From Beginning to End   At the tenth reunion of the USS Forrest Royal DD-872 in June 2010, there was one (1) individual, James Fulton a Signalman, who Commission the Forrest Royal and three (3) who decommission her, Richard Berke a Boatswain Mate, Thomas Moore a Fire Control Technician, and Reginald Williams a Boiler Technician. From left to right Richard Berke, Reginald Williams, James Fulton and Thomas Moore.  The crew present enjoyed visiting Battle Ship Cove and touring the USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr (DD-850).  It brought back lots of memories from when we all serving on the Forrest Royal.  Since the Joseph Kennedy was the same class and frame style as the Royal, it allowed everyone to talk about where they slept and worked.  A few members brought family members to the reunion.  The Kennedy allowed them to show family members how they lived and where they worked during their tour aboard the Forrest Royal. The Forrest Royal was commission on June 29, 1946 and decommission on March 27, 1971 in Mayport, FL.  She was transferred to the government of Turkey and renamed TCG Adatepe (D-353).  The Adatepe was scrapped in 1993.