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101k | Artist's conception of Joseph K. Taussig (as built) 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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82k | An undated postcard view of Joseph K. Taussig. (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) |
Mike Smolinski | |
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89k | An undated postcard view of Joseph K. Taussig. (Postcard #52210-C © Arnold Art Store, Newport, R.I.; shown at 150% of original size) Caption is in Spanish and reads: El U.S.S. Joseph K. Taussig (DE-1030) es un barco escorta designado para protejer los convyes contra ataque submarino. Su puerto es Newport, Rhode Island, y es un miembro activo de la flota del Atlantico de los Estados Unidos. |
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140k | January 1957: Newport, R.I. - Dressed for Christmas, with USS Lloyd Thomas (DD764) inboard to her left and USS Van Voorhis (DE1028) outboard of her. (from the USS Lloyd Thomas Cruisebook, January - March 1957) | Robert Hall | |
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140k | June 1965: Boston Harbor - Joseph K. Taussig (DE1030) leaving port. (All Three Photos © Richard Leonhardt) |
Richard Leonhardt | |
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87k | c. 1968, photo taken after the DASH hanger was added | Larry Goulet, MMCS(SW), USN (ret.), Crew member 1969 - 1971 |
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190k | 25 July 1970: Newport, R.I. - USS Cascade (AD16), with USS Dealey (DE1006), Joseph K. Taussig, and USS McCloy (DE1038) alongside, tied up at Naval Station Newport. (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) | Richard Leonhardt | |
| 10 September 1957 - June 1958 | Lcdr. Richard S. Moore | |
| June 1958 - November 1959 | Lcdr. Marshall Douglas Ward | |
| November 1959 - June 1961 | Lcdr. Kenneth Wesley Gavitt | |
| June 1961 - July 1963 | Lcdr. Grant Joseph Walker | |
| July 1963 - 1965 | Lcdr. Richard Dennis Heenan | |
| 1965 - 1966 | Lcdr. Earl Wallace Numbers | |
| 1966 - 1968 | Cdr. George Wilmot Davis Jr. (later Vadm.) | |
| 1968 - 1970 | Lcdr. George William Horsley Jr. | |
| 1970 - 1971 | Lcdr. William Osler Jr. | |
| 1971 - 1972 | Lcdr. R. W. Ortengren Jr. | |
| 1972 - 01 July 1972 | Lt. James J. Ostertag |
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