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	97k	Medal of Honor citation of Water Tender Second Class Elmer Charles Bigelow: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving on board the U.S.S. Fletcher during action against enemy Japanese forces off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, 14 February 1945. Standing topside when an enemy shell struck the Fletcher, BIGELOW, acting instantly as the deadly projectile exploded into fragments which penetrated the No. 1 gun magazine and set fire to several powder cases, picked up a pair of fire extinguishers and rushed below in a resolute attempt to quell the raging flames. Refusing to waste the precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, he plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs with every agonizing breath, he worked rapidly and with instinctive sureness and succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the stricken ship. Although he succumbed to his injuries on the following day, BIGELOW, by his dauntless valor, unfaltering skill and prompt action in the critical emergency, had averted a magazine explosion which undoubtedly would have left his ship wallowing at the mercy of the furiously pounding Japanese guns on Corregidor, and his heroic spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of almost certain death enhanced and sustained the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country." Photo #: NH 77726. Water Tender Second Class Elmer Charles Bigelow, USNR, halftone reproduction of a photograph, published in "Medal of Honor, 1861-1945, The Navy", page 158. Water Tender Bigelow was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat action on board USS Fletcher (DD-445) during the Corregidor operation, 14 February 1945. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	98k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	55k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	57k	Undated, location unknown.		Joe Radigan
	157k	Undated, location unknown showing her Vulcan Phalanx CIWS mounted forward of her aft turret.		Robert Hurst
	81k	Undated, on a visit to South Africa.		Robert Hurst
	160k	Undated, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	117k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) outboard & USS Bigelow (DD-942) at the fitting out pier of Bath Iron Works in 1957. On the building ways are (from right to left) Hull (DD-945), Edson (DD-946) and Somers (DD-947).		Robert Hurst
	67k	Cheaspeake Bay, July 1964		© Richard Leonhardt
	57k	USS McCaffery (DD 860) starboard side to USS Bigelow (DD 942) at Kiel, Germany, 1964. Photo taken from Belgian Minesweeper G. Truffant (M 908). Belgian Navy photo.		Joe Radigan
	82k	In Acapulco Harbor August 1967 on the way home from the Vietnam Deployment as viewed from the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692).		Eric Bollin
	184k	June 15 1972 off Florida. Photo by PH3 Thomas Faught, # 1154370.		Ed Zajkowski
	189k	February 15 1973, 5" shells being highlined from USS Seattle (AOE-3). Photo by PHC C. L. Bassi, # 1155339.		Ed Zajkowski
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1977				Wolfgang Hechler
	124k	Baltimore, Maryland Aug 25, 1994: An aerial port side view of two Adams-class guided missile destroyers and one Forrest Sherman-class destroyer tied up at the Baltimore Fairfield Marine Terminal awaiting scrapping. The destroyer on the right unidentified. The inboard guided missile destroyer is the Lawrence (DDG-4) with the Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) outboard. The two Forrest Sherman Class destroyers are the USS Bigelow (DD-942) and USS Davis (DD-937).		Gerd Matthes
	115k	A series of 11 images from July 2002 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard inside the Mark 29 radar room as items were removed for use in restoring the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850).		Ed Zajkowski
	121k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	140k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	110k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	129k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	141k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	127k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	121k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	73k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	73k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	70k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	166k	As above except an image of the Fanfare unit on the fantail.		Ed Zajkowski
	93k	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, August 31 2002.		Roy J. Brooks
	82k	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, August 31 2002.		Roy J. Brooks
	11k	Scenes of the sinking of the Bigelow as a target, April 2 2003.		Jim Wimberly
	22k	As above.		Jim Wimberly
	27k	As above.		Jim Wimberly
	51k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski

CDR Audley Hill McCain    Nov 8 1957 - Dec 1958
CDR Roger Elmore Spreen    Dec 1958 - Mar 1960 (Later RADM)
CDR Thomas J. Porcari    Mar 1960 - 1961
CDR Edwin B. Flory    1961 - Jan 1963
CDR S. L. Gay    Jan 1963 - Sep 1965
CDR Lawrence Jeremiah Fay    Sep 1965 - Sep 1967
CDR Leon Eddy Ackart    Sep 1967 - Jul 1970
CDR Clement Davis Hamm Jr.    Jul 1970 - Aug 18 1973
CDR Ralph F. Doe    Aug 18 1973 - May 1975
CDR Raymond J. Art    May 1975 - Jun 15 1977
CDR Robert M. Wicklund    Jun 15 1977 - Jul 14 1979
CDR William Spencer Johnson IV    Jul 14 1979 - Dec 1981
CDR John Michael Miller    Dec 1981 - Nov 5 1982