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Joseph Orleck was born on 22 January 1906 at Columbus, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 23 June 1924. Rising through the enlisted ranks, he was warranted Boatswain on 14 December 1938. He was appointed Ensign on 15 June 1942. He assumed command of USS Nauset (AT–89) on 28 May 1943, with the rank of Lieutenant. LT Orleck went down with his ship after a Luftwaffe bomber attack in the Gulf of Salerno on 9 September 1943. A recipient of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescue work during the Casablanca invasion, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his courageous firefighting and flood control efforts to prevent total loss of his ship during the Salerno assault. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 19k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 50k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 50k | Undated, USS Orleck in Vung Tau, South Vietnam as seen from Australian LSM Harry Chauvel. | Dave Perham |
| 95k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 105k | San Diego, CA 1951. | Marc Piché |
| 109k | USS Perkins (DDR-877) leading other ships of Destroyer Division Eleven, Pacific Fleet, circa 1954-1955. The next ship astern is USS Orleck (DD-886). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 25k | San Francisco July 1972. | Marc Piché |
| 38k | Seattle September 1979. | Marc Piché |
| 141k | DN-SN-84-01185. Crew members of the destroyer USS ORLECK (DD 886) disembark from their ship for the last time during the combined decommissioning and transfer ceremony. After decommissioning, the ship will be transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed the TCG YUCETEPE (D-345). The ORLECK is the last World War II era destroyer in the Pacific Fleet. Photo taken in Tacoma, WA October 1 1982. | Bill Gonyo |
| 52k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 40k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 43k | Ship's plaque from USS Turner Joy Memorial in 2004. | Robert Hall |
On Turkish Service
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| 63k | As the TCG YUCETEPE D-345 in the Bosphorus. | Murat Kurtulmus |
| 19k | As Turkish YUCETEPE D-345, bow view departing Toulon,
France, Nov. 1987. | Marc Piché |
| 30k | As Turkish YUCETEPE D-345, stern view arriving
Barcelona, Nov.7, 1987. | Marc Piché |
As a Museum in Orange, Texas
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| 134k | The following 5 pictures are from Orleck's Arrival and Return Home ceremony held August 12 2000 in Orange, Texas across from where her keel was laid on November 24, 1944 at Consolidated Steel Shipyard. This shot is of the bridge area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 134k | The bow area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 150k | The ceremonial color guard. | Bill Nicholas |
| 146k | The deck ceremony. | Bill Nicholas |
| 138k | The fantail area. | Bill Nicholas |
| 64k | On September 21 2002 CDR Ray Davis USNR who was the Commanding Officer of a Reserve Unit for CDS-6 took a series of interior photos of the Orleck as members of his unit worked aboard the ship. This view is from Gun Plot of the analog computer. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 78k | As above, Gun Plot. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 79k | As above, Gun Plot - electrical swithboard. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 82k | As above, Gun Plot - firing mechanism. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 110k | As above, Gun Plot - switches. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 104k | As above, Mess Decks. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 145k | As above, Pilot House. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 113k | As above, Plot House - helm and lee helm control. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
| 117k | As above, Sick Bay. | CDR Ray Davis USNR |
To Turkey October 1 1982, renamed Yucetepe.
