9/29/08
GREAT LAKES
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USS Taylor Makes Historic Stop in Port Mahon, Menorca 6/3/2010
Albanian Armed Forces NCO Academy Visits USS Taylor 6/17/2010
USS Taylor arrives in Split, Croatia 6/24/2010
USS Taylor, Mediterranean Sea 6/14/2010
USS Taylor departs Villefranche 7-9-2010
USS Taylor delivers Project Handclasp supplies to Odessa Orphanage 7-19-2010
USS Taylor renders aid to three Spanish boaters adrift 8-3-2010
USS Taylor celebrates 500 years of Danish Navy in Copenhagen 8-16-2010
U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands visits USS Taylor 8-23-2010
USS Taylor arrives in Murmansk, Russia 9-7-2010
USS Taylor concludes historic visit to Murmansk 9-13-2010
Bomb bay doors open over U. S. frigate. 9-16-2010
USS Taylor arrives Brest, France. Crew tours Normandy 9-26-2010
USS Taylor Hosts SECNAV, Spanish Dignitaries 10-8-2010
This coin given to Dave by Ray Mabus.
USS Kittyhawk
Seaman David Barkley, boatswains mate from Norfolk, Va., performs a quick refresher of proper signaling during an underway replenishment onboard USS TAYLOR (FFG 50). Taylor took on fuel and supplies from the USNS BIG HORN (T-AO 198). Taylor is currently participating in Operation Active Endeavor providing a safe and secure Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer1st Class Edward Kessler/Released)
Dave's Boss, Commander Lyle Hall
MURMANSK, Russia (Sep. 6, 2010) - Cmdr. Lyle Hall (center), commanding officer of USS Taylor (FFG 50), visits with Capt. Konstantin Goulnev (far right) and Lt. Cmdr. Konstantin Sapozhnikov (left) of the International Military Cooperation Office, as the ship pulls in here. Taylor is in port to celebrate the close World War II alliance between Russia and the U.S., and to honor veterans in both countries on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist1st Class Edward Kessler/Released)
Color guard members stationed aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class
frigate USS Taylor stand at attention alongside sailors from the Russian
Navy during a wreath laying ceremony at Alyosha WWII Monument. Taylor
is in Murmansk participating in several commemorative events marking the
65th anniversary of the end of WWII. Taylor is on a scheduled
deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy
photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Kessler)
The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor is moored in Murmansk, Russia, to celebrate the close World War II alliance between Russia and the U.S., and to honor veterans in both countries on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. Taylor is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Kessler)
Seaman Eric Chittams, from Baltimore, Md., stands ready aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50) to conduct evening colors while at anchorage. Taylor is participating in theater security cooperation activities in the Adriatic Sea. (U.S. Navy photo, Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Edward Kessler)
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Dec 03, 2010
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - USS Taylor, a guided missle Navy frigate, arrived in Savannah Thursday morning. The ship is named after a navy pilot who gave his life protecting a downed airman over north Vietnam in 1965.
The 453-foot ship just completed a six-month cross to the Arctic Sea port in Murmansk, Russia, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The ship will pass the Old Fort Jackson National Historic Landmark for a cannon salute at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The ship will be docked within the Georgia Ports Authority security perimeter and won't be open for public tours.
The USS Taylor is not open to the public, but sailors on board will take part in the Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony Sunday at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum.
Photo below taken by Dave's sister,
Mary Barkley. Taken at the National WWII
Memorial in Washington, DC
