Thank you to the many shipmates, family members, professionals and friends who have contributed, including:

• USS Gamble, DM 15 (ex-DD 123) — Bill Vose
• USS Greer, DD 145 — Joe Moll
• USS Bernadou, DD 153 — Lou Segal
• USS Cole, DD 155 — Joe Shoytush
  Some of the major contributors to this web site are:
  
  Claxton’s Capt. Charlie Nelson.
  
  Converse’s VADM Ray Peet.
• USS Dallas, DD 199 — Tom Judkins
• USS Borie, DD 215 — Bob Maher
• USS Dewey, DD 349 — “Cal” Calhoun
• USS Tucker, DD 374 — James Kirk
• USS Gridley, DD 380 — Alex Thomas
• USS Craven, DD 382
• USS Dunlap, DD 384 — Vining Sherman
• USS Ralph Talbot, DD 390 — George Fulton
• USS Lang, DD 399
• USS Maury, DD 401 — Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr., Jim Fisher, Elwayne Smith
• USS Stack, DD 406 — Clifford Ure
• USS Sterett, DD 407 — “Cal” Calhoun
• USS Russell, DD 414 — Dr. Barry Friedman, Doris Robinson
• USS Morris, DD 417 — Harry Bosworth, Frank and Mildred Nissen, RAdm. Bob Spiro, USNR (Ret.)
• USS Lansdale, DD 426 — Bob Morgenthau
• USS Hilary P. Jones, DD 427 — Al Malcomson
• USS Plunkett, DD 431 — Ted Mueller
• USS Gwin, DD 433 — Ned Burke
• USS Meredith, DD 434 — Dr. Barry Friedman, Doris Robinson, Harry Wrede
• USS Monssen, DD 436 — Chet Thomason
• USS Fletcher, DD 445 — Lil Allen, Warren Broome, Dave Davenport, Earl Faubion, Fred Gressard, Don Sinclair.
• USS Radford, DD 446 — Vane Scott
• USS Jenkins, DD 447 — Arnie and Rose Fluster, Paul Mahan, Pat and Ruth Weir, Ted Zbrowski
• USS La Vallette, DD 448 — Lorraine Akins, Jack Bell, George Eisenberg, Jack Fitch, Dow Ransom III, Chuck Whitten, Jack Wilkes
• USS Nicholas, DD 449 — Carl Betteridge, Lloyd Blakesley, Huey Bray, John Carruthers, Bill Churchman, Ken Clouston, Mae Coleman, John Everett, John (“Pinky”) Gardner, Jack Fitch, Wayne Frost, Warren Gabelman, Dennis Hough, Taylor Keith, Fred Lacross, Jim Modeer, Joe Moll, John O’Neill, Peter Orvis, Dale Schaefer, Ed Sokolski, Doug Starr, Doug Starritt, John Stone, Jack Stuart, Doug Turpen, Virgil and Bozena Wing, Ralph Young, former commanding officers Arthur Hamilton, Edmond Kelley, David Cummins, Bob Newcomb and Mort Henson, and Nicholas Spies, Robert Spies and Diana Spies Pope, great-great-great-great-grandchildren of Marine Major Samuel Nicholas.
• USS O’Bannon, DD 450 — Ernie Herr, Jay Hilton, Bob Miller
• USS Chevalier, DD 451 — Burt and Scott Gorsline, Paul and Esther O’Brien
• USS Ellyson, DD 454, DMS 19 — Al Macklin
• USS Rodman, DD 456, DMS 21 — Norm Simonelli
• USS Emmons, DD 457, DMS 22 — Ed Hoffman, Jerry Horwitz, Joe Woodnick
• USS Macomb, DD 458, DMS 23 — Jim Dimond
• USS Laffey, DD 459 — Cary Webb Sears
• USS Woodworth, DD 460 — Michael Lalancet
• USS Strong, DD 467 — John Fulham, Frances Grimes, Milt Hackett, Jim Merriman, Donald Regan
• USS Taylor, DD 468 — Susan Katz Clark, John Kinder, John McCarthy, Dave Striffler, George Van, Otto Zipf
• USS De Haven, DD 469 — Ralph Corley, Leonard Elam, Scott Martin
• USS Bennett, DD 473 — Don Baker, Patricia Greco Caler, Larry Finn, Tom Greco, Don Sheridan, Orrin Wood
• USS Hudson, DD 475 — Adm. Richard Pratt, former CO, John Pratt, Bob Ross
• USS Stanly, DD 478 — Hiram “Spider” Thompson
• USS Stevens, DD 479 — Sam Glansman, Chet Thomason
• USS Halford, DD 480 — Hamilton Agnew, Jim Hackney, John MacDonald
