1970s Pictures of the USS Higbee DDR/DD-806
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This is suppose to be the last official picture taken of the USS Higbee.     Bob Mucho   From my scrapbook, 1970
Mike Clawson

Shipmate Mannie Gentile RM3 1973-74
See his scratch built U.S.S. Higbee.  A work of art !!
 

The Higbee is exiting the Dong Hoi area after getting hit by a 250 pound bomb from a Mig 17.
>>>George Elder, PN1 1966 

   

 

The USS Higbee and USS McKean alongside
the USS Hector in 1978
 

 

Mount 52 at Night off of Viet Nam  

A South Vietnamese Gun Boat: This picture was taken on 4 May 1970, near Chu Lai, South Vietnam. I think all of us had a lot of respect for the guys on the PBR's, whether they were South Vietnamese or our own guys.  >>> Rob Boysen  SN/YN 1968-70 

USS Higbee underway in the Pacific Ocean 2 May 1970 >>> Carl Ross Jr.  

A favorite stop for Higbee sailors. - Marlowe Ng RM2  1970-73

 

   

 

 

The USS Higbee in drydock in Subic Bay after being hit by a MIG 17 with a 250 pund bomb. 
Thanks to Frederick E Krueger
 

The USS Higbee in drydock in Subic Bay after being hit by a MIG 17 with a 250 pund bomb. 
Thanks to Frederick E Krueger

 


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