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101k | date / location unknown | - | |
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101k | date / location unknown | Bill Gonyo | |
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66k | 1972 | Tom Sparkman | |
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307k | 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial bow view of the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105), center, providing underway replenishment to the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16), right, and Sample. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02668 from the Defense Visual Information Center) | Navsource | |
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199k | 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02652 from the DVIC) | ||
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169k | 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02659 from the DVIC) | ||
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139k | 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01915 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC) | ||
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155k | 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01916 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC) | ||
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197k | 14 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-04683 by PH2 D. Smith from DVIC) | Jerry Hays | |
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98k | 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08976 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) | Navsource | |
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111k | 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial starboard bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08983 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) | ||
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148k | 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08996 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) | ||
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157k | 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08997 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) | ||
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142k | 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03034 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) | ||
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116k | 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03037 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) | ||
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62k | 1 July 1986: At sea - A starboard view of Davidson and USS Sample (FF 1048) underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03057 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) | ||
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98k | 1987: at Pearl Harbor (Photo © Russell Crosby) | Russell Crosby | |
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129k | July 1987: Pearl Harbor HI - A nice port bow view taken by Bob Cieri at Pearl Harbor. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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73k | 1997: location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo | Artemio B. Rosa Jr | |
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61k | date / location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo | Robert Hurst | |
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169k | 25 November 2005: Alang, India - Parana (ex-USS Sample DE/FF 1048), lying off the shipbreakers area at Alang (Photo ©Zahan) | - | |
| 23 March 1968 - 21 August 1969 |   | Cmdr. Ronald Thomas Kelly |
| 21 August 1969 - 16 July 1971 | Cmdr. William Thomas Marin | |
| 16 July 1971 - 29 January 1973 | Cmdr. Clarence Edwin Fend Jr. | |
| 29 January 1973 - 24 July 1974 | Cmdr. William Clifford Carlson (later became Radm.) | |
| 24 July 1974 - 23 July 1976 | Cmdr. Ronald Lloyd Johnson | |
| 23 July 1976 - 29 September 1978 | Cmdr. Michael David Bickel | |
| 29 September 1978 - 13 October 1980 | Cmdr. James L. Boydston | |
| 13 October 1980 - 08 October 1982 | Cmdr. Thomas Lee Taylor | |
| 08 October 1982 - 11 January 1985 | Capt. Walter Richard Heinecke | |
| 11 January 1985 - 25 February 1987 | Cmdr. Bo Gottfrid Lindfors | |
| 25 February 1987 - 23 September 1988 | Cmdr. Carl C. Hill III |
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made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
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