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101k | Artist's conception of Bridget (post-FRAM) 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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72k | undated image | Jerry J. Hagan, MMCM USN, Ret. (1959-1980) |
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159k | September 1957: San Francisco Bay (© Allied Photographers, San Francisco, Cal.) | Robert M. Cieri | |
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78k | Fall 1959: Yokosuka, Japan - USS Orleck (DD886), Bridget, and USCG Winnebago (W-40) | Derick Hartshorn Coxswain, Port Services NavSta Yokosuka, Japan |
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90k | Fall 1959: Yokosuka, Japan - stern view of Orleck and Bridget. | ||
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89k | 4 March 1961: San Diego, Cal. - "Enemy Sub Killers" Nestled alongside USS Kearsarge (CVS33) at San Diego, are three modern destroyer escorts and three destroyers of the ComCruDesPac force. The carrier and her group of 'greyhounds' make up a Navy Hunter-Killer Group now operating in the Pacific. Included are (outboard in) Bridget, USS Evans (DE1023), USS Hooper (DE1026) all of CortRon Three; USS Lofberg (DD759), USS Taussig (DD746) and USS John A. Bole (DD755), all of DesDiv 72." (Official U.S. Navy Photograph from the Hoyt "Bud" Colburn Collection) NOTE: Carol is the author of Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor & World War II in the Pacific (Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martins Press, 2008); ISBN-10 031238694X and ISBN-13 978-0312386948. Check on www.carolhipperson.com for availability. |
Carol Edgemon Hipperson www.carolhipperson.com |
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88k | November 1963: location unknown | Robert Hurst | |
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185k | April 1967: Yokosuka, Japan - Bridget arriving in port. | Darryl Baker | |
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80k | October 1967: Yokosuka, Japan - Bridget arriving in port. | ||
| 24 October 1957 - 07 July | Lcdr. John B. Haines | |
| 07 July 1958 - 31 May | Lcdr. Worth Harrington Bagley | |
| 31 May 1960 - 27 December 1961 | Lcdr. Paul Boland | |
| 27 December 1961 - 11 February 1963 | Lcdr. Martin E. Soper | |
| 11 February 1963 - 30 March 1964 | Lcdr. Eugene Joseph Reiher | |
| 30 March 1964 - 22 October 1965 | Lcdr. McCafferty | |
| 22 October 1965 - 21 August 1967 | Lcdr. Conrad Jonathan Rorie (later Radm.) | |
| 21 August 1967 - 30 July 1968 | Lcdr. Gerald Michael Carter Jr. | |
| 30 July 1968 - 28 January 1970 | Lcdr. James Albert Hodges | |
| 28 January 1970 - 09 September 1971 | Lcdr. James Doran Korthe | |
| 09 September 1971 - 12 November 1973 | Lcdr. Fred Wilkin Bailey |
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