1950s Pictures of the USS Higbee DDR/DD-806
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	A Photo Album From Bill Clarke, RD3, 1959-62
	"E" Division 1950 from Dennis Nelson EM2, 1949-52 and Donnal Nelson EM2, 1949-52			1st Division from 1950. Got some names. Can you fill in the gaps?
	The crew of the USS Higbee - 1950 This is a BIG picture from Carl Ross Jr. and Jim Spears. It is naturally oversized. It will work at making it so you can print it .... or you can take the JPG file to Kinkos. Maybe they can print full size			Some of the boys from "E" Division. 1950 in San Diego Dennis Nelson EM2/c 1949-52
	Colliding with the Destroyer Frank Knox 500 miles East of Oahu, Destroyer Higbee limped into Pearl Harbor minus her bow. Higbee made port under her own power by coming in backward. Chuck Teske HM2 1953-54			A picture of L Nelson IC1 taken in 1956/7on board the Higbee. He is leaning on the gyro-compass in the IC/Fire Control room. William E Stiles IC2 1956-57
	Higbee's 1957 WestPac tour. We left Long Beach and headed for Melbourne. The photo was taken during the crossing of the equator. On the right is Ensign Russ Simsarian, Fire Control officer. On the left is guess who?, an FT! converted from a BT. From Aubrey Vickers FT2 The guy on the left in the tub is FT1 Cookie Rutherford. Howard Knipple, FT2 USS Higbee 1957 - 1959			This photo was taken in 1958. We had been docked at a pier in Moja(?), Japan after a 2 day visit. The Keyes was getting underway when something went wrong. Maybe someone out there can add some more info to this. By the way, since the Higbee was named for a woman and the Keyes for a man, there were quite a few jokes about this. Aubrey Vickers FT2
	Provided by Jim Spears Map of the Korean Cruise			I was aboard as RM3 1957-1958. The picture of the "collision" between Keyes and Higbee at Moji, Japan is still in my mind. The Keyes was attempting to pull away from dock, but wind was too strong, so they called for a tug to help. The tug took the Keyes' anchor out a bit and dropped it and the Keyes was able to get away from the pier the length of the chain, but no further. So the tug maneuvered between the Keyes and the dock and tried to push the ship out. The wind pushed the ship against the tug and the tug started to roll. The captain of the Keyes thought that he would relieve the pressure on the tug by moving the Keyes forward. That is how the Keyes ended up buried in the Higbee's fantail. The degaussing lines were severed and we went to dry-dock in Kobe (I think), the rest went to sea for maneuvers. The captain of the Higbee was heard to exclaim, "Well, well, well; looks like I am not the only one who makes mistakes." From Richard Kurtz RM3 1957-58
	ETC Cecil (Mac) McCloud 1950-1953 February 27, 1918 December 7, 1999
	USS Higbee DDR-806 (1950) Thanks to Carl Ross Jr.			USS Higbee DDR-806 (1950) Thanks to Carl Ross Jr.
	Surface 3/4 bow view underway, altitude 100', 6/5/53 Bob Mucho			Bob Mucho
	Surface Broadside view during review off of Long Beach. CA-130 in the background, September 1956. Bob Mucho			DD-806 coming alongside flagship to transfer personnel, Pohang, Korea 8/9/50 Bob Mucho
	Pictures provided by Jim Spears			The Higbee during the Korean War Dean Powell - Supply and Disbursing Officer

	The Higbee off of Wonson Korea.			When did we use the Gig as a fender?
				PO Club in Japan Recognize any of these sailors from the 1950s? L-R ... Offutt, Christianson, ??, Eiting, Lee, ??, Jondel, Hurley. Jondel was a laundryman. Went to boot camp and the Higbee the same time as Hurley Picture from Jim & Ronnie Hurley
	EM Club Japan Recognize any of these Higbee sailors from the 1950s? L-R ... C.D. Lee, ??, Hurley, Hildreth, Oliver Offutt Picture from Jim & Ronnie Hurley			In Hawaii Recognize any of these sailors from the 1950s? L-R ... Jones, Danner, Hurley, Schuler Picture from Jim & Ronnie Hurley