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USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850 Destroyer Museum
at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Pre-FRAM Photos of USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850

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JPK as commissioned. All flags flying..

Ready for sea trials. At sea after commissioning

Kennedy leaving Chicago during the
St. Lawrence Seaway opening ceremony. Manning the Rails: 1950's configuration.

DD850 nested at Newport, RI. Singapore Harbor June 22, 1951. JPK is flagship of DesRon 8. Photo sent in by Bill Price.

Trieste, Italy--Jan 24, 1953. Photo sent in by Bill Price. Venice, Italy-- Feb 1, 1953. Photo sent in by Bill Price.

Destroyer Squadron Eight Change of Command, 1951

Caption from Above:
"Recently returned from Korea, Commander Destroyer Squadron Eight, Captain E.S. Von Kleeck, Jr., reads his farewell address on board the USS J. P. Kennedy, Jr., as officers and men of Destroyer Division 81 stand-by to receive their new commander." Captain Von Kleeck was releived by Captain J.J. Laffan. Probably taken at Newport, Rhode Island, soon after 8 August 1951, when DesDiv 81 returned from a Korean War deployment. Ships present are (from right to left):
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850);
USS William R. Rush (DD-714);
USS Fiske (DD-842);
USS Hawkins (DDR-873);
and an unidentified escort destroyer (DDE).

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