USS Uhlmann
 DD 687 (Fletcher class)

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USS Uhlmann (DD-687) as we returned to port (San Diego) approximately June 1954. If you look at the group standing to port of the '51' mount - I'm the second one from the left. Milton D. Nelson (ETN3) 


Builder:         Bethlehem Steel, S.I., N.Y. 
Laid Down:  	 March 6, 1943
Launched:        July 30, 1943
Commissioned:  	 November 22, 1943
Decommissioned:  June 14, 1946
Recommissioned:  May 23, 1950
Decommissioned:  July 15, 1972
Fate:            Stricken 7/15/72; Sold 
                 3/21/74 and scrapped

We are seeking information on the USS Uhlmann and her crews. Files and photos may be E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

Subject: USS UHLMANN DD-687
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002
From: TERESA COWAN
To: DestroyersOnline.com

I AM LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATION ON THE "USS UHLMANN DD-687" FROM THE YEARS 1965-1967. I AM LOOKING FOR PHOTOS OF MY FATHER WHO WAS A "BOILER TECHNICIAN" ,,,IB AM NOT SURE WHAT "CAMP NIMINTZ" HAS TO DO WITH ALL THIS BUT I KNOW IT IS SOMEWHERE OUT OF SAN DIEGO ,CALIFORNIA. IF THERE IS ANY PHOTO'S OF EACH SAILOR OR EVEN A GROUP PICTURE OF THES EGUYS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM,,,THERE IS ON PARTICULAR PHOTO I AM LOOKING FOR OF MY FATHER,, PLEASE HELP ME FIND JUST 1 PICTURE OF MY FATHER, ROGER DALE COWAN"

I WOULD BE IN DEBT TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!

THANK YOU!

TERESA COWAN

    August 4, 2005:

    HI,

    I AM WONDERING HOW I CAN FIND PICTURES OF SHIPMATES FROM THE USS UHLMANN DD-687 (1964-1968) AND THE USS MCNAIR DD-679 (1968-1972)

    I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW HOW I COULD FIND ABOOK THAT TALKS ABOUT BOTH DETROYERS IN DETAIL AND ITS CREWS DURING THESE TIMES...

    ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

    I AM LOOKING FOR PICTURES AND WHATNOT ABOUT MY DAD.

    I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A USS MCNAIR CIGARETTE LIGHTER IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS ONE FOR SALE. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD ONE WHILE ABOARD THE MCNAIR AND HE BENT OVER AND LOST IT OVERBOARD AND HAS WANTED ONE SINCE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND ONE FOR HIM IF THATS POSSIBLE.

    THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP....

    BEST WISHES

    TERESA


Date: Sun, 24 May 1998
From: Randy Coleman tmbltechres@ridgecrest.ca.us
Subject: USS Uhlmann (DD687) photograph

My name is Randy Coleman and I was stationed aboard the Uhlmann as a Fire Control Technician. I reported aboard in June 1961 and departed for separation on 14 April 1964. I advanced from seaman to FTG2 while aboard. The attached picture is one of those pictures which were sold by a salesman and came framed with a paper mask with the crewman's name, rate, and some cruise info along with the ship's ribbons. This picture is just the photograph which is a B/W picture dyed for a blue-green sea and a light blue sky. The picture resolution is quite good but the dye job is terrible with the dye smearing over much of the ship's detail. I have reduced the size by 50% for this attachment. I can send the entire original if more suitable. Hope you will use it since the Uhlmann page does not yet have any pictures.

Randy Coleman

Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997
From: Jerry Satterfield retfire@icsnet1.com
Subject: uss uhlmann dd-687

I was stationed aboard UHLMANN from the spring of 1965 till the spring of 1968. During this time I rose to IC3. In 1980 I had the first UHLMANN reunion here in Springfield, Ohio. In 1988 I re-entered the NAVY through the Reserve program as an HM@. Currently I am with a Navy weapons unit as the leading HM!. Looking forward to hearing from members of the UHLMANN crew at retfire@icsnet.com.

HM1 Jerry M. Satterfield USNR

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