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United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) — service history

This is the full service history. For the vessel's particulars, photograph and specifications, see the entry.

In the words of the US Navy. The account below is reproduced verbatim from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command — a work of the United States Government, in the public domain, and the only text on this site not written here.

Before commissioning

Everett Frederick Larson, born 3 September 1920 in Stamford, Conn., enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 13 January 1942. Serving on Guadalcanal, Private First Class Larson was killed in action 8 October 1942, while attempting to swim the Matankiau River under heavy enemy fire to rescue a wounded comrade. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for this selfless courage, and shared in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his division for its actions on Guadalcanal.

Second World War 1939–1945

1943

The name Everett F. Larson was assigned to DE-554 on 30 November 1943, canceled on 10 June 1944, and reassigned to DD-830 on 10 July 1944.

1945 Marines

USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
Photo of USS Everett F Larson DD-830/DDR-830, a Gearing class Destroyer taken from the port bridge wing of unknown destroyer. The Lawson was built as a destroyer in 1945, reclassified as DDR-830 in March of 1949 and reclassified again DD-830 after FRAM upgrades in 1963. Photo undated ( before FRAM upgrade in Jan of 1963 ) and uncredited Offical US Navy Photograph Harley Flowers from Mobile, USA — USS Everett F Lawson DD-830 — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons

Everett F. Larson (DD-830) was launched 28 January 1945 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. H. Larson, mother of Private First Class Larson; and commissioned 6 April 1945, Commander H. Meyers in command. She was reclassified DDR-830 on 18 March 1949.

Everett F. Larson sailed from Boston 1 August 1945 for the Pacific, and on 29 September arrived at Tokyo Bay. During her lengthy occupation service, she participated in the landing of Marines at Taku, China, in October 1945, and in Operation "Road's End," the sinking of 24 captured Japanese submarines in April 1946. She put in to San Diego, Calif., 21 December, bound for Newport, R.I., her assigned home port, where she arrived 19 March 1947.

During her 9 years with the Atlantic Fleet, Everett F. Larson completed seven tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, patrolling the Near East during the crisis over the Palestine partition and joining in NATO training cruises in 1948 and 1955, and participated in antisubmarine warfare activities off the east coast, as well as training in the Caribbean.

Cold War 1954–1963

1956

USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
The U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830), in the late 1950s. USN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons

On 28 June 1956, Everett F. Larson arrived at Long Beach, Calif., her home port for duty in the Pacific Fleet. Operations off the coast of California, and north to Seattle, prepared her for deployments to the Far East in 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1960. During these she served on patrol duty off Taiwan, exercised off Okinawa and in the Philippines, and acted as escort and plane guard for the carriers of TF 77. Outward bound for her 1958 tour, she called at Pago Pago, Samoa, and Auckland, New Zealand.

1960

Everett F. Larson's last eastern Pacific operation prior to her 1960 deployment to the western Pacific was as a unit of the U.S. First Fleet passing in review in the annual "Great White Fleet Review", in September 1960, in San Francisco Bay.

Other photographs

Held for this vessel, and not tied to any part of the account above.

USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
U.S. Navy SH-3A Sea King helicopters from USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) join search and rescue operations over the stern section of USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) , as USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) stands ready to offer assistance (at right) on 2 June 1969. HMS Cleopatra (F28) is also present. Frank E. Evans was cut in two in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) during SEAT U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Durin at English Wikipedia ., 2005-12-13 (original upload date) — Official United States Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Navyl History and Heritage Command, Photo NH 98649 ; originally from en.wikipedia ; description page is/was here — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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DD-916 JeonBuk of Korean Navy which was transferred from US Navy in 1972. DD-916 was originally DD-830 USS Everett F. Larson Rheo1905 — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons
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A float-equipped and Aérospatiale Alouette II helicopter drops a torpedo alongside the U.S. Navy radar-picket destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830), in the Pacific in 1959. The crew of the destroyer tender USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36) spent 400 man-hours to clean the 8.5 x 12.2 m fantail of the destroyer of all obstacles. Interestingly, a radar-picket destroyer was chosen for the anti-submarine tr USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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A float-equipped and torpedo-armed Aérospatiale Alouette II helicopter lands on the U.S. Navy radar-picket destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830), in the Pacific in 1959. The crew of the destroyer tender USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36) spent 400 man-hours to clean the 8.5 x 12.2 m fantail of the destroyer of all obstacles. Interestingly, a radar-picket destroyer was chosen for the anti-submarine trial USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
A float-equipped and torpedo-armed Aérospatiale Alouette II helicopter lands on the U.S. Navy radar-picket destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830), in the Pacific in 1959. The crew of the destroyer tender USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36) spent 400 man-hours to clean the 8.5 x 12.2 m fantail of the destroyer of all obstacles. Interestingly, a radar-picket destroyer was chosen for the anti-submarine trial USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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A Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH drone from the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) in flight, in 1965. U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The stern section of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) tied up alongside USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830), after she was cut in two in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R12), 3 June 1969. The ships were participating in Southeast Asian Treaty Organization exercises in the South China Sea when the collision occurred. PH2 Robert Green, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 98651 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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Warships of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet anchored off the city of Istanbul, Turkey, during a good will visit, 2 March 1950. Note the U.S. Navy personnel on the landing in left center, with United States and Turkish flags flying nearby. Ships present are (from left to right): the destroyer USS Glennon (DD-840); USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865); the heavy cruiser USS Newport New s (CA-148); USS Everett F U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-413452 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) at Hong Kong in 1969. USN — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) 1969 cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) fires her forward 5/38 guns while supporting South Vietnamese troops in Vietnam's Military Region One, 1972. PH1 C.R. Pedrick, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 98646 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830): jacket patch of the ship's insignia used after 1962. Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 67186-A-KN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), 28 April 1945. U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-81507 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) refueling from the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVS-20) in the Gulf of Tonkin, in 1965. Bennington , with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 22 March to 7 October 1965. U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) shelling targets in Vietnam, in 1965. U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) underway at sea c1963. U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hornet (CVS-12) 1963-1964 cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons

References

Every work this entry draws on. There are no numbered markers in the text above: what we hold is the provenance of the page — this history, this article, these photographs.

  1. History Everett F. Larson (DD-830) Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Naval History and Heritage Command. A work of the United States Government, in the public domain — the only text on this site reproduced verbatim.
  2. Facts USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) Structured facts only — dates, dimensions, armament and fate. No wording is taken from it. Harvested 1 August 2026.
  3. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) underway off the coast of Oahu on 16 April 1969 PH2 G.W. MacDonald, U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 98644 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  4. Photograph USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) post collision U.S. Navy; The original uploader was Durin at English Wikipedia ., 2005-12-13 (original upload date) — Official United States Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Navyl History and Heritage Command, Photo NH 98649 ; originally from en.wikipedia ; description page is/was here — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  5. Photograph DD916 Jeonbuk 1 Rheo1905 — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons
  6. Photograph Alouette II drops torpedo near USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830) 1959 USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  7. Photograph Alouette II landing on fantail of USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830) 1959 USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  8. Photograph Alouette II landing on USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830) 1959 USN — U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1959 , p. 7 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  9. Photograph Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH drone from USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) in flight, in 1965 U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  10. Photograph Stern section of USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) tied up alongside USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830), 3 June 1969 (NH 98651) PH2 Robert Green, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 98651 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  11. Photograph US 6th Fleet warships at Istanbul in March 1950 U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-413452 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  12. Photograph USS Everett F Lawson DD-830 (50908678202) Harley Flowers from Mobile, USA — USS Everett F Lawson DD-830 — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons
  13. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) at Hong Kong in 1969 USN — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) 1969 cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  14. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) fires on targets in Vietnam, in 1972 (NH 98646) PH1 C.R. Pedrick, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 98646 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  15. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) Insiginia Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 67186-A-KN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  16. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), 28 April 1945 (19-N-81507) U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-81507 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  17. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) refueling from USS Bennington (CVS-20) in the Gulf of Tonkin, in 1965 U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  18. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) shelling targets in Vietnam, in 1965 U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  19. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) underway at sea c1963 U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hornet (CVS-12) 1963-1964 cruise book available at Navysite.de — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons
  20. Photograph USS Everett F. Larson (DDR-830) underway in May 1958 USN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons