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101k | Artist's conception of Courtney by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall.Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL destroyer escorts are available. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. | Navy Yard Associates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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32k | Henry A. Courtney was born on 6 January 1916 and raised in Duluth, Minnesota. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve in February 1940. As a company commander on Guadalcanal in 1942, he shared in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the First Marine Division. While serving as executive officer of a battalion of the Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa, he was killed in action after exhibiting great courage and self-sacrifice leading a successful night attack against enemy positions on Sugar Loaf Hill 15 May 1945. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and a second Presidential Unit Citation that was earned by the Sixth Marine Division. USS Courtney (DE1021) was the first ship named in his honor. (Photo from the web site, Home of Heroes) |
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75k | undated (US Navy Photo) | David Waters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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82k | An undated postcard view of Courtney. (Postcard © Arnold Art Store, Newport, R.I.; shown at 150% of original size) Caption reads: A unit of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet home-ported at Newport, R.I. on Narragansett Bay. (Official U.S. Navy photograph) |
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224k | 19 August 1970: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - An aerial starboard view of the escort ship USS Courtney (DE1021) underway. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph by PHCS Walter H. Long) (Note: I served in Courtney from 1970-1972, when she was homeported in Naples. The previous image shows Courtney as-built, with Weapon Alfa and the rear 3-inch mount still installed. When I was aboard she was in her final (modified) configuration, with only the forward 3-inch mount. The Commodore's cabin was added - modified as squadron flagship during overhaul. The rear mount was removed, replaced by the ITASS shack and spool. This overhaul prepared the squadron for deployment to homeport Naples, Italy.) | John Clingman ETR2, USN, 1969-1973 |
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316k | 19 August 1970: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - An aerial port bow view of Courtney underway. (Official US Navy Photograph by PHCS Walter H. Long) | John Clingman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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263k | 19 August 1970: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - A port bow view of Courtney underway. (Official US Navy Photograph by PHCS Walter H. Long) | John Clingman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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317k | 19 August 1970: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - An aerial port quarter view of Courtney underway. (Official US Navy Photograph by PHCS Walter H. Long) | John Clingman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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164k | 19 August 1970: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - A port side view of Courtney underway. (Official US Navy Photograph by PHCS Walter H. Long) | John Clingman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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79k | 18 June 1974: the Dep't of Defense Bid List for the scrapping of ex-DE's 162, 180, 181, 1015, 1021, and 1022 (Levy, Trumpeter, Straub, Hammerberg, Courtney, and Lester). | Ed Zajkowski and Tim Rizzuto |
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| Courtney Memorabilia |
Welcome Aboard Pamphlet - 1969 ![]() Courtesy of William F. Fessenden |
| 24 September 1956 - 1958 | Lcdr. Carl Weston Coe | |
| 1958 - 1959 | Lcdr. Levio Edward Zeni | |
| 1959 - 1961 | Lcdr. John Dryden Exum | |
| 1961 - 1962 | Lcdr. Henry L. Stanfield | |
| 1962 - 1964 | Lcdr. Thomas Henry Nugent Jr. | |
| 1964 - 1965 | Lcdr. Thomas Richard Kinnebrew (later Vadm.) | |
| 1965 - January 1967 | Lcdr. Frank Calvin Johnston Jr. | |
| January 1967 - 1968 | Lcdr. John Louis Townley | |
| 1968 - 1969 | Lcdr. Albert J. Herbergerm (later Vadm.) | |
| 1969 - July 1970 | Lcdr. Bill C. Dean | |
| July 1970 - January 1972 | Lcdr. Robert T. Reimann (later Radm.) | |
| January 1972 - November 1972 | Lcdr. Alfred Henry Spruell Jr. | |
| November 1972 - 14 December 1973 | Lcdr. Wesley Earl Jordan Jr. (later Radm.) |
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