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	144k	Commodore Thomas Macdonough was born 23 December 1783 in The Trap (now Macdonough), Delaware. He was appointed midshipman 5 February 1800 and participated with distinction in operations against Tripoli, 1803-04, serving on Philadelphia before her capture and volunteering for the dash into Tripoli Harbor with Decatur to burn the captured vessel. During the War of 1812, he commanded the United States Squadron on Lake Champlain. His energy in preparation and vigor in combat won a skillfully executed victory over the British in Plattsburg Bay, 11 September 1814 that had far-reaching effects. In denying control of the lake to the British, Macdonough’s victory forced the invading army to retire to Canada, and left no grounds for British territorial claims in the area at the Ghent peace conference. Honored by Congress with promotion to captain, he served as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard 1815-18, before assuming command of Guerriere and taking up station in the Mediterranean. He sailed to the Mediterranean again in 1824 as commanding officer of Constitution, but because of poor health was relieved 14 October 1825 at his own request. He departed for home in Edwin, but died at sea 10 November 1825 and was buried in Middletown, Conn.		Bill Gonyo
	104k	Undated photo of the Lawrence class ship USS MacDonough. This class was considered the least successful of the first batch of destroyers as they couldn't mount the then standard 3" gun. 6-pounders were substituted but this, along with their close grouped boiler arrangement, made them undesirable as first class fighting ships.		USN
	37k	As above, a print from the original glass negative.		USN
	73k	USS Lawrence (DD-8) and USS Macdonough (DD-9) fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company, shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902 (USN).		Robert Hurst
	78k	USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9) at anchor in 1908. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	124k	U.S. Navy Torpedo Craft at Cairo, Illinois During their Mississippi River cruise, 26 September 1909. Photographed by A.E. Kerr. They are (from left to right): USS Wilkes (Torpedo Boat # 35); USS Thornton (Torpedo Boat # 33); USS Tingey (Torpedo Boat # 34); and USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9). Note that all are flying 46-star jacks. Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	61k	Photo #: NH 100420, USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9) in the Mississippi River on 1 October 1909, possibly off St. Louis, Missouri. The original photograph was printed on a postal card that was mailed from St. Louis on 7 October 1909 with the message "There IS a hot time in St. Louis this week". Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	67k	USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) or USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9) Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, circa 1918. The receiving ships Richmond (left) and Cumberland (center) are in the background, at the St. Helena Naval Training Station. Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	126k	USS Macdonough at Philadelphia Navy Yard in Spring 1919. NHC photo 98604-A.		Gerd Matthes

LT Charles Sumner Bookwalter    Sep 6 1903 - 1904
LT Roland Irvin Curtin    1904 - Aug 8 1905
LT Albert Henry MacCarthy    Aug 8 1905 - Oct 20 1905
LT Kenneth Marratt Bennett    Oct 20 1905 - Sep 14 1906
LT Julius Frederick Hellweg    Sep 14 1906 - May 16 1907 (Later RADM)
(In reserve May 16 1907 - Nov 21 1908)
LT Willis Gemmill Mitchell    Nov 21 1908 - Dec 16 1909
(In reserve Dec 16 1909 - Oct 14 1912)
LT Charles "A" Blakeley    Oct 14 1912 - ?
ENS George Martin Cook    1914 - Dec 1915
LTJG John Harrison Semmes Dessez    Dec 1915 - Feb 1916
LCDR Robert Messinger Hinckley    Feb 1916 - Aug 8 1918
LCDR William Dwight Chandler, Jr.    Aug 8 1918 - Dec 6 1918
LT Rawson James Valentine    Dec 6 1918 - Sep 3 1919