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no photo available | - | Joseph Saville Cony, born in 1834 in Eastport, Maine, he was first appointed to acting ensign on November 3, 1862. Hewent onto commanding several successful small-boat expeditions along the coastof Carolinaincluding on board the 'Western World' and as an executive officer on the'Shokokon,' during the Civil War. On September 7, 1863, he was promoted toacting master and served until he was honorably discharged on November 7, 1865.On February 10, 1867, while he was serving on board his merchant command shipthe 'City Of Bath,' the ship was burned and sankoff Cape Hatteras. Cony was one of the men wholost there lives in the sinking. His body was never found. | Bill Gonyo | |
102k | Artist's conception of the Cony as she appeared in late World War II 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, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | ||
78k | Artist's conception of a cutaway view of the Cony 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, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | ||
174k | Undated, location unknown. | - | ||
61k | Undated, location unknown. | - | ||
22k | Undated, location unknown. | - | ||
53k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | ||
38k | USS Cony (DDE-508) underway, location unknown. Photo courtesy Arcadian Photos. | Robert Hurst | ||
50k | Circa 1942, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | ||
111k | Broadside view of USS Cony (DD-508) in Boston Harbor, 15 November 1942. Boston Navy Yard photo 5281-42, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10797. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
61k | Broadside view of the USS Cony (DD 508) off San Francisco after her overhauled at Hunters Point Navy Yard on 26 Jun 1943. | Darryl Baker | ||
57k | Bow on view of the USS Cony (DD 508) off San Francisco after her overhauled at Hunters Point Navy Yard on 26 Jun 1943. | Darryl Baker | ||
94k | Forward plan view of the USS Cony (DD 508) at Hunters Point Navy Yard. Circled areas indicate modifications accomplished during overhaul period. | Darryl Baker | ||
129k | Amidships plan view of the USS Cony (DD 508) at Hunters Point Navy Yard. Circled areas indicate modifications accomplished during overhaul period. | Darryl Baker | ||
258k | Painting of the USS Philip (DD-498) and USS Cony (DD-508) on October 27 1943, the destroyers fired at mortar emplacements on Mono Island and then came into Blanche Harbor, Treasury Island, Solomons. Six Val-type enemy planes zoomed into the harbor in an attempt to destroy the transports sitting there. The attack was repelled and Philip did her share by sending one plane away in flames. From the collection of Jesse E. Robson served on the USS Philip in WWII. | Kathleen A. Robson | ||
122k | Mare Island damage photo from December 6 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tracy White | ||
144k | Mare Island damage photo from November 6 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tracy White | ||
193k | Mare Island damage photo from December 5 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tracy White | ||
248k | Mare Island damage photo from December 6 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tracy White | ||
129k | Mare Island damage photo from December 6 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tracy White | ||
102k | Aft plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island from 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508). | Darryl Baker | ||
105k | Forward plan view of USS Thatcher (DD 514) at Mare Island on 5 Feb 1944. Thatcher was in overhaul at Mare Island from 13 Dec 43 until 10 Feb 44. The ship in the background is the USS Cony (DD-508). | Darryl Baker | ||
205k | USS Cony (DD 508) off Mare Island on February 25, 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | ||
125k | Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Cony (DD 508) at Mare Island on 28 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44. | Darryl Baker | ||
99k | Stern view of USS Cony (DD 508) at Mare Island on 25 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44. | Darryl Baker | ||
93k | Broadside view of USS Cony (DD 508) off Mare Island on 25 Feb 1944. Cony was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 Dec 43 until 29 Feb 44. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 21d. | Darryl Baker | ||
106k | Leyte Invasion, October 1944, USS Cony (DD-508) lays a smoke screen near USS West Virginia (BB-48), to protect shipping off Leyte from Japanese air attack, during the landings there on 20 October 1944. Note manned anti-aircraft batteries on board the battleship, including a Mark 51 director in the foreground, 20mm gun at left, 40mm quad gun mount in center and 5"/38 twin gun mounts beyond. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | ||
55k | The principal speaker at the 17 November 1949 recommissioning of USS Cony (DDE-508) at Boston Naval Shipyard was Congressman John F. Kennedy, whose district included the yard. The ceremony took place at Pier 1 East, the traditional location for such ceremonies. Boston Naval Shipyard photographs, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10799. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
131k | As above. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
91k | As above. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
121k | As above. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
130k | USS Cony (DDE-508) undergoes an inclining experiment in Dry Dock 1 of the Boston Naval Shipyard on a snowy 7 December 1949. On the opposite side of the pier can be seen the stern of the demasted USS Constellation (IX-20) and the masts of USS Constitution (IX-21). U.S. Navy photo NY2-1101-49, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10798. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
