick Wilhelm Ziegler Nov 1957 - Oct 1959 CDR Billy Goodwin Westerfield Oct 1959 - Jul 1961 CDR DeWitt Clinton Redgrave III Jul 1961 - Apr 1962 LCDR Thomas Edward Wynkoop Apr 1962 - Feb 1963 CDR John Henry Doyle Jr. Feb 1963 - Mar 1964 CDR James Kenneth Jobe Mar 1964 - Nov 1965 CDR Terrill Frederick Becker Nov 1965 - Sep 1967 CDR Clifford Lewis Bekkedahl Sep 1967 - Jul 9 1969 CDR George I. Thompson Jul 9 1969 - Oct 9 1970 CDR Charles H. Davidson Oct 9 1970 - Apr 30 1972 CDR John Grover Sullivan Apr 30 1972 - Dec 26 1973 CDR George R. Skinner Dec 26 1973 - Oct 10 1975 CDR Garry Leonard Wilson Oct 10 1975 - Oct 15 1977 CDR Stanley Roy Svensen Oct 15 1977 - Jan 1978 LCDR Alan Elliott Schmoker Jan 1978 - Feb 1978 (Acting) CDR William Joseph Hill Feb 1978 - Jul 6 1979 LCDR Leslie Andrew Howitt Jul 6 1979 - Jul 27 1979
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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