The following pictures courtesy of LTjg Charles Owen (59-61) - Page 2
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USS Mansfield DD-728 (1959-60) | |
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![]() "USO Facility" |
![]() "Rest Home" |
![]() "Family Retreat" |
![]() Midway Island |
![]() On the bridge: Pilot · Bill Showers · Capt. Don Gaw - entering Midway |
![]() Mansfield & De Haven at Midway |
![]() Gooney Birds |
![]() Commodore Shea reads orders at Change of Command, Long Beach 1959 |
![]() CDR Gaw, last salute, piped over the side |
![]() Harry Hunt making remarks at Change of Command ceremonies |
![]() Guests attending Change of Command ceremony |
![]() Mansfield in Long Beach Naval Yard for FRAM overhaul, February 1960 |
![]() Strip ship complete |
![]() FA (formally MM3) Flail working in forward engine room |
![]() FRAM continues |
![]() Stack on aft, nearing FRAM completion |
![]() Collette, originally first FRAM, returns to Long Beach after ramming Aman on power run '60 |
![]() Removing body from Collette |
![]() Training operations: Well-oiled Chief Engineer after deck apes blow a refueling |
![]() Training operations: Taking off in helo from new helo deck (just like carrier ops) |