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Crew and friends of the USCGC Taney (5 Bells)
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5 Bells: Pictures - You are on Page 1 (link to more pages at the bottom) 
Photo provided by Hellen Hartman July 2001 in memory of Warren Haratman
Above two photo's provided by Warren Compton 2001
Harry; Nelson, (USS TANEY) and Capt. Koitschka commander
of German Submarine U-616 and wife and son at Honolulu TANEY reunion.
The U-616 engaged the TANEY
20-22 April 1944 in the Mediterranean. The book "The Death of the
U-Boats" list his U-boat distorted 14-17 May 1944 off coast of Oran, North
Africa. The foweling ships were the cause of its sinking, Neilds
DD616 Gleaves DD423 Dllyson DD454 Hilar P. Jones DD427 Macomb DD458 Hambleton
DD455 and the Rodman DD456. one of the above destroyers had located him
and brought him to their reunion in Honolulu. visit:
http://www.armory.com/~vern/personal/theway/ for additional story.
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Capt. Koitschka (center with white hat) CO U-616 German Sub.
scuttled after surface fight with US Destroyers. 55 members
I ran across your reunion page while doing a search on my father's commanding officer, Siegfried Koitschka. My father, Franz Zaepfel, died 13 years ago, but my mother has numerous photos of the U-616 and its men. Do you know of anyone from that crew with internet access who might be willing to identify some of these men? I can scan the photos. Sincerely,
Capt. Koitschka
U-616 http://www.classicwest.com/homesig.html
Photo copy provided by The Coast Guard Historian's office:
Note the size of the explosian compaired to the two ships in the forground.
http://www.hazegray.org/features/cole/phamilt01.jpg
this web site is a picture of the Navy ship USS Paul Hamilton
photo by Vern Toler: Sick Bay USCGC TANEY I think this is the patient we took from the SS Paul Hamilton for an appendectomy operation. We returned him to his ship a couple days before it was hit ote several days earlier Dr Dowdy brought an man from the ship to the TANEY to perform an appendectomy, after he recovered the man was returned to the Hamilton. The ship had a large contingent of Army Air Corpsmen. 547 men were lost with this ship.Photo by Vern Toler: Sick Bay USCGC TANEY I think this is the patient we took from the SS Hamilton for an appendicidice operation. We returned him to his ship a couple days before it was hit..
USS. MENGES (DE-320) Original Print has Photo # USCG 4622. from the U.S. NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER. Photo by Russell Green aboard the CG-manned
USS Menges (DE-320) [see
190. Mediterranean. He represents the old Coast Guard expression, `You have to go out, but you don't have to come back.'" PhoM1c. Arthur Green. 26-G-2330. (ww2190.jpg) (Note from Vern_Toler, webmaster,June 2001. This photo appeared in U.S. CAMERA, 1945? as an major war photo, along with other publications of the time, it is also located in several areas of the web.) WWII Ofical
Photos (First Goverment Website)
uss menges my dad was aboard the menges at the time of the torpedoes. he always told me it was the stern that was struck. the menges was taken to new york navy ship and repaired. the uss holder's stern was cut off and placed on the menges.if this is any help let me know, i have an article from "all hands" dan fralin
<boomer12@nc.rr.com>
Photo by Russell Green aboard the CG-manned
USS Menges (DE-320) [see
This picture appeared in U.S. CAMERA 1945 With the caption
Subject: 1944 From: Gene <genol@coho.net> I see by the Taney site I committed a huge error about UGS-38 details: It was DE-320 Menges which lost its stern to a homing torpedo from U-371 and was repaired by getting the stern of DE-401 Holder which had lost its bow to a mine. So Menges became a whole ship again with its own undamaged bow and DE Holder's undamaged stern. Sorry for the mix up. Mosely DE-321 had assisted both Lansdale and Menges between UGS-38 and GUS-38 from 20 April to 3 May and I had confused their roles. Following are the sites explaining the three DEs activity if you would like to have the straight stuff. I hope you were able to get everything done on your list of things to do. gene l ttp://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de321.txt History web page
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-371Menges.htm http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-371.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0542002.jpg (picture) The USS BUCK DD-420 is added
to the TANEY website, as it also was in combat with the U-616.
"BATTLE OF THE SEAS USS Lansdale End". When orders came to abandon ship, few were prompt to obey, 'Yes Sir.' mumbled the Negro mess attendants manning an antiaircraft gun: they kept on firing. A 19-year-old steward's mate with a broken leg dragged himself back to his post with them. Only when two plans had been shot down and the decks were awash did the men jump into the oily sea. There was little confusion, but some men jumping from the ship had landed on his head, he threw his helmet off, swam about bareheaded. Most of the 200-man crew were saved - including the skipper, 33 year -old Lieut. Commander Douglas M. Swift and his 'exec' Lieut. Robert M. Morgenthau 24 year-old son of the Secretary of the Treasure. Among the missing: Lieut. George E. Haines, 24, who swam about with a life preserver, helping the injured. When rescue came. he was gone." The USS LANDSDALE sank with the loss of 49 men. (Note from Vern_Toler, June 2001 The above article was in Time
Magazine in 1944 along with the picture of the explosion of
the SS Paul Hamilton. The story in it about the two Black Stuarts
is interesting, there action would rate a high medal yet there names were
not even listed, does anyone out there have a follow up to this? )
http://www.plateau.net/usndd/de322/de322his.htm
USS NEWELL DE 322 This ship along with the Coast Guard
manned USS MENGES DE 320 rescued the men from the USS LANSDALE and
two German Pilots
From: "Charles
C. Wales" <cwales@bcn.net>
USS LANSDALE DD426 copied from the web http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd426.html http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1041/lansdale.htmlHistory of USS LANSDALE
USS
LANING APD-55
The USS LANING was with the TANEY for convoy UGS-38 and GUS-38
as a forward screen. During
Old Friends & Fellow Veterans -- The USS Laning DE-159/APD-55/LPR-55 internet site under construction
for
http://members.dsl-only.net/~usslaning/indexB.html
H. Eugene [Gene] Lovegren USN 1/'42 to 1/46.
Radarman 3/c at separation
You can reach me at usslaning@dsl-only.net
USS MOSLEY (DE-321)
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