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	98k	Artist's conception of Stephen W. Groves 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 the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates are available as built, in short or long hull configuration. 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
	16k	Stephen W. Groves (1917 - 4 June 1942) was born in East Millinocket ME and graduated Schenck High School in 1934. After receiving a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Maine, he joined the Navy in December 1940 and was commissioned in April 1941. Becoming a Naval Aviator he joined USS Hornet in December ‘41. In April 1942 the Hornet transported Lt. Col. James Doolittle‘s Army Air Corps bombers to Japanese waters. This attack set the stage for the Battle of Midway on 4 to 7 June 1942, considered to be one of the most important battles of the war. During that battle Ens. Groves took off nine times and was one of six American planes that fought off a vastly superior Japanese force trying to finish off the Hornet. Ens. Groves never returned from his last flight and was awarded the Navy Cross. USS Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 is the first ship named in his honor. (from the USS Stephen W. Groves Website)		Navsource
	112k	16 September 1980: Bath ME - Participants in the keel laying ceremony for the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) stand behind a sign at Bath Iron Works. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-85-04618 by Bath Iron Works from the Defense Visual Information Center)		Navsource
	172k	24 November 1980: Bath ME - An elevated bow view of Stephen W. Groves, right, at 40 percent completion. Another guided missile frigate is under construction to the left. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-85-04620 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	190k	24 November 1980: Bath ME - An elevated bow view of Stephen W. Groves, right, at 40 percent completion. Another guided missile frigate is under construction to the right. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-85-04619 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	90k	4 April 1981: Bath ME - The bow of Stephen W. Groves towers over the speakers platform during its launching ceremony. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-85-04331 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	134k	4 April 1981: Bath ME - Guests of honor attending the launching ceremony for Stephen W. Groves. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-85-04333 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	108k	4 April 1981: Bath ME - Miriam Groves Landry, sponsor's proxy, breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow of Stephen W. Groves. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-85-04334 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	162k	4 April 1981: Bath ME - Shipyard workers watch as Stephen W. Groves slides down the ways at the conclusion of the launching ceremony. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-85-04326 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	142k	4 April 1981: Bath ME - Miriam Groves Landry, left, sponsor's proxy; John Sullivan, president of Bath Iron works; and Susan Groves Mills, matron of honor, stand with their backs to Stephen W. Groves. Groves has just slid down the ways at the conclusion of the launch ceremony. (US Navy photo DVID #DNSC8504332 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	127k	4 September 1981: Bath ME - An elevated stern view of three Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates under construction. Left to right: USS Gallery (FFG-26), approximately 90 percent complete; and Stephen W. Groves, 80 percent complete; and USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), approximately 100 percent complete. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-85-04660 by Bath Iron Works from the DVIC)		Navsource
	237k	April 1982: Stephen W. Groves, underway in the Atlantic, conducting Builder's Sea Trials		Robert M. Cieri
	156k	January 1990: unknown - A port view of Stephen W. Groves as the ship retrieves its gig while briefly anchored in the waterway. The frigate is one of five U.S. Navy ships taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-06211 by JO1 Gregg L. Snaza from the DVIC)		Bill Gonyo
	113k	1 January 1990: unknown - A starboard bow view of Stephen W. Groves arriving at the naval station at the start of Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the US Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-06163 by PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC)		Bill Gonyo
	79k	4 January 1992: Mayport FL - Stephen W. Groves, center, lies tied up among several other ships at the naval station. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04782 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)		Navsource
	82k	4 January 1992: Mayport FL - The guided missile frigates USS Underwood (FFG-36), left, and Stephen W. Groves lie tied up a the naval station. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04785 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)		Navsource
	94k	4 November 1993: The Caribbean Sea - A starboard bow view of Stephen W. Groves underway off the coast of Haiti. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-94-01721 by PH1 Mark Therien from the Defense Visual Information Center)		Navsource
	113k	23 December 1993: The Caribbean Sea - A rigid boat carrying a boarding team from Stephen W. Groves goes alongside the Belize flagged motor vessel MV Freda Ona off the coast of Haiti to inspect the cargo for contraband prohibited by the United Nations embargo. The U.S. Navy and other naval ships of the multi-national naval force are in the waters off Haiti participating in Operation Support Democracy. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-94-01582 by PH1 Robert Scoggin from the DVIC)		Navsource
	136k	23 December 1993: The Caribbean Sea - A starboard bow view of Stephen W. Groves patrolling on station off the coast of Haiti as part of the multi-national naval force support the United Nations embargo during Operation Support Democracy. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-94-01584 by PH1 Robert Scoggin from the DVIC)		Navsource
	115k	February 1996: Pascagoula MS - USS Antrim (FFG-20), Stephen Groves, and USS Flatley (FFG-21) tied up at the Naval Station. (photo taken by Doug Bremenkamp of Gulfport MS)		Robert M. Cieri
	125k	5 July 2003: New London CT - The guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) makes a port call to New London over the July 4th weekend. Stephen W. Groves, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate home ported in Pascagoula, Miss., visited New London as part of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut (CCEC), the City of New London and the State of Connecticut sponsored Ship-to-Shore Program. According to CCEC President Cynthia Clegg, Ship-to-Shore is a way for the community to celebrate its maritime heritage. (US Navy photo #030705-N-1234M-002 by Lt. Jim Miller, from the Navy News Stand)		Bill Gonyo
