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Calvert’s “duck tail” stern and aft 5″ gun

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Here is a photograph of the Calvert’s “duck tail” stern and her aft 5″ gun, circa 1943-45.

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Appreciation and thanks to Robert McClellan for sharing this picture from his father’s collection. Robert’s father, H.W. “Mack” McClellan, served aboard the Calvert as a hospital corpsman from 1943 to 1945.

Notes: 1) Thanks to Wasey Broussard for correcting my error on this picture. The 5″ aft gun is visible, not the 3″ aft gun as I had originally posted. 2) Edited on 2014-04-05 to improve the post and to add cross-links.

 

 

 

Calversion, Volume 11, 1983 – Table of Contents

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A full copy of the Calversion newsletter, volume 11, is available here.

Table of Contents for Volume 11:

  • Cover Page / Page 1:
    • Updated 1983 reunion information (San Francisco, CA)
  • Page 2:
    • Service scroll and decal ordering information.
  • Page 3: Mail Call
    • Ross Hornbuckle remembers events aboard the Calvert from ‘51 – ‘52 with Capt. Robbins.
    • Earl R. Megraw provided a copy of the “Calvert Song” sung on the way back home from Sicily in 1942.
    • Bill Marks (Lt.?) shares the story of Capt. Sweeney’s jeep (stolen from Marines) during WWII.
  • Page 4: Mail Call
    • Note from M.A. Coulvillia regarding correspondence with Charles L. Schooler. Burial at sea for Secretary of State Stephen Early’s son at Roi Namur.
  • Page 5: Mail Call
    • Gerald “Red” Ford – WWII
    • C. Simpson – Aboard the Calvert in 1942-43 and again in 1950
    • Sterling J. Wesp – WWII, Barber on the Calvert
    • Inquiry to the whereabouts of Randall Charles McNary – August 1942 – September 1945
  • Page 6:
    • Calvert Marine Museum information; Proclamation for all Calvert materials to be sent to the Museum.
  • Pages 7:
    • Map of the Track of Western Naval Task Force from the US to North Africa – 1942
  • Pages 8 & 9:
    • 1983 San Francisco Reunion Information
  • Back Page / Page 10:
    • Roster of contributions to the newsletter