HPRA
USS HUGH PURVIS - DD 709 Odds n'
Ends
Here you will find various tid bits;
odds and ends, about the Hugh Purvis and her crew throughout the years.
There are Change of Command booklets, port visit itinerary, newspaper
articles and some photo's. They have been supplied by both officer and
enlisted members of the HPRA. The items are presented as
Adobe Reader PDF documents and JPEG photo's.
If anyone has items they would like to contribute to the web site, please send email to the webmaster using the link at the bottom of the page. We can make arrangements to get them. If items are sent via US Mail, the will be returned, if necessary, after they are scanned in to the computer. If you have the equipment, you can scan them in yourself and send them as email attachments. The more I have, the better the site. So dig through your nooks and crannies and find those items you have not seen in a while.
If anyone has items they would like to contribute to the web site, please send email to the webmaster using the link at the bottom of the page. We can make arrangements to get them. If items are sent via US Mail, the will be returned, if necessary, after they are scanned in to the computer. If you have the equipment, you can scan them in yourself and send them as email attachments. The more I have, the better the site. So dig through your nooks and crannies and find those items you have not seen in a while.
USS HUGH PURVIS and the Submarine
SEAWOLF - Time
frame - some time in 1963. (Found by Jeff Minton.) Bob Mead was an
officer on board from 62-64 and has a Google "eBlog"
account which he updates periodically. Visit this link and have a
look...
"Mercury Meteorites"
A poem written by an unknown shipmate sometime
in February of 1962.
We were waiting for John Glenn to get his Mercury
Capsule off the ground. If memory serves me, we
were at sea for 40 plus days with a 2 day period
in Bermuda. (EES)
Click the image at the left for the poem.
** Item donated by Bob Ambrico (60-62) **
Envelope Postmarked on
USS Hugh
Purvis - DD709 - 12/15/1945
On the left is a plot of the Purvis from March to October, 1961 Med Cruise. It illustrates all the places she went with the exception of the Red Sea. Click the plot to see a larger version of it. The larger version window can be zoomed in and out. The plot was donated by Lou Grassini via to Roger Nelson and John Goldsworthy at the 2008 Boston reunion. This photo version was done by Rogers' son.
Cdr. G.S. Davis, C/O, letter to the Men and Families of the USS Hugh Purvis dated 3 October 1961. This letter outlines the 1961 Med Cruise from start to finish. Donated by Larry Calton at the 2009 Chicago Reunion. Click on Cdr. Davis' name to view the letter.
Cdr. J.C. Linville, C/O, letter to the Men and Families of the USS Hugh Purvis, dated 23 February, 1963. This letter outlines the activities and wanderings of the USS Hugh Purvis for the year 1962. A lot happened in this one year period. Donated by Larry Calton at the 2009 Chicago Reunion. Click on Cdr. Linville/s name to view the letter.
Changeof Command 1970
Defenders Day 1971
Change
of Command 1972
A montage of
photos with Oliver Purvis