Roy L Gamble Collection

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Photos and other ephemera related to the U.S. Navy service of Roy L Gamble from 1945 - 46. He served on USS PC-1260 (later renamed Durango) and on USS Sumner County (LST-1148).

From Cindy M. Gamble:
"My Dad enlisted in the Navy 5 days after his 17th birthday in Eagle, CO. His entry date was 1/22/1945 and release date was 7/6/1946. He was assigned to the USS Sumner County (LST-1148) but some time during his service was assigned to the Durango PC-1260. I have several photos of him and his ship mates on both ships. While looking for information on I ran across the fact that the PC-1260 is afloat on the Columbia River at Fairview, Oregon. I am sure my Dad wasn't aware of this fact or he would have visited it as he lived in Grants Pass, OR for some time. While on the ship in 45-46 there was a typhoon in the Pacific that sunk some ship and beat the heck out of the rest. The flag on the ship was shredded from the storm. When they arrived back on US shores, he happen to be walking past the ship as they were lowering the flag and asked the Commander what he was going to do with the flag. Burn it was the answer and my Dad asked if he could have it. It has been neatly folded in his top drawer my entire life until about 8 years ago when I bought him a flag shadow box to display it. My Dad passed away on June 27th, 2013. I now proudly display that battered flag. I have attached the pictures of the 1260 where it sits in Oregon, as well as some photos taken of the ship and crew."

From Cindy M. Gamble:
"I must correct some previous statements about my Dad's Navy service. Upon looking at his enlistment papers he was assigned to both ships, the USS Sumner County (LST-1148) and the PC-1260 Durango. He was delivered to Shoemaker, CA upon his discharge. I have scanned his papers along with several pictures which I believe mostly were taken on the PC-1260 because that is the ship he talked about the most and the ship in the pictures are too small to be the LST-1148. I have also included some pictures of other ships he took pictures of as well as a picture of Sipan and Tingha (New South Wales - Australia)."


 


 

From Cindy M. Gamble:

PC 1260 in retirement: 17 July 2012
"Marginally afloat, being held in place by steel pilings set through the hull. Its on the Columbia River at Fairview, [Oregon] just a few miles upriver from Portland International Airport. The identification was made from the raised weld number outlines (reading: "PC 1260") on the stern"

 


 

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