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USS Admiral William S. Sims (AP-127)
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William S. Sims, born in 1858 in Ontario, Canada, was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1876 and graduated in 1880. Seventeen years of sea duty were followed by assignments as Naval Attaché to Paris, St. Petersburg, and Madrid. Sims next served as Inspector of Target Practice; and, under his supervision, the naval gunnery system increased the rapidity of hits 100 percent and the general effectiveness of fire 500 percent. He also served as Naval Aide to President Theodore Roosevelt for two and one-half years. On 11 February 1917, Sims became President of the Naval War College. In March 1917, he was designated by the Secretary of the Navy as Representative of the Navy Department in London. With the entry of the United States into World War I in April, he was ordered to assume command of all American destroyers, tenders, and auxiliaries operating from British bases. In May, he was designated as Commander of United States Destroyers Operating from British Bases, with the rank of Vice Admiral; and, in June, his title was changed to Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters. On 10 December 1917, he assumed additional duty as Naval Attaché, London, England. The North Sea Mine Barrage was laid under his direction. Admiral Sims again became President of the Naval War College in April 1919 and served in that capacity until his retirement on 15 October 1922. He died at Boston, Mass., on 25 September 1936.
Image from The Life of Admiral Hahan, Charles Carlisle Taylor, 1920, London |
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USS Admiral William S. Sims Commissioning Program. |
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USS Admiral William S. Sims at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo from the collection of LTjg Edwin H. Klump Jr. USS Russell, courtesy Mrs. Rebecca Klump Cottrell. |
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USS Admiral William S. Sims probably in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945.
US Navy photo # NH 104638 copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USAT Admiral William S. Sims
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USAT Admiral William S. Sims underway, circa 1946, location unknown. |
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USAT Admiral William S. Sims underway In San Francisco Bay, 9 January 1947.
US Navy photo # NH 98770 a US Army photo now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127)
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William Orlando Darby, born 8 February 1911 at Fort Smith, Ark., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy 13 June 1933 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery, Prior to the beginning of World War II, he served with the 82d, 3d, and 80th Field Artillery Divisions and with the 1st Cavalry- In 1942 he assumed command of the 1st Ranger Battalion and distinguished himself during operations in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. Promoted to Colonel 11 December 1943, he returned to the United States in April 1944 for duty with the Army Ground Forces and later with the Operations Division, War Department General Staff. He returned to Europe in March 1945, and became Assistant Commander of the 10th Mountain Division the following month. He was killed by an exploding shell 30 April 1945 and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.
Photo from U.S. Army Combined Arms Center |
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USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) underway, date and location unknown,
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William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
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USNS General William O. Darby underway circa 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 104019 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General William O. Darby underway circa 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 104178 from the Military Sealift Command collection at the US Naval Historical Center.. |
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USNS General William O. Darby testing her Atomic, Biological and Chemical (ABC) water wash down system circa the 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 104179 from the Military Sealift Command collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General William O. Darby pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1963. Underway on the left is USNS Geiger (T-AP-197), and in the distance in the center is one of Darby's sisters, most likely either USNS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122) or USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123).
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US Navy photo # NH 104180 from the Military Sealift Command collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General William O. Darby departing the US Army Port of Embarkation, Bremerhaven, Germany in the spring/summer 1963.
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Photos by Heinz-Georg Ernst, submitted in his memory by his son Kai-Peter Ernst, Bremen, Germany |
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Four MSTS Atlantic Fleet transports in Ready Reserve at Caven Point Army Depot, New York, circa early 1967. The ship in the right foreground is USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123), with USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) on the far side of the pier. Ahead of them respectively are USNS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122) and USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126).
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US Navy photo # NH 104181 from the Military Sealift Command collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) underway, circa 1966, location unknown.
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Ron Titus,196th Light Infantry Brigade |
IX-510
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IX-510 in service as a barracks ship for USS Nimitz (CVN-68) during her 1983-84 refit at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. Note the merchant LNG (natural gas) carrier alongside IX-510 |
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IX-510 moored at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Newport News, VA., where she served as a barracks ship to house the crews of aircraft carriers being overhauled.
US Defense Visual Information Center Photo # DN-ST-90-09605 a US Navy photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) |
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