 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Search for Shipmates |
Read or Sign
|
Chat with shipmates |
Reunion informationWhat's New:
2008 Reunion photos from Scott Horr (18 September 2008)
2007 Reunion photos from Hank Watson (25 August 2008)
SPECIAL NOTE: I'm experimenting with another way to publish the Isbell website. I'm trying to make navigation easier for you users, make it easier to find what you're looking for and make upkeep and maintenance easier for me. Please check out this version and let me know what you think. The full website is not present yet, but I wanted to get a good amount of information posted there so you can get a good idea of how it works. Have fun and send me some feedback. Thanks! (28 Mar 2008)
US Navy Memorial, Ship's Plaque (31 Mar 2008)
1960 Cruise Book - Donated by Bill Rhodes, Supply Officer, 1962-63 (27 Mar 2008)
Feb
2008 Newsletter [PDF format] (5 March 2008)
- Reunion details
- Membership dues
- Ship's cookbook
- US Navy Memorial, Ship's Plaque
Reunion registration form [PDF format] (5 March 2008)
Passed away: James Harmon Oard (Deck Division - 1949) on December 9, 2007.
Lots of photos, articles, press releases and ship's documents from 1967-1970 and the Navy booklet Cruisers and Destroyers in Vietnam. Contributed by Chuck Staab (11 June 2007)
1971-73 photos, including the Isbell's final WestPac. Contributed by Ltjg Jack Suite (27 Apr 2004)
Many more photos from IC3 George Belliel (1967-69). I can't believe I overlooked these. (Updated 27 Apr 2004, originally posted 19 Feb 2006)
1968-69 Cruise Book - Contributed by Ltjg Clark Hodges (12 Feb 2007)
Did the Isbell really sink a yacht in 1968? Read this Letter
to the Editor from the July-August-September 2005 issue of The Tin
Can Sailor. (30 July 2005)
UPDATE: "I was on the bridge that day as Navigator
and the version you got is pure bilge rot. The newspaper story is in the
cruise book. We were in transit from California to Pearl at the beginning
of the deployment and were test firing our guns in the middle of nowhere.
The yacht did not have his sails up and the ocean swells concealed him
from our radars-small target, big ocean." -Clark Hodges
See cruise book entry
on the subject.
71-72 Westpac video - Ted Guess sent a DVD taken by
Larry Ovian on the 1971-72 WestPac cruise. Now hosted
on YouTube.
1st
Shellback Initiation
Boxing
on the helo deck
Hong
Kong
2nd
Shellback Initiation
NGFS
Picnic
and the band on the helo deck
CDR Charles R. Johnson (CO, 1949-50) passed away 8 Aug 2005 (24 Mar 2006)
WestPac 1971-72 photos from BT3 Roger Niswonger
Page 1 - Page
2 - Page 3 (16 Jan 2006)
New 2005 Reunion photos (17 Nov 2005)
Photo of the Isbell in Hong Kong harbor, probably on the 1970 cruise (7 Sept 2005).
Man overboard! Fireman third class William Buie goes over the Isbell's side in 1959 (21 Aug 2005)
Front page of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin dated 3 OCT 1955 (17 Aug 2005)
1954-55 Cruise Book contributed by Alec McCaig (16 Aug 2005)
A beautifully framed Isbell below "Jane Russell Mountain" in Sasebo, 1957 (11 Aug 2005)
USS Arnold J. Isbell in drydock, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Summer 1964, contributed by John Blackwell (30 May 2005)
Photos and information about Captain Arnold J. Isbell, provided by his niece, Zoe Montague. (5 June 2004)
Isbell as Sachtouris in the Greek Navy (29 May 2004)
Photos from the first Korea cruise contributed by Jim Perino (20 May 2004)
1949 Cruise book contributed by James A. Perino (4 Apr 2004)
Photo of the Isbell in Souda Bay, Crete, in 1995 waiting to be scrapped. Ships are USS Corry (DD-817), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) and USS Ingraham (DD-694). (12 Mar 2004)
LCDR Don Sheppard passed away on 15 February, 2004. Don was the Isbell's Executive Officer from 1970-71. (18 Feb 2004)
This
Master at Arms badge sold on eBay for $99 (click image for larger view).
(2 Feb 2004)
Clyde Walling ('56-'58) - "Far East Cruise '57" patch (21 Jan 04)
Combat
ribbons- I'm trying to put put together the Isbell's ribbons and medals.
Help anyone? (click on ribbons) (21 June 02)
Regular Features:
Commanding and Executive Officer List
History of the USS Arnold J. Isbell (from DANFS)
History of H.S. Sachtouris
Fate of the USS Arnold J. Isbell (11 June 02)
Official disposition of the Isbell from the Naval Vessel Register
NavSource.org has a number of Isbell photos. This site states the Isbell is "reported to be laid up in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, as of 1/98."
Whatever Happened? lists the Isbell
Isbell technical specifications
The Isbell's Korean Service awards and Vietnam Service awards
Links to more Arnold J. Isbell photos and information
The Isbell's page on the official Greek Navy web site