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	67k	Dudley Walker ("Mush") Morton was born in Owensboro, Ky., 17 July 1907, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930. Prior to the beginning of World War II, he served in the Saratoga, Chicago, Canopus, Fairfax, R-5, and S-37. Advanced to the rank of commander 15 October 1942, he assumed command of Wahoo (q.v.) 13 December. Between 26 January 1943 and 9 November, Wahoo was responsible for sinking 19 cargo and transport ships for a combined total of 55,000 tons. Commander Morton was reported missing in action, when his submarine was presumed to be lost in the Sea of Japan, Asiatic area. Declared dead 7 January 1946, Commander Morton had been awarded the Navy Cross, three gold stars in lieu of a second, third, and fourth, Navy Cross, and the Army Distinguished Service Cross in acknowledgement of his outstanding professional skills and excellent judgment. Photo #: NH 47623. Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, USN, photographic portrait, taken by Bert Longworth, Hollywood, California, circa 1943. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	100k	Undated, location unknown.		Bill Gonyo
	73k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	74k	Undated, location unknown.		Gerd Matthes
	74k	Undated, location unknown.		Gerd Matthes
	32k	Undated, USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) and USS Morton (DD-948).		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	122k	Undated, off Point Loma.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	114k	Undated, off Coronado.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	144k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	107k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	80k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	101k	Undated, USS Somers (DDG-34), USS Morton (DD-948) and USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950) at Pearl Harbor.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	158k	October 1959 as Morton was entering the channel to the city of Oranjestad, Aruba. The ship was en route from commissioning at Charleston, SC, to her home port of San Diego. This picture is significant in that it depicts the ship before she underwent modernization in 1970, when mount 52 was removed. Official US Navy photograph.		Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton
	60k	USS Wiltsie (DD-716) and USS Morton (DD-948) alongside the USS Prairie (AD-15) November 1960 in San Diego.		Robert Schultz ETC(SW) Ret
	205k	This photo was originally published in the November 1960 issue of CruDesPac News. The four ships were manning the rail to salute President Eisenhower as he passed by in his barge. The President is standing topside in the barge, midships. The other ships in the picture are USS Wiltsie (DD 716), USS Hamner (DD718), and USS De Haven (DD727). We were moored in San Diego Bay.		Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton
	165k	Steaming into Pearl Harbor, HI - Sometime in 1960's.		K. Dupree, YNCS, USN(Ret)
	68k	South China Sea, April 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
	106k	USS Bausell (DD-845) and USS Morton (DD-948) in Hong Kong April 1966.		Larry Backus
	140k	At Pearl Harbor on June 29 1972.		J. Douglas Martin, Jr.
	261k	USS Morton (DD-948) and USS Oriskany (CV-34) simultaneously refueling from an unidentified oiler in March, 1974. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1996.488.196.025.		Mike Green
	91k	Fremantle 1977		Graeme D. Fuller
	80k	San Francisco Bay October 29 1981.		Marc Piché
	70k	San Francisco Bay October 29 1981.		Robert M. Cieri
	75k	November 22, 1982, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, crew members stand at attention as the ensign is lowered for the last time during the decommissioning of the destroyer USS Morton (DD 948 ).		Fred Weiss
	101k	DN-ST-86-09571. June 24 1986, a view of several mothballed ships at anchor near Beckoning Point, in the East Loch of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They are, left to right, the guided-missile destroyer Somers (DDG 34), and the destroyers Morton (DD 948) and Richard S. Edwards (DD 950). U.S. Navy Photo by Don S. Montgomery.		Robert M. Cieri
	104k	As above.		Gerd Matthes
	41k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	63k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	59k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	39k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	62k	Ship's Zippo belt buchle.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.

CDR John Martin DeLargy    May 26 1959 - Sep 23 1960 (Later RADM)
CDR William Clarence Young    Sep 23 1960 - Sep 5 1962
CDR Thomas Grenville Slattery    Sep 5 1962 - Jul 25 1964
CDR John Cochrane McGill Jr.    Jul 25 1964 - May 13 1965
CDR Robert Earl Bodamer    May 13 1965 - Oct 12 1966
CDR Carl Jay McCann    Oct 12 1966 - Oct 8 1968
CDR Wayne Philo Hughes Jr.    Oct 8 1968 - Sep 26 1969
(Decommissioned Sep 26 1969 - Aug 15 1970)
CDR Joseph Donald Fairchild    Aug 15 1970 - Feb 26 1972
CDR Raymond John Harbrecht    Feb 26 1972 - Jun 29 1973
CDR John Heffelman Fishburn    Jun 29 1973 - Jul 11 1974
CDR Frederick Charles (Fox) Johnson    Apr 11 1974 - Jul 26 1974 (Later RADM)
CDR Andrew Bleakley Jr.    Jul 26 1974 - Oct 1 1976
CDR Merlin Gene Bell    Oct 1 1976 - Dec 15 1978
CDR William Clement Fox    Dec 15 1978 - Jan 19 1981
CDR Corwin Allan Bell    Jan 19 1981 - Nov 22 1982