Filming of the Movie "THIRTEEN DAYS"
Our Port of Call: Goat Island Marina,Goat Island, Newport, RI.

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Welcome to Goat Island, our "naval station!	JPK tied up to the Goat Island Marina.
This is a plywood afterdeckouse built by the movie crew on the Aft flight deck. Inside are latrines and generators.	Another angle of the deckhouse.
Here Kennedy is pierside sporting her new look.	Tony, keep holding that gun. I'll be right back...honest.
DD853? Isn't that the Charles Roan? Actually, this is JPK undergoing "make-up" to appear as the USS John Pierce DD753.	Up goes the 7.
USS John Pierce DD753 (AKA DD850).	Looking aft at "DD753".
Here JPK DD850 is outfitted as John Pierce complete with DesRon 8 insignia. Its interesting to note that JPK was flag of DesRon 8 in the 1950's.	JPK returns as DD850 to play herself in the movie.
JPK got fuel here at the marina. mainly diesel fuel for her Original electrical generator. JPK used her own generator (circa 1945) for over 300 hours to supply light, power, etc for the ship.	(Left-Right) Ray Raposo- USS Charles P Cecil DD835, Charlie Boothroyd -USS Stribling DD867, Clarence "Smitty" Smith -USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Tony Horman -USS Newman K Perry DD883. These men are shown loitering on the pier whereas the Shore Patrol had to come down and put them back on the ship.
Please note: The USS John Pierce DD753 was not a Gearing class destroyer but a Sumner class. John Pierce was also never Fram'd like the JPK DD850. Though DD850 was painted with 753, She looks nothing like the real USS John Pierce DD753. Here is the original John Pierce in 1961.

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