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) |