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| Hawkins | 52k | William Deane Hawkins was born 19 April 1914 in Fort Scott, Kansas, and enlisted in the Marine Corps 5 January 1942. He accepted a battlefield commission in the Solomons 18 November 1942, and was killed 21 November 1943 in the assault on Tarawa. First Lieutenant Hawkins received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his gallantry during the bloody assault on Betio in which he gave his life. The citation reads in part: "Fearlessly leading his men on to join the forces fighting desperately to gain a beachhead, he repeatedly risked his life throughout the day and night to direct and lead attacks on pill boxes and installations with grenades and demolitions. . . . Refusing to withdraw after being seriously wounded in the chest during this skirmish, First Lieutenant Hawkins steadfastly carried the fight to the enemy, destroying three more pillboxes before he was caught in a burst of Japanese shell fire and mortally wounded. His relentless fighting spirit in the face of formidable opposition and his exceptionally daring tactics were an inspiration to his comrades during the most crucial phase of the battle and reflect the highest credit upon the United States Naval Service." Photo from the USMC History Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| Hawkins | 90k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| Hawkins | 86k | Undated, location unknown. | Tom McGovern BT1 74-78 | |
| Hawkins | 174k | Undated, location unknown. | Ian MacCorquodale | |
| Hawkins | 48k | Undated, location unknown. Refuelling from the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 67k | Undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| Hawkins | 108k | Undated, recovering a Mercury Space Capsule. | PHCS (AC/AW) Henry Craig Hensel (Ret.) | |
| Hawkins | 171k | As above. | PHCS (AC/AW) Henry Craig Hensel (Ret.) | |
| Hawkins | 159k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Szczepaniak | |
| Hawkins | 230k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Szczepaniak | |
| Hawkins | 108k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| Hawkins | 126k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| Hawkins | 122k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| Hawkins | 132k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| Hawkins | 131k | Photo #: 80-G-354884, USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with six destroyers alongside, probably at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1945. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Hawkins (DD-873); USS Ordronaux (DD-617); USS Boyle (DD-600); USS Champlin (DD-601); USS Swanson (DD-443); and USS Franks (DD-554). Note the personnel boat in the foreground, heading for a landing stage alongside Black Hawk's bow. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Tony Cowart | |
| Hawkins | 122k | USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with six destroyers alongside, probably at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1945. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Hawkins (DD-873); USS Ordronaux (DD-617); USS Boyle (DD-600); USS Champlin (DD-601); USS Swanson (DD-443); and USS Franks (DD-554). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Tony Cowart | |
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Hawkins Hawkins | 849k 889k | The Hong Kong South China Morning Post, dated Monday, July 21, 1947. This article tells of the successful rescue of 1,800 Chinese men, women, and children from the wreck of the ss Hong Kheng at Chilang Point. The USS Hawkins, with CDR Alfred L. Cope as Commanding Officer, played a significant role in this rescue. | William M. Cope | |
| Hawkins | 157k | 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. | Fred Weiss | |
| Hawkins | 201k | USS Hawkins (DD-873), USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) and USS Fiske (DD-842) in Genoa during August 1954. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| Hawkins | 91k | USS Hawkins (DD-873) moored pierside, probably at Mayport, Florida, circa 1956 (photo was marked 'Florida Feb. 1956') | Dave Wright | |
| Hawkins | 134k | USS Hawkins (DDR-873) underway circa 1959. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Saratoga (CVA-60) 1959-60 cruise book. | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 73k | USS Hawkins (DDR-873) alongside the newly-completed USS Independence (CVA-62) during a replenishment exercises, May 1959 (Photo No NH 99066). | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 248k | August 6, 1959 photo of the USS Hawkins (DD-873) off the port quarter of the USS Saratoga (CVA-60). The Saratoga is be refueled by the USS Mississinewa (AO-144). | Mike Green | |
| Hawkins | 93k | Boston Naval Shipyard, May 1960 | ゥ Richard Leonhardt | |
