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| 78k | Photo #: 80-G-82331. Salerno invasion, September 1943. British Gen. J. L. Hawksworth and RADM Richard L. Conolly, USN, aboard USS Biscayne (AVP-11) on 6 September 1943, three days before the Salerno landings. Note the words "LEAD THE TARGET" stencilled on the 20mm gun shield. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 14k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 67k | Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 338k | Commissioning Program for USS Conolly (DD-979) held at Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. on 14 October 1978. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 57k | April 1, 1980, Atlantic Ocean, an aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Connolly (DD 979) underway. | Fred Weiss | |
| 61k | April 1, 1980, Atlantic Ocean, an aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Connolly (DD 979) underway. | Fred Weiss | |
| 72k | Norfolk July 3 1980. | Marc Piché | |
| 127k | DN-ST-87-07120. Crew members stand by at refueling station aboard the destroyer USS CONOLLY (DD-979) during an underway replenishment with the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Photo by PHC Jeff Hilton, August 1 1986. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 27k | Boston August 12 1988. | Marc Piché | |
| 62k | Suez Canal April 1992, | Marc Piché | |
| 83k | Philadelphia August 1999, | Marc Piché | |
| 46k | Three views of the Conolly being towed to the Sinkex site by USNS Grapple a couple days before the Sinkex in April 2009. | CAPT Curt Smith, USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53) | |
| 31k | As above. | CAPT Curt Smith, USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53) | |
| 39k | As above. | CAPT Curt Smith, USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53) | |
| 130k | 090429-N-8607B-288. Atlantic Ocean, April 29 2009, a Mexican BO-105 Bolkow helicopter fires 2.75" high-explosive rockets at the ex-USS Connolly (DD 979) during the sinking exercise portion of UNITAS Gold. This year marks the 50th iteration of UNITAS, a multinational exercise that provides opportunities for participating nations to increase their collective ability counter illicit maritime activities that threaten regional stability. Participating countries are Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru, U.S. and Uruguay. U.S. Navy Photo by LT Chris Brown. | Lee Wahler/Mike Hibbard | |
| 177k | As above, 2.75 inch high explosive rockets impact the Connolly. | Mike Hibbard | |
| 179k | As above, Connolly under fire from the USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79). | Mike Hibbard | |
| 72k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
CDR Raymond A. Sharpe Jr. Oct 14 1978 - Jan 23 1981 CDR Philip J. Coady Jr. Jan 23 1981 - Feb 26 1983 (Later RADM) CDR Harold Vincent Maixner Jr. Feb 26 1983 - Apr 7 1984 CDR Gary Martin Voorheis Apr 7 1984 - May 31 1986 CDR Ronald Robinson Harris May 31 1986 - Oct 7 1988 CDR Scott Allen Fry Oct 7 1988 - Nov 2 1990 (Later VADM) CDR Robert Emmett Maskell Nov 2 1990 - Jul 21 1992 CDR Robert Lewis Holt Jul 21 1992 - Apr 28 1994 CDR Gary Joe Ellis Apr 28 1994 - Feb 29 1996 CDR Joseph B. Marshall Feb 29 1996 - Aug 22 1997 CDR George Leopold Ponsolle Jr. Aug 22 1997 - Sep 18 1998
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