• USS Leutze, DD 481 — Malcolm Fortson, Joanne Grabowsky, Carroll Robbins Jones
• USS Buchanan, DD 484 — Al Bloom, Charles Henry
• USS Duncan, DD 485 — Warren Craig
• USS Lansdowne, DD 486 — George Ballé, George DiGregorio, Cliff Guion, Fred Sutton
• USS Lardner, DD 487 — Ron Hosmer
• USS Farenholt, DD 491 — John Miller
• USS Endicott, DD 495 — Ted Wieber
• USS Philip, DD 498 — Ben Bradlee
• USS Converse, DD 509 — Clarence “Red” Lail, Walt McNall, Ray Peet (VADM. USN Ret.), Sam Pompei, Tom Ten Eyck
• USS Foote, DD 511 — Georgia Tuttle
• USS Spence, DD 512 — Dave Meskill, Albert Rosley, Dick Strand
• USS Thatcher, DD 514 — Bob Traver
• USS Ammen, DD 527 — Joe Garza
• USS Heermann, DD 532 — Jerry Miller
• USS Miller, DD 535 — Leonard Ruebush
• USS Twining, DD 540 — Charles Scheckel, Glenn Robbins
• USS Cowell, DD 547 — Ed Arnold, Joe Moll
• USS Evans, DD 552 — Chuck Thompson, Mike Staton
• USS Morrison, DD 560 — Jack Simpson, Mike Ryan
• USS Smalley, DD 565 — George Bauersfield, Luther Farrar
• USS Wren, DD 568 — Bill Sholin
• USS Charles Ausburne, DD 570 — Wally Dillon, Mark Nerby
• USS Claxton, DD 571 — Tom Clyce, Charlie Nelson
• USS Dyson, DD 572 — Edwin B. Fulkerson
• USS Wickes, DD 578 — Ed Arzinger
• USS Newcomb, DD 586 — Bob Boyle, Nate Cook, Roy Dockray, Jason LaValle
• USS Howorth, DD 592 — Bill McBride, Larry Nelson
• USS Abbot, DD 629 — Walt Baranger
• USS Braine, DD 630 — Paul Conway
• USS Shubrick, DD 639 — George Morley
• USS Albert W. Grant, DD 649 — Ed Pfeifer
• USS Van Valkenburgh, DD 656 — Keith Bastian
• USS Bennion, DD 662 — Bill Parkinson
• USS Heywood L. Edwards, DD 663 — Bob Chantler, Pat Hartle, Fran Musselman, Bill Vose
• USS Richard P. Leary, DD 664 — Bob Durand
• USS Hopewell, DD 681 — Noel Nichols
• USS Laffey, DD 724 — Joe Lombardi, Ari Phoutrides, Sonny Walker
• USS Purdy, DD 734 — Morris Plummer
• USS Drexler, DD 741 — Gene Brick
• USS Hugh W. Hadley, DD 774 — Doug Aitken, Bob Eaton, Tom English
• USS Irwin, DD 794 — Warren Cobb
• USS Porter, DD 800 — Ralph Corley
• USS Orleck, DD 886 — Terrill Mark
• USS Thomas E. Fraser, DM 24 — Milt Hackett
• USS Harry F. Bauer, DM 26 — Bob Morgenthau
• USS Elliot, DD 967 and USS Fletcher, DD 992 — Cdr. John Nolan USN and decommissioning crew
• USS Jarrett, FFG 33 — Cdr. Bob Hospodar and crew
• USS Nicholas, FFG 47 — Cdrs. Chan Swallow, Bill Silkman and crew
• USS Arleigh Burke, DDG 51 — Capt. Rick Easton, USN former XO, Cdr. Corey Keniston, USN former CO
• USS Decatur, DDG 73 — Cdr. Vic Mercado, USN former CO
• USS Porter, DDG 78 — Cdr. John Nowell, USN, former CO
• Destroyer Squadron 10; Mine Squadron 20 — Al Macklin
• Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-ONE and Tactical Training Group Pacific — RAdm. (Ret.) Steve Loeffler, VAdm. Phil Wisecup, RAdm. John Christenson, Capt. Vic Mercado, Capt. Jeff Niner, Capt. Dick Arnold, Capt. “Moose” Susalla, Cmdr. Steve Alkov, Cmdr. Dan Redmond, LCdr. Bill Parker, LCdr. Keith Moore, Lt. Tom Williams, Lt.(jg) Marcus Gaetani, Lt.(jg) Jamie Karbacka, Lt.(jg) Kevin Murphy
• Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-THREE — Capts. Gordan Van Hook, Mike Smith and Jesse Wilson; LCdr. Jeff Scudder
• Destroyer Squadron 45 — Bob Ross
• Destroyer Squadron 53 — Harold Minor, Hank Traber
• “Green Dragons,” Four-stack APD Veterans — Curt Clark
• Kamikaze Survivors — Bill Sholin

