Welcome Aboard

USS Mansfield
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The Official site of the USS Mansfield Association

LTjg Chuck Owen (57-61)

Stack and mast showing DesRon 9 emblem

Looking forward from 3″ gun tubs aft

Green water – deck awash

Coming alongside oiler for refueling

Tom Curtiss oversees gunnery operations

Skipper Don Gaw watches operations

Lines over amidships

Transfer across in boatswain’s chair

Hong Kong Harbor 1959

Motor whaleboat on way to I&I, passing cruiser St. Paul – Hong Kong

Tom Curtiss & Robin Bataglini – Victoria Peak, HK

Paul Hines on bicycle cultural trip from Sasebo

Rice paddy view (as seen by Paul) near pearl farm, Sasebo

Chuck Owen examining porcelain for major purchase, Arita (near Sasebo)

Theater at night, John Wayne movie, Sasebo 1959

Tokyo Bay & Yokosuka Naval Station from hills of Yokosuka

Side street at night, Sasebo

Sailor town street Yokosuka

“Literary Oasis”

“Welfare Center”

“Cultural and Aid Station”

“Library”

The following photos were donated by Chuck’s nephew, Dan Owen. They are the Mansfield at sea and a visiting ship in 1961.