USS
HUGH PURVIS (DD709)
REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)
REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)
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SPECIAL ITEMS & DOCUMENTS
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| 1Certificate
of Delivery to the Turkish Navy  From John McNamara LCDR - C/O 1972 (select pix for larger image) |
 Select for the USS Hugh Purvis DD709 Navy memorial Plaque |
  First day Issue & last day of postal service Aboard the USS Hugh Purvis (Select photo link) |
USS Hugh
Purvis - 1970/71 *** During the period 1970/71, the Hugh Purvis went through a sad - turning to - good - period up to and through its last med trip (70-71). The link below is the letter received at the end of that trip to COMMANDER - DESRON 10. Both the original (copy) and a clean version are presented. to: Commander Desron 10 (clean) to: Commander Desron 10 (org) (courtesy Wayne Dupre) |
| The
SULLIVAN BROTHERS and the USS Juneau (CL-52) On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2018, the wreckage was located in over 2 miles of water off the Solomons coast in the South Pacific. |
 The story of the USS Indianapolis sinking: the aftermath |
 Named after a Hugh Purvis Shipmate Select above for story, then select "Ship's Namesake" |
 The Doolittle Raid |
| Pearl Harbor After the tourists have left for the day (A YouTube Video) |
Naval
Photos - Modern ships (Contributed by George Baker) 3 Carrier Group (Contributed by Gene Sampieri) |
The day
the Navy learned it could fly from ships "MatchboxFleet" (Contributed by Lawrence Kettinger Jr.) |
"THE
BRIDGEPORT
POST" October 29, 1945 The USS Hugh Purvis Visits Bridgeport Ct. "Read all-about-it!!" |
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REUNION DANGLERS (from Sal Contello) COMMANDER TAYLOR LETTER 8/14/1968 - prior to WESTPAC (Contributed by Tom Kelleher) |
Visit "Navy museum ships" "KILROY WAS HERE" How could we forget... (from Steve Singlar) |
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