USS James E. Kyes DD 787

USS James E. Kyes
DD 787 (Gearing class)

Builder: Todd Shipyards, Seattle. Laid Down: December 27, 1944 Launched: August 4, 1945 Commissioned: February 8, 1946 Decommissioned: ? Fate: To Taiwan April 18 1973, renamed Chien Yang Decommissioned sometime after 1998 ???

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Frank Ratay aboard the Kyes in 1953

Radar gang 1967

More Photo's:

Photo 002 Sasebo Japan, February 1964 (right-to-left): James E. Kyes, USS Walke (DD-723) and USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) obscured © Kurt Volker (1963-65)

Photo 003 March, 1964: USS James E. Kyes takes it "green" in the Sea of Japan. © Kurt Volker (1963-65)

Photo 004 E - gang. Photos taken during a Westpac in 1967 or 68. Jack Martin

Photo 005 Hi To all This picture was taken in 1967 or 68 on the James E. Kyes DD787. I jokingly posed and stopped but one of shipmates said to do it so I did. Nice looking back at the great physical condition I was in. Of course time does change that. Ha ha. I have more pictures of me and two other fellows free diving at Grande Island instead of boozing it up. I still keep in contact with one of them, Lyle Freiberg in Wisconsin. From that experience I got heavy into scuba diving and free diving in California and I still do it at the age of sixty one. We had a great adventure both on and off the ship. If you want to see a couple Grande pictures just email me. Thanks, Sam Macaluso

Photo 008 Off the coast of Nam, 1967 after giving supplies to one of the swift boats. (Point Cypress CG 82326) Contributed by: JOHN E LANDERS

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