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September 2, 2010

• Some more photos from George Hofius. This time, take a tour of Taiwan.

August 28, 2010

• Added a page for our deceased shipmate Jim Dobbs

August 21, 2010

• We now have some of the DeHaven cruisebooks on-line.

August 18, 2010

• Added more ship's photos in both the Before and After FRAM categories.

August 15, 2010

• Added another two years of decklogs. This time, 1969-1970.

August 1, 2010

• Added some more photos from George Hofius. This time A Look Around Japan.

July 31, 2010

• Added another year of decklogs. This time, 1997.

July 29, 2010

• Added pages honoring recently deceased shipmates Jack Nottingham and Harry Savas

July 21, 2010

• We now have some deck logs from the DD-727 on the website. Our goal is to get as many as we can, but it is a slow process. Presently, take a look at 1966.

July 9, 2010

• Added new photo of DeHaven to the After Fram Page. Its the last one listed.

June 17, 2010

• Included a new article in our Inchon section that originally appeared in Tin Can Sailors, The "Sitting Ducks" of Inchon.

June 12, 2010

• We received a spare parts case that was used to help build the DD-469. You can view it here.

May 7, 2010

• A huge collection of 50's era photos submitted by LaVern Brewster.

April 13, 2010

• We're sad to announce that we've lost one our 469 survivors, Selmer Olaf Aalgaard on April 5.

April 2, 2010

• More photos. This time from Bob Yapp. Bob was an ETN2 during his time on DeHaven from 1966-68

March 31, 2010

• Updated the Michael Snyder photos with additional submittals.

March 23, 2010

• Some more underway photos by Scott Martin

March 22, 2010

• Were sorry to announce the passing of Leo Zimmerman
• More photos from George Hofius. Another series of underway photos.

March 18, 2010

• Added a new Vietnam article from Newt Robinson called Operation Seamount

March 7, 2010

• Added some photos from Edward Ledyard. Ed was an IC2 aboard DeHaven from 1962-1965

March 4, 2010

• Added a couple of first hand history accounts from the Vietnam era. Both articles cover an operation of the DeHaven during operation Sea Dragon. Chasing the Elusive Ghost by Don Kovacs and The Gray Lady and the Sea Dragon by John Maraviglia.

March 3, 2010

• New menus. Now you should be able to find anything you're looking for in the menu on your left.

March 1, 2010

• Ship's Photos. We'll try to keep all the photos of the ship in one area.
• Before FRAM
• After FRAM

February 14, 2010

• We've lost another shipmate; Wilford E. Capps Sr.

February 11, 2010

• Added some fireroom photos from Scott Martin

February 10, 2010

• Some photos of Japan from Scott Martin
• Some additional history documents by Newt Robinson have been added. 469 Operations and 727 Operations.
• 469 ribbon bar and 727 ribbon bar. Pages about the awards that the DeHaven has earned.

February 9, 2010

• Some Hong Kong photos from Scott Martin have been added

February 3, 2010

• We've lost another shipmate. We learned that Dale W. Hoffschneider passed away Dec. 2, 2009.

January 15, 2010

• We've been informed that Capt. Eric Neil Fenno passed away on the 12th. We've put together a memorial page for him.

January 6, 2010

• New photos from Michael Snyder RD2 66-69.

December 21, 2009

• Some new photos from Doug Frye. Doug was aboard DeHaven from 1950-1953.
• Some new photos from Harvey Holshouser. Harvey was a GM3 from 1951-1955.

December 10, 2009

• Some new photos from Dave Culwell. Dave was a BT3 from 1969-1972. This gallery premiers our new photo viewing format.

November 14, 2009

• Added an article about 469 survivor Joe Di Cesare that appeared in the Cleveland Press on March 30, 1943. A PDF copy of the article is also available.

November 7, 2009

• Added some photos from Oliver "Willie" Williams

October 25, 2009

• Added some photos from Dan Hebert

October 12, 2009

• Added a memorial page for Eugene Plunkett

October 1, 2009

• Added a memorial page for Ken Stilson

August 1, 2009

• Added a memorial page for Gary Allen

July 10, 2009

• Added a memorial page for Richard Laff

June 27, 2009

• Added a memorial page for Mort Wimoth

March 31, 2009

• Plans are finalized for the 2009 reunion in Tucson, Arizona.

February 7, 2009

• Added some photos from David Naber

November 6, 2008

• Added some picture from Joe Loomis

November 4, 2008

• Added some pictures from David Looker

June 14, 2008

• Added newspaper article about Archie Fields and the attack on the 469 to the 469 history page.
• We learned that Billy White GM3 from 51-55 passed away on June 3.
• A newsletter from the early Viet Nam deployment.
• Pictures from Ken Stilson MM2 51-55

May 7, 2008

• Sorry to announce another passing of a shipmate. Barry Grant Maxfield passed away on 4/28/2008. We have a page for him in our memorial section.

April 21, 2008

• Added story from Korean era about a downed RAF plane and the DeHaven's assistance to them. Mayday in the Tsushimi Straits
• Added a story by our own Carl Berntsen about Typhoon Cobra and the DeHaven's experience.
• Made some adjustments to the menus and links throughout the site. We've abandoned the discussion groups and the chat page as they weren't being used. Also, we've added additional relational links on selected pages.