USS Stevens DD-479 Pictures

 

Stevens on Ways - Charleston Navy Yard, S.C. - June 24. 1942

 

Stevens Ready to be Launched - June 24, 1942

 

Stevens Port Side - Charleston, S.C. - Spring 1943

 

Stevens Port Quarter - Charleston, S.C. - Spring 1943

 

 

Stevens Port Bow- Charleston, SC - Spring 1943

 

Stevens Overhead - Charleston, SC - Spring 1943

 

Stevens With Plane - Chesapeake Bay - Spring 1943

 

Arming the Kingfisher OS2U Seaplane

 

Kingfisher Recovery, Chesapeak Bay July, 1943

 

 

Stevens Overhaul Aft - Mare Island, CA - December, 1943

 

Stevens Overhaul Forward - Mare Island, CA - December, 1943

 

Stevens Overhaul Aft - Mare Island, CA - December 1943

 

Stevens Leaving Mare Island, CA - December, 1943

 

Stevens Firing at the Beach during the Assault - Kwajalein Atoll - Late January, 1944

 

Heavy Weather, 1945

 

Stevens with Released Civilian Prisoners of Japan Aboard Ship

Tsingtao, China September 1945

 

Going Home, October 1945

 

Near The End and "OH SO TIRED" - San Pedro, CA 1945

 

Stevens in Drydock - San Pedro, CA 1946 Decomishioned July 2, 1946

(Photo from Dave Schroeder Collection)

 

Stevens Mothballed in Vallejo, CA - 1970

(Photo courtesy of Larry Cote)

 

Stevens Mothballed in Vallejo, CA - 1970

(Photo courtesy of Larry Cote)

 

Stevens Mothballed in Vallejo, CA - 1970

(Photo Courtesy of Larry Cote)

Her Name Struck from the Navy List - December 1, 1972

Sold to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, OR - Novenber 27, 1973

 

On Memorial Commemorative Wall

U. S. Navy Memorial, Washington, DC

www.navymemorial.org/plaque_wall.php