| Hawkins | 88k | Boston Naval Shipyard, May 1960 | ゥ Richard Leonhardt | |
| Hawkins | 92k | Boston Naval Shipyard, May 1960 | ゥ Richard Leonhardt | |
| Hawkins | 142k | USS Hawkins (DDR-873) Plowing through heavy seas, circa 1960. The original photograph bears the rubber stamped date 15 June 1960. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| Hawkins | 106k | USS Hawkins (DDR-873) Underway at sea, 30 October 1962. Photographed by Clements, of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| Hawkins | 137k | Gearing-class destroyer USS Hawkins (DD-873) in the Western Pacific, circa 1965. Note the QH-50 DASH drone in flight. Photo by Gunnar Sedleniek, USN. | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 144k | USS Hawkins (DD-873) Steams alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during refueling operations in the South China Sea, 19 February 1965. Taken by PH2 W.R. Mosier, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| Hawkins | 130k | USS Hawkins (DD-873) underway on 30 May 1965. Photographed by PH3 Henry Craig Hensel (Photo No NH 99067). | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 51k | Newport, October 1966 | ゥ Richard Leonhardt | |
| Hawkins | 111k | USS Hawkins steaming towards Norfolk, Virginia, for a visit by Standing Naval Force Atlantic, 6 July 1970. photographed by PHC B. M. Anderson (Photo No NH 99068). | Robert Hurst | |
| Hawkins | 111k | February 1971, Robert Butler stands switchboard watch in B-2, forward engine room. Photo by PH1 C. V. Sneed, NPC K-88324. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| Hawkins | 154k | March 10 1973. Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of As-Sallum. Two views of the USS Hawkins as she shadows the Soviet Kashin Class DDG Krasny Krim and a Juliet Class missile submarine. | Eugene Ivkin | |
| Hawkins | 178k | As above. | Eugene Ivkin | |
| Hawkins | 188k | At Genoa, Italy on August 26 1976. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| Hawkins | 148k | At Genoa, Italy on August 26 1976. | Carlo Martinelli | |
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Higbee Scenes from the Hawkins 1977 and last Mediterranean Cruise, full dress image in Volos Greece, dry dock images from Naples, Italy. | Joe Szczepaniak | |||
| Hawkins | 57k | From the deck of the USS W.S. Sims (FF-1059) as we were leapfroging in the North Atlantic enroute to Rota Spain, April, 1977 | Gary Smoyer HMC(SW)USN(Ret) | |
| Hawkins | 55k | Same as above | Gary Smoyer HMC(SW)USN(Ret) | |
| Hawkins | 48k | Lisbon, Portugal October 8 1977. | Marc Pich? | |
| Hawkins | 148k | At Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1980. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| Hawkins | 158k | USS Hawkins (DD-873) and USS William M. Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1980. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| Hawkins | 159k | USS Hawkins (DD-873) and USS William M. Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1980. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| Hawkins | 71k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| Hawkins | 82k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| Hawkins | 80k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| Hawkins | 100k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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| Hawkins | 110k | The Tze-Young as a museum in Taiwan, undated, location unknown. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 149k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 108k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 121k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 111k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 120k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
| Hawkins | 118k | As above. | Perry Huang | |
CDR Clifton Iverson Feb 10 1945 - Oct 4 1945 CDR Alfred Lovell Cope Oct 4 1945 - Aug 1947 CDR Mann Hamm Aug 1947 - Apr 1949 CDR Bennett Merritt Dodson Apr 1949 - 1950 CDR David Lambert 1950 - Jul 1951 CDR John J. Kerr Jr. Jul 1951 - Jul 1953 CDR Charles Robert Clark Jr. Jul 1953 - Apr 1955 CDR Harold Norman Poulsen Apr 1955 - Mar 1957 CDR Carl Boone Hibben Mar 1957 - Jul 1958 CDR Steven Nicholas Anastasion Jul 1958 - Aug 1960 CDR Samuel Lorenz Jr. Aug 1960 - Apr 1962 CDR William Kahlen Doty Apr 1962 - Jul 1963 CDR James David Taylor Jul 1963 - Mar 1964 LCDR Edward Haack Mar 1964 - Nov 1964 CDR John Warburton King Jr. Nov 1964 - Jul 1966 CDR Thomas Henry Nugent Jr. Jul 1966 - Aug 1968 CDR Max Henry Lasell Aug 1968 - Feb 1970 CDR Carl Frederick Sloterer Feb 1970 - Apr 1971 LCDR Howard J. Kerr Jr. Apr 1971 - Apr 1972 LCDR Steven William McGanka Apr 1972 - Oct 2 1973 LCDR Kenneth George Clark Oct 2 1973 - Sep 12 1975 LCDR John Tolbert McAbee Sep 12 1975 - Jan 13 1978 CDR George Stefancavage Jan 13 1978 - Oct 1 1979
