Photographs of the
USS Dempsey and Crew
page two

Pix #1 - Shipmate; Ken Braden

Pix #2 - Decommissioning & Transfer of Crew Orders for USS Dempsey,
               DE-26 and USS Emery, DE-28

Pix #3 - Decommissioning of USS Dempsey, DE-26

Pix #4 - Capt. Weber with ship's mascot,  "Blackie"

Pix #5 - ...Now I know that Yardarm is up here someplace....

Pix #6 - Lt Robert Hanley

Pix #7 - Lt. Farnsworth

Pix #8 - Azotea getting hair cut from Royal Barber during Equator Crossing

Pix #9 - Lt Sander, Ltjg Shutan, Ltjg Singleton in uniform at Equator Crossing

Pix #10 - Howard Gillum (F), Dad is right behind him, gun tub pix

Pix #11 - View of USS Dempsey's bow in drydock at Espiritu Santo

Pix #12 - View of USS Dempsey's stern in drydock at Espiritu Santo

Pix #13 - USS Dempsey at anchor with supply barge alongside

Pix #14 - Looking over USS Dempsey's bow at anchorage

Pix #15 - USS Dempsey towing USS SC 1273 (Sub Chaser)

Pix #16 - Shipmates in the 1.1" Gun Tub

Pix #17 - This is how you "Strap on and Wear" a 20mm AA Gun

Pix #18 - This is a song about the Dempsey, from the C. Wicks collection.

Pix #19 - Felix Forys, GM3, with "Blackie", ship's mascot

Pix #20 - Clifford Wicks, GM1, seated

Pix #21 - Clifford Wicks (in front) and gun crew

Pix #22 - USS Dempsey's Whaleboat

Pix #23 - USS Dempsey laying a smoke screen

Pix #24 - Anyone for fresh caught Shark Steaks???

Pix #25 - Aft Guns open fire!!!

Pix #26 - The USS Dempsey, DE-26 - Could possibly be USS Emery, DE-28.

Pix #27 - In October 42, during the darkest period of the Guadalcanal campaign,
                "Scrappy" Kessing, on orders from Adm Halsey, painted this sign up over
                the fleet landing at Tulagi in letters two feet tall.

Note: Picture is from Dad's personal collection, the history of this sign is from
"The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 - February 1943", page 187
1989 Reprint

Pix #28 - USS Martin, DE-30 (L) and USS Dempsey, DE-26 (R) after Decomm

Pix #29 - LtCom. Harris awaiting Decommissioning of USS Dempsey, DE-26

Pix #30 - John Foreman received a special pass to visit his brother when the USS
                       Dempsey put in to port at New Caledonia.

Pix #31 - Several pictures of the USS Dempsey in Graham Shipyard, Nov 1945

Pix #32 - An aft view of  the USS Dempsey bridge from the Main Deck, Nov 1945

Pix #33 - View of the USS Dempsey bow from the Bridge, Nov 1945

Pix #34 - Another view of the USS Dempsey bow from up on the Mast, Nov 1945

Pix #35 - Looking aft from the USS Dempsey Bridge, Nov 1945

Pix #36 - View looking aft from the USS Dempsey's Mast, note all 20mm AA and 1.1"
                AA guns have been removed.  The Main 3" guns are still in place, Nov 1945.