Len Barrett's Pictures

These pictures were provided by Leonard (Len) Barrett - "Barry", ex-RD3 on DD-850.

Comments added - radar gang at Gitmo; Bruce Baker, RD3 was from Bremerton, WA; Charlie Petit, RD1 (at the time - he became our Chief) was from Georgia; Homer Procter, RD3 was from Chapel Hill, SC (NC? - ed); Bob Tansey, RD3 was from NY, and Sammie Norris was from Gary, IN. Missing are George Cornack, RD2, NY; Gerald Stire, RD1, VA; Marty O'Hara, Minneapolis; Ray Allard, RD3, CT; Robert Smith, RD2. Our CIC Officer was LTjg Jim Rucker, OPS was Mr. Long.

RD3 Barazotto - foreground
Don Peck, QM1, and Carl Stanwick, QM3, in background.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, summer of 1962.

Comments added - Barazotto AKA Len Barrett, donor of these pictures. Len retired from the USNR as OSCM (If I remember correctly, that's an E-9, Master Chief Ops Specialist - what the Radarman rate was renamed. - ed)

Crystal Cave - Bermuda - June 1963.

These snapshots were taken on the occasion of the presentation of a model of the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., DD-850, which was carved by a petty officer on the ship, to President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, young Joe's kid brother. The ship was underway during the America's Cup races in 1962.

Captain was CDR Nicholas Michalevsky.

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Updated - 2 JUN 99