High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 6 text:
“
The U.S.S. McGinty (DE-365) was built at the Consolidated Steel plant in Orange, Texas, and was commissioned there on 25 September, 1944. The ship was named after sonarman third class Franklin Alexander McGinty, who had given his life at sea the year before in an attempt to save trapped shipmates aboard the sinking U.S.S. Plymouth. The McGinty ' s first duty was in the Pacific on the milk runs from Eniwetok to Guam to Ulithi, sustaining Kamikaze attacks at the latter place on 11 March, 1945. Escort duty between Ulithi and Okinawa followed, and, after the war, duty in Japanese waters. She was deactivated and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet on 1 March, 1946, and was recommissioned five years later at the height of the Korean Conflict, serving as flagship of Task Element 95.21 in Wonsan, Korea. She underwent heavy enemy shore fire, but no personnel or material casualties were ever sustained. It was during her third Wonson tour that the McGinty became pivot man in the famous Irish Triple Play . . . O ' Malley to McGinty to O ' Bannon. Lt. O ' Malley, a pilot from the carrier Essex, was rescued from the sea by the McGinty, which later delivered him to the destroyer O ' Bannon. The McGinty, which fired more 5 38 at the North Koreans than any other ship, underwent overhaul at Pearl Harbor, then returned to WestPac for various operations, winning the coveted Battle Efficiency competition in 1958 with Escort Squadron Eleven. On 3 January, 1959, after more than seven years away from the Continental United States, the McGinty sailed for Seattle to join Reserve Escort Division Thirteen. On September 19 of that year, moored along- side the seawall in Portland, she was decommissioned and placed in service as a selected reserve DE. Commander Kenneth Hill became Commanding Officer, and remained in command for 22 months, being relieved by Com- mander Jerome Aakhus on 1 August 1961. Just 24 days later the McGinty was again mobilized by presidential order, and on 2 October 1961, in ceremonies at Swan Island, she was again recommissioned, and sent to join the Seventh Fleet in Viet-Nam waters, spending ten months in the Pacific before returning on 17 July 1962 to Portland, Orgon for duty once again as a reserve training ship.
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
