THIS AND THAT

 Statistics for the Des Moines Website - August 2016 - shows how many people viewed the website each day​

Commissioning Ceremony Program - 1948

​"THE DES DESPATCH" - a Newsletter produced by the Supply Division which published the news from around the world.
​25 December 1951
19 December 1959
01 April 1960

​NEWSWEEK - 08 October 1951 - Article about the Mediterranean and the 6th Fleet

​THANKSGIVING DAY MENU - 22 November 1951

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES NEWSLETTER - OCT 1953-Des Moines

5th Anniversary Dinner Menu _11 Nov 1953

The Palimpsest - Nov 1953 Iowa Historical Society - USS Des Moines named after Capital of Iowa

History & Ship Picture - shared by Sandy Rock, wife of shipmate Robert Rock (deseased 1983)

1957 Easter Menu - Wardroom

1959 Des Moines Wallet Card

​ALL HANDS MAGAZINE - October 1960 , The 6th Fleet and other Navies honored Prince Henry the Navagator in Lisbon, Portugal

​Memorial -Des Moines brick in front of the American Legion Building in Southington CT.  I had this done to honor all who served on the Des Moines. Rich Muth, OI-Div, 1957-59