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56k | Photo #: KN-2779. Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN (1779-1820) oil on wood, 35" x 27", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 128k | Photo #: NH 98173, USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) and USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) fitting out at the William R. Trigg Company shipyard, Richmond, Virginia, 29 June 1901. The photographer was standing on Dale's after superstructure, looking forward and to starboard, with Decatur at the right. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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112k | USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) Steaming at high speed, while running trials in 1902. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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99k | USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) At anchor in Long Island Sound, circa 1903. The original was a color-tinted postal card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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126k | Photo #: NH 54648, USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) view on deck in Asiatic waters, circa 1905, showing an 18-inch torpedo partially withdrawn from its tube. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN, 1932. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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122k | The First Torpedo Flotilla steaming in close formation off Chefoo, China, in 1905, while under the command of Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Ships present are (as numbered): 1 USS Decatur (DD-5); 2 USS Dale (DD-4); 3 USS Barry (DD-2); 4 USS Chauncey (DD-3) and 4 USS Bainbridge (DD-1). Donation of Mrs J.R.Kean. 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W.Knox, USN (Retired) (Photo No 52102). | Robert Hurst | |
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60k | The First Torpedo Flotilla forming a 'wedge' formation while steaming off Chefoo, China, during the summer of 1905. Photographed from USS Dale (DD-4). The other ships present are (as numbered). 1 USS Decatur (DD-5), 2 USS Barry (DD-2); USS Chauncey (DD-3) and 4 USS Bainbridge (DD-1). The Flotilla was commanded by Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Donation by Mrs. J.R.Kean, 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (Retired) (Photo No NH 52103. | Robert Hurst | |
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86k | USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) Photographed circa 1907, while stationed in Asiatic watersNote the air scoops fitted to her portholes. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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92k | USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) Off Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, prior to World War I. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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93k | Waterfront at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, c1914-16. Ships present (from left to right) are: USS Monadnock (BM-3), USS Monterey (BM-6), USS Bainbridge (DD-1), USS Decatur (DD-5), USS Pampanga (PG-39) and the tug USS Piscataqua (later AT-49, (USN). | Robert Hurst | |
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171k | USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) Ship's Officers and Crew on deck in 1907. Some of those present are identified (as numbered): 1. Ensign John M. Smeallie, USN, Ship's Engineer; 2. Ensign Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commanding Officer; 3. Midshipman Hugh Allen, USN, Executive Officer; 4. Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Holmes; and 5. Seaman Eversole. Second from the left in the front row is Chief Quartermaster Michael V. Tobin. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph | Fred Weiss | |
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69k | Photo #: NH 54646, USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) stern view, taken while she was in dry dock at Gibraltar in 1918. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Fred Iverson collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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88k | Photo #: NH 54647, USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) bow view, taken while she was drydocked at Gibraltar, 1918. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Fred Iverson collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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120k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Destroyers in the Reserve Basin awaiting decommissioning, circa March-April 1919. Ships present include (from left to right). USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); unidentified "750-ton" destroyer; USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20); and unidentified "750-ton" destroyer. Note the bent bow on the third ship from right. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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168k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, Old destroyers in the Reserve Basin, 13 June 1919, while awaiting decommissioning. Note the truck and liferafts on the pier. These ships are (from left to right): USS Worden (Destroyer # 16); USS Barry (Destroyer # 2); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6) -- probably; USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); and USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5). Ships further to the right can not be identified. Courtesy of Frank Jankowski, 1981. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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81k | Photo #: NH 43036, Philadelphia Navy Yard, destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.dShips present are (from left to right): USS Isabel; four unidentified "750-ton" type destroyers; USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Barry (Destroyer # 2); USS Worden (Destroyer # 16); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); and USS Dale (Destroyer # 4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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