1950 Pictures USS McKean

1950 Pictures USS McKean 34 knots

Another shot doing flank speed. I was fascinated by how fast the ship could go and couldn't help photographing it.
More of the signal gang. On the left is Fry, in the middle is Irvin

More of the signal gang. On the left is Fry, in the middle is Irvin and on the right is Irwin. Irwin was first class petty officer in charge of the gang.
new 3

Again we are alongside the destroyer tender in inchon harbor. This show's the new 3" automatic guns that were being installed at the time.
A look at the port side K-guns. I don't think they are on the newer

A look at the port side K-guns. I don't think they are on the newer ships. They fired the depth charges out away from the ship. they used a 5"shell casing.
BLACK SMOKE ON NUMBER TWO STACK. This was not aloud, as it made us

BLACK SMOKE ON NUMBER TWO STACK. This was not aloud, as it made us

BLACK SMOKE ON NUMBER TWO STACK. This was not allowed, as it made us detectable to the enemy. When anyone saw black smoke they yelled it out as loud as he could.
Pilot house USS McKean

This is a shot of the inside of the pilot house during a special sea detail, probably while fueling at sea. That's me on the ennunciators and Hudnell from texas on the wheel. This is the only picture of me in the whole bunch. That's me (John Price) in the background and Hudnell in the foreground. I was just a young 19 year old whipper snapper at the time.
USS Princeton

Still another shot of the fantail of the Princeton while fueling and transferring personel. Notice that while all these pictures were being taken the flite crews have removed almost all of the aircraft from the flite deck.

Photo courtesy: John D. Price