More pictures and memorabilia of the John W. Weeks 

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These pictures were sent in by Fran Hansen.  They were taken off of San Diego in 1953.

Barney Elletson, served aboard the USS Waldron DD-699 from 1953 to 1955. This is what he told me, "I have a snapshot of the John W. Weeks taken on the fantail of the Waldron.  Our two ships are side by side in a high speed run.  I took the picture with a brownie box camera.  I have carried it in my wallet since 1955.  I took the it to a camera shop and had it enlarged to a 3X5.  It is a little grainy, but it would look nice on your web site.  Every time I would meet an ex sailor, I would show the picture of our sister ship.  We could always tell where the Weeks was because she had a stick mast.  The Ault, Haynsworth, and the Waldron had a tripod mast."

Walter Olker, uncle David Brown, served aboard the Weeks from 1961-1965.  This is what he told me, "I've followed the Weeks ever since I was a kid and he was on it, even though I'm a former Army Officer."

Bruce Weaver II sent the following photo: My dad (Bruce Weaver 1947 - 1948) said it was taken as the crew left Guantanamo Bay and was supposed to be for a publication called “Our Navy.” He places the time around 1947. When I enlarge it, he can easily find himself. This was scanned for e-mail to keep the file size down.
 

These pictures were sent in by Jim Fariello; Jim served aboard the Weeks from 1962 to 1966.  Jim submitted the last picture taken of the Weeks in 1970, before she was sunk.

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