114k | Broadside view of USS Cony (DDE-508) during trials on 15 December 1949. U.S. Navy photo NY2-1132-49, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10797. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
97k | Aerial view of USS Cony (DDE-508) during trials off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, on 15 December 1949. NAS Quonset Point photo NA43-1921, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10797. | Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | ||
34k | USS Cony (DDE-508, ex-DD) after conversion underway circa 1952, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | ||
88k | As seen from the USS Bennington (CVA-20) in 1953. | Tommy Trampp | ||
104k | USS Cony (DDE-508) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 12 March 1957. Old Point Comfort, with the Chamberlain Hotel and Fort Monroe, is in the center and right background. Note bridge-tunnel construction work in the left background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #: NH 104882. | Robert Hurst | ||
91k | Task Group ALFA, formation portrait of the anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during 1959 exercises in the Atlantic, while Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke was embarked. Ships include the group flagship, USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. The remaining two are the USS Bache (DD-470) and USS Cony (DD-508) of DesRon 28. Aircraft overhead include two formations of S2F "Trackers" from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based P2V "Neptune" from Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia. Two HSS-1 helicopters are flying low, directly over the submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss | ||
144k | USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) Steams in formation with other units of Task Force ALFA, during anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic, 1959. The other ships present are (from left): USS Murray (DDE-576), USS Beale (DDE-471), USS Bache (DDE-470), USS Eaton (DDE-510), USS Conway (DDE-507), USS Cony (DDE-508) and USS Waller (DDE-466). Photograph was released for publication on 3 August 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | ||
102k | Photo #: NH 67963. Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Eight Commanding officers of the squadron's ships display their Anti-Submarine Warfare "A" awards in a ceremony held on board one of the DesRon28 destroyers, circa the late 1950s or early 1960s. Flanking them are Vice Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, Commander Anti-Submarine Defense Force, Atlantic Fleet (at left) and Rear Admiral Frederick V.H. Hilles, Commander Destroyer Flotilla 4 (at right). The DesRon28 insignia is in the foreground. Those holding the "A" awards are (from left to right): Commander George R. Bryan, Commanding Officer, USS Conway (DDE-507); Commander David A. Johnson, Commanding Officer, USS Beale (DDE-471); Commander Bruce Glendinning, Commanding Officer, USS Cony (DDE-508); Commander Ralph F. Monger, Commanding Officer, USS Murray (DDE-576); Commander James L. Rothermel, Commanding Officer, USS Waller (DDE-466); and Captain Arthur G. Esch, Commanding Destroyer Division 282, who accepted the award on behalf of USS Eaton (DDE-510), three time winner of the "A" award. Photograph received from USS Waller, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | ||
189k | Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVS-15) during an UNREP (UNderway REPlenishment) in the Atlantic, somewhere along the East coast, while conducting ASW (anti-submarine) operations, September 1960. She is replenishing from USS Marias (AO-57) along with USS Cony (DDE-508). | Robert M. Cieri | ||
220k | USS Conway (DD-507), USS Waller (DD-466) and USS Cony (DD-508) at Fleet Week 1960 in New York City. | ETC Robert C. Wolff USN (Ret.) | ||
183k | USS Cony (DD-508) at Fleet Week 1960 in New York City. | ETC Robert C. Wolff USN (Ret.) | ||
142k | Off the Norfolk Naval Operating Base in October 1963 as seen from the USS Keppler (DD-765). | Ed Zajkowski | ||
119k | As above. | Ed Zajkowski | ||
42k | Key West Florida, November 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt | ||
47k | Key West Florida, November 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt | ||
60k | Key West Florida, November 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt | ||
55k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | ||
47k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | ||
100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich | ||
68k | Ship's Zippo. | Tommy Trampp |
LCDR Harry Darlington Johnson Oct 30 1942 - May 13 1944 (Later ADM) CDR Allen Willis Moore May 13 1944 - Apr 29 1945 LCDR Theodore Charles Siegmund Apr 29 1945 - Jun 18 1946 (Decommissioned Jun 18 1946 - Nov 17 1949) CDR Joseph Allen Dodson Jr. Nov 17 1949 - 1951 LCDR John Barry Mutty 1951 - Apr 5 1952 CDR William James Manning Apr 5 1952 - Aug 27 1953 CDR Donald Alfred Dertien Aug 27 1953 - ? 1955 CDR Louis K. Tuttle Jr. ? 1955 - 1957 CDR Robert Anthony Bogardus 1957 - 1958 CDR Bruce Edmond Glendinning 1958 - Aug 8 1960 CDR Frank Clyde Dunham Jr. Aug 8 1960 - 1962 CDR William Henry Morgan 1962 - Feb 28 1963 CDR Thomas Bachelder Brenner Feb 28 1963 - 1964 CDR William Sherrod Guthrie 1964 - Nov 5 1965 CDR Karl Revere Thiele Nov 5 1965 - May 1967 CDR William Patrick St. Lawrence Jr. May 1967 - Apr 1968 LCDR Paul Smith Apr 1968 - Jul 2 1969
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