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PLANK OWNERS
Charles Horch
- 1942-1946
JACK GANNON - 1943-1946
George Aument - 1943-1944
Hans Munkwitz Pictures
Russian Missile Tracker
Russian Missile Trackers
October-November, 1963 - Sent to us by Dale Nicol
(Will take a few minutes to load)
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We are about 1500 miles SW
of Oahu...The USS Wilhoite DER 397, spent 6 weeks
intercepting radar, radio and telemetry signals from the
Siber, Suchan and Sakhalin before we were relieved by the
USS Newell DER-322
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Russian smoke screen to
prevent us from seeing what they were doing.
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Russian helo called a "Hen"
is seen on aft deck
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President Kennedy was killed
just before the Newell relieved us..ten minutes after we
knew Kennedy was killed, the Sakhalin sent us the flashing
light message, "sorry of your great loss"
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Early morning rendezvous
with the Newell about 25 miles away from the Russians.
You can see the mast head, range and port light as she
closes in for our dawn rendezvous
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Hi-lined 5 guys and gear to
the Newell...these were three Navy CT's and two Marines to
guard top secret stuff
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Back to Pearl Harbor and
greeted by my wife Judy and 4 month old daughter, Shelley at
the Bravo pier. I do not recall the names of the two
other wives on the pier.
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Dale Nicol, RD-2, 1961-1964
on the Wilhoite
USS
Wilhoite (DER397) VIDEO
(these may take several minutes to download)
Frank Roche's Pictures
Frank Roche's Pictures
The Movie
Wilhoite Makes Smoke
1955 1957 Pictures
Mike and Sharon Snavely
2008
Namesake Number 1
Namesake Number 2
Earl Price's Photos
McCaddon's Pictures
McCaddon Pictures
McCaddon Pictures 2
McCaddon Pictures 3
Bill Watkins Engineering
Panama Canal in 1955
JJ McGrath – Bobby’s Gunnery
Officer on left
Sailor reading letter