	92k	5 July 2003: New London CT - Lcdr Robert DuMont, Executive Officer, provides Dr. Dick and Mrs. Shirley Groves a tour of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (F-29) during their five-day port visit as part of the Ship-to-Shore program. Dr. Groves is the only surviving brother of the ship's namesake, Ensign Stephen W. Groves. Ensign Groves was a 25-year-old World War II aviator who died during the Battle of Midway. (US Navy photo #030705-N-1234M-001 by Lt. Jim Miller, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	127k	2 December 2003: Panama City, Panama - The guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) pulls into Panama City, Panama. Groves is homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., and assigned to Commander, Destroyer Squadron Six. During the ship’s deployment, the crew will patrol nearly four million square nautical miles of water in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific involved in the tracking and capture of drug-smuggling vessels. (US Navy photo #031202-N-6235S-002 by Ltjg Ken Shade, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	142k	3 December 2003: Panama Canal - The guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) is pulled through the Panama Canal by steel mooring attached to a powerful electric locomotive, called a mule, (lower right). The entire trip through the canal takes between 8 and 10 hours plus waiting time. Construction of the canal began in 1906, with a projected schedule of ten years but was finished in 1914 ahead of schedule with over 75,000 men working on the project. The United States had control of the Panama Canal Zone until 1999 when the U.S government turned control of the Canal Zone over to Panama. Prior to the Panama Canal's construction, the fastest way to travel by ship from New York to California was a long and dangerous route around the tip of South America. (US Navy photo #031203-N-8740M-005 by JOSN John H. McIver, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	90k	5 December 2003: Caribbean Sea - An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the Proud Warriors of Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four Two (HSL-42) lifts off the fight deck aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29). HSL-42 and Stephen W. Groves are conducting drug counter narcotic operations with elements of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team North. (US Navy photo #031205-N-6235S-048 by Ltjg Ken Shade, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	86k	4 October 2006: Mayport FL - Information System Technician 2nd Class James McElroy greets his daughter after returning from a six-month deployment aboard the guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29). Groves conducted two joint Coast Guard and Navy interdiction operations resulting in the interdiction of 2.8 metric tons of cocaine. In total, Groves interdicted 10.8 metric tons of cocaine while on deployment. (US Navy photo #061004-N-1810F-039 by MC2 Lynn Friant, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	90k	4 October 2006: Mayport FL - Operation Specialist 1st Class Brian Low plays with his son after returning from a six-month deployment aboard the guided missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29). (US Navy photo #061004-N-1810F-054 by MC2 Lynn Friant, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	88k	10 November 2006: Atlantic Ocean - Sailors stationed aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry- class frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) participate in a burial at sea. Groves is currently conducting exercises and operations at sea, along with port visits and other events ashore, to foster military-to-military contact with regional maritime forces in support of Theater Security Cooperation. (US Navy photo #061110-N-3285B-071 by MC2 Regina L. Brown, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	61k	10 November 2006: Atlantic Ocean - The Command Master Chief Billy Hill, assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) hands a flag to the ship's Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Jon Kreitz, during a burial at sea. (US Navy photo #061110-N-3285B-065 by MC2 Regina L. Brown, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	126k	15 November 2006: St. Eustatius - The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) ceremonial honor guard members parade the colors at a reception held aboard the ship to honor local dignitaries from the island of St. Eustatius. Groves is conducting exercises and operations at sea, along with port visits and other events ashore, to foster military-to-military contact with regional maritime forces in support of theater security cooperation. (US Navy photo #061115-N-3285B-169 by MC2 Regina L. Brown, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	126k	16 November 2006: St. Eustatius - Sailors aboard Stephen W. Grovesman the rails as the ship fires a gun salute in a re-enactment of the salute given to USS Andrew Doria by Governor Johannes de Graaff of St. Eustatius on 16 November 1776. The salute was the first formal recognition of what would become the United States of America by a sovereign nation. (US Navy photo #061116-N-3285B-045 by MC2 Regina L. Brown, from the Navy News Stand)		Navsource
	247k	28 May 2007: Staten Island NY - From left, Stephen W. Groves, guided-missile cruisers USS Hue City(CG-66) and USS San Jacinto (CG-56), and guided-missile destroyers USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) are moored as part of Fleet Week. The 20th annual Fleet Week New York City provides an opportunity for citizens of New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area to meet more than 3,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, May 23-31. (US Navy photo #070528-N-5758H-116 by MC2 Kenneth R. Hendrix, from the Navy Newstand)		Navsource
	154k	2 July 2007: Bristol RI - USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) drops anchor in Bristol harbor. The ship is here to participate in New England Navy Week from June 20 through July 4th. New England Navy Week is one of 26 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2007. Navy weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in the Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant everyday Navy presence. (US Navy photo #070702-N-8497H-079 by MC2 Lewis S. Hunsaker, from the Navy Newstand)		Navsource
	178k	2 July 2007: Bristol RI - Stephen W. Groves drops anchor in Bristol harbor. The ship is here to participate in New England Navy Week from June 20 through July 4th. New England Navy Week is one of 26 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2007. Navy weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in the Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant everyday Navy presence. (US Navy photo #070702-N-8497H-074 by MC2 Lewis S. Hunsaker, from the Navy Newstand)		Navsource
	217k	5 July 2007: Bristol RI - Cdr. Jon Kreitz, commanding officer of Stephen W. Groves, demonstrates how the ship is steered from the bridge. The ship is in town to participate in New England Navy Week. New England Navy Week is one of 26 Navy Weeks planned across the United States in 2007. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in the Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (US Navy photo #070705-N-8497H-108 by MC2 Lewis S. Hunsaker, from the Navy Newstand)		Navsource

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