USS TOMICH DE 242

USS J. RICHARD WARD DE 243 and USS OTTERSTETTER DE 244

USS J. RICHARD WARD DE 243 in foreground and USS OTTERSTETTER DE 244 in distance.
Photo taken from aboard USS TOMICH DE 242

April 1946 - At sea in the mid-Pacific.
Tomich with sister ships bound for Pearl Harbor and
return to the USA for decommissioning.

Photo submitted by Neal Dyste
Aboard April 1945 until Decommissioning June 1946
"I served as First Assistant, then Chief Engineer. I went on inactive duty in
July 1946 and was in Reserve until final discharge in May 1955"