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USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) underway with destroyers in November 1962.jpg

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) steams with an "honour guard" of four destroyers, as a Change of Command ceremony takes place on her fight deck, 28 November 1962. Captain E.P. Kline relieved Captain G.C. Bullard as the carrier's Commanding Officer during the ceremony, which took place while she was operating in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet.

The destroyers, all units of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 19, are (at left): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951); (alongside the carrier): USS Black (DD-666) and USS Dennis J. Buckley (DDR-808).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97346 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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