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| Keywords: USS Mertz (DD-691) crew and ship in early 1946.jpg The ship's officers and crew of the U S Navy destroyer USS Mertz DD-691 on a pier with Mertz tied up behind them Probably taken at San Diego California circa early 1946 while the ship was being prepared for decommissioning Note that the barrels have been removed from the 40 mm twin gun mount just forward of the ship's bridge The destroyer was decommissioned on 23 April 1946 and never recommissioned before being scrapped in 1971 USS Gregory DD-802 is immediately outboard of Mertz Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-107000/NH-107496 html NH 107496 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command early 1946 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Mertz DD-691 Naval Base San Diego in the 1940s USS Gregory DD-802 | ||||
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