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Born 03 July 1917 at Rock Springs, Wyo., Lloyd Jones Mills, was born to James Edley and Mable Alice (Jones) Mills. At some point the family moved to Walla Walla, Wash. where
Lloyd was employed by the Baker Boyer Bank. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a seaman second class on 04 December 1940. He was appointed aviation cadet on 06 March 1941, naval aviator
on 22 August 1941, and commissioned ensign on 19 September 1941. Ensign Mills was killed 30 July 1942 in an airplane crash during the Aleutian Islands campaign, and was posthumously awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement in action from 01 to 15 June 1942.
USS Mills (DE 383) (1943-1946, 1957-1970) was the first ship to be named in his honor.
(Photo from the Sweetwater News, Sweetwater, Wyo.) |
Mike Smolinski
Clifton, N.J.
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undated wartime image (This photo of the USS Mills, DE383, is from my Dad's photo album. He (John Kingeter) was a plank holder on the
Mills and did 9 trips across the Atlantic in WWII.) |
John Kingeter |
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undated: location unknown - USS Mills poses for a portrait.
(U.S. Navy National Archives photo #USN 1146811 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
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August 1960: Boston Naval Shipyard
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30 March 1964: Boston,Mass. - USS Mills underway in Boston Harbor. Mills is on sea trials after being in the Bromfield Corp. Shipyard in East Boston,
Mass. since 24 January. Mills had been drydocked at the James S. Munro Shipyard in Chelsea, Mass. from 09 January to 24 January when she moved to Bromfield for the remainder of
her repairs.
(U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 107603, Photographer: N. Metta, from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
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circa mid-1960's: Key West, Fla. - USS Mills returning to Key West from an Antarctica deployment. In 1964, Mills was assigned to operation
"Deep Freeze," the U.S. Naval Force supporting scientific research in Antarctica. During the austral summer seasons of 1964‑65, and 1966‑67, and 1967‑68, Mills took station
to provide weather information and electronic navigational aid to aircraft ferrying men and equipment between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Each of these
seasonal deployments required an 11,000‑mile voyage via the Panama Canal to Dunedin, New Zealand, Mills- base of operations with "Deep Freeze." At the end of each deployment, Mills
completed a round‑the‑world cruise by returning to Newport via Suez.
(Photo #MM00041306x by Don Pinder, courtesy of the Florida Keys Public Libraries) |
Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom |
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April 1967: Italy (Photo © Richard McNamara) |
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late 1960's: in New York Harbor, with the statue of Liberty off the starboard bow. |
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Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - Two views of decommissioned Mills at the Inactive Ship Basin of the Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. |
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Mills' Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves |
| Dates of Command |
Commanding Officers |
| 1.) 12 Oct. 1943 – 04 May 1944 | Lcdr. James Schoolcraft Muzzy, USCG (USCGA '36) |
| 2.) 04 May 1944 – 15 Aug. 1945 | Lcdr. Victor Pfeiffer, USCG (USCGA '39) |
| 3.) 15 Aug. 1945 - .. .... 1945 | Lt. Henry E. Ringling, USCGR |
| 4.) .. .... 1945 – 14 Jun. 1946 | Lcdr. Douglas Davis Vosler, USCG (USCGA '43) |
| 5.) 03 Oct. 1957 - 03. Jul. 1958 | Lcdr. Joseph Eugene Feaster, USN (Bath, S.C.) |
| 6.) 03 Jul. 1958 - 23 Oct. 1959 | Lcdr. "L" "B" Loudermilk, USN (Anadarko, Okla.) |
| 7.) 23 Oct. 1959 - 13 May 1961 | Lcdr. William Maddox McDonald, USN (NROTC '45) (Arlington, Va.) |
| 8.) 13 May 1961 - 19 Nov. 1962 | Lcdr. Deming Waite Smith, USN (USNA ‘48-A) (Worcester, Mass.) |
| 9.) 19 Nov. 1962 – 11 Nov. 1964 | Lcdr. Robert Dale Hoffman, USN (USNA '50) (Burlington, Wis.) |
| 10.) 11 Nov. 1964 – 25 Oct. 1966 | Lcdr. Henry Clay Morris Jr., USN (McCamey, Tex.) |
| 11.) 25 Oct. 1966 – 26 Sep. 1968 | Cdr. Joseph Albert Felt, USN (Buffalo, N.Y.) |
| 12.) 26 Sep. 1968 – 25 Feb. 1970 | Lt. Thomas Edward Blundell, USN (OinC) (Chadron, Nebr.) |
| 13.) 25 Feb. 1970 – 27 Oct. 1970 | Lt. Fred Dennis Dyches, USN (OinC) |
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Jack Merkle
Address: 12403 Madeley Lane / Bowie MD 20715
Phone: (301) 262-4288
E-mail: Jack Merkle
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