U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., DD-850
Crew's Lounge

The "Joey P" on Flag Day, June 14th, 1962.
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Launch Day - 26 July, 1945
Pardon the waterstains.

Almost off the ways!

Thanks to Debbie Collins at the U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial for contributing these pictures. Anyone else?

Here's a nice photo of a D.A.S.H. (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) on the Kennedy's flight deck - no date given

And here's part of the D.A.S.H. crew/team:
(left to right) EN?2 Murray Cherry. Jr., ??3 Jerry Suter, STG3 Barry Gorn, and EN?2 Raymond J. Boudreax.

Here are two more pictures of the Joey P that I found at NavSource (see the links page):

Picture # 1
Picture # 2

A genuine Master-At-Arms badge from the JoeyP!

And these two guys are MM1 Johnson and BT1 Rector, "in a little gin mill in Naples".

Photos courtesy of (ex-MM1) Leonard W. Johnson III - OCT 98

Here's a scan from the Newport Daily News on JPK's decommissioning day.
Provided by Dirck Harris - (BT3 1972- 1973)

Some great pictures from Bill Lucas - 1946 / 47.

Here are some more great old pictures, these from Chuck Cassidy - 1946 / 1947.

Here are some pictures sent in by ex-RD3 Len Barrett from the 1962-63 era - Gitmo and JFK.

This is a picture taken in October, 1999, by Butch Ruiz.
It shows the Joey P. in Fall River, MA, with a Russian/East German
Tarantul I Class missile boat, the Hiddensee, also open for viewing
at the U.S.S. Massachusetts museum.

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