Also:

• Don Montgomery, Naval Media Center, Washington, DC
• Chuck Haberlein, Glenn Helm and the staff at the Naval History & Heritage Command Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
• Capt. Todd Creekman, Capt. USN (Ret.), Bob Cressman, John Reilly and Dave Winkler, Cdr. USN (Ret.) at the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
• Bill Erickson, Capt. USN (Ret.), Executive Director, Surface Navy Association
• Chuck Grojean, RAdm. USN (Ret.) and staff, Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Fredericksburg, Texas.
• Janis Jorgensen, Richard Latture, Pat Pascale, Matt Schatle, Paul Stillwell and Tom Wilkerson, MajGen. USMC (Ret.) at the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD
• Tom Peltin, Terry Miller, Bob Sumrall and the staff at Tin Can Sailors
• Rich Angelini at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts
• Tom Walkowiak at The Floating Drydock, Treasure Island, FL
• Tim Rizzuto, Ship’s Superintendent, USS Slater.
• Dori Glaser, Anne McCarthy, Pat Perrella, Pat Stephens, Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
• Wilbur Rogers at USS Kidd and Veterans Memorial, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Sandy Adamson, Justin Jaech, Edwin Kawahara, Vickie Kim-Lancaster, Kensuke Sato, Tadafumi Sugiyama and Mike Weidenbach at the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc.
• The staffs of the Still Photos, Textual References, and Cartography Sections of the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland
• Don Preul, Clay Ramsey, Doug Stover, Gail and Gaylean Swanson
• Harley Arruda de Farias, Junior Lieutenant, Brazilian Navy (Ret.)
• Pavel Zany Komarek
• Gary Kohs of Fine Art Models
• Halid Hatic of Curious Software
• Sharlyn Marsh, daughter of artist R. G. Smith
• Executive Director Nick Westbrook, Curator of Collections Chris Fox and the staff at Fort Ticonderoga
• Capt. Frank Allica and the crew of Clipper Odyssey.
• Dave Janes, RAdm, USNR (Ret.)