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1951 Newspaper Clippings

Mention of the Calvert and  few of her crew and passengers appeared in these two newspaper clippings during 1951. These showed up in a recent search of Calvert-related information on the web, so here they are.

Source for this of image of Bm3c Cheramie and Pfc Vical is here.

1951 - Fulton History - Yonkers NY Herald Statesman - USS Calvert Helm

 

I’ve lost the source for this next image (a San Francisco newspaper), but additional information on Cpl Bobby J. Pierce is available here (including mention of this clipping).

1951 - Lance Corporal Bobby Jack Pierce - San Diego Paper

 

 

 

 

 

USS Calvert Photograph Series – San Francisco Shipyard, Februrary 1958

Here are a series of high quality photographs of the USS Calvert while she was in the San Francisco Naval Yard undergoing an overhaul. These photographs were taken on February 26th, 1958. These photographs are from the National Archives (source). You can open a larger version of each photograph by clicking on it, and it will open in a new window.

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