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Photo #: NH 97062

Destroyer Squadron Eight Change of Command, 1951


"Recently returned from Korea, Commander Destroyer Squadron Eight, Captain E.S. Von Kleeck, Jr., reads his farewell address on board the USS J. P. Kennedy, Jr., as officers and men of Destroyer Division 81 stand-by to receive their new commander." Captain Von Kleeck was relieved by Captain J.J. Laffan.
Probably taken at Newport, Rhode Island, soon after 8 August 1951, when DesDiv 81 returned from a Korean War deployment.
Ships present are (from right to left):
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850);
USS William R. Rush (DD-714);
USS Fiske (DD-842);
USS Hawkins (DDR-873);
and an unidentified escort destroyer (DDE).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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This photograph is slightly disfigured by a ripped emulsion in the lower center left.

 

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29 October 1999