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| 66k | Josiah Tattnall was born near Savannah, Georgia, on 9 November 1795. He became a Midshipman in the Navy in January 1812, saw action during the War of 1812 and in the Barbary campaign that followed. During the last part of the decade, Lieutenant Tattnall served in the Pacific Squadron. In the 1820s and 30s, his activities included participation in campaigns against piracy in the West Indies, coast survey duty and command of the schooner Grampus. After promotion to Commander in 1838, he was in charge of several Navy facilities, served at sea in the Mediterranean and off Africa, and was wounded in combat during the Mexican War. As a Captain during the 1850s, he commanded the large frigate Independence, the Sacketts Harbor Naval Station on Lake Erie, and U.S. Navy forces in the Far East. While in the latter post, on 25 June 1859 he intervened in a battle between the Chinese and the British, aiding the latter. He justified his unneutral actions with the comment "blood is thicker than water". In February 1861, as southern states were leaving from the Union, Captain Tattnall resigned his commission to become an officer in the Georgia Navy and, soon after, in the Confederate States Navy. During 1861, he commanded the naval defenses of Georgia and South Carolina, participating in the battle of Port Royal, S.C., on 7 November. He was placed in charge of the naval defenses of Virginia in March 1862, and took over command of the pioneer ironclad Virginia after her battles with Federal warships on 8 and 9 March 1862. After two months of naval stalemate in the Hampton Roads area, the Confederate evacuation of Norfolk forced Tattnall to destroy the Virginia, an act supported by a subsequent court-martial. For the rest of the Civil War, Tattnall commanded naval forces in Georgia and the Savannah naval station. He lived in Canada for four years after the war, then returned to Georgia to serve as inspector of the port of Savannah. Josiah Tattnall died on 14 June 1871. | Bill Gonyo |
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| 82k | Undated, location unknown. | Roy Brooks FC1c/MN (SW) USNR |
| 100k | Undated, location unknown. | Manolo Budiño |
| 72k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 82k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hall |
| 108k | Undated, location unknown. | Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr |
| 83k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
| 41k | Portsmouth, England late 1970's. | Marc Piché |
| 101k | In Miami in the mid 1980's. | Marc Piché |
| 112k | Circa 1984 at the pier in Mayport, Florida. | Scott Hiorns |
| 125k | DN-SC-86-00514. Radar technicians aboard the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19) monitor the AN/UYA-4 weapons control display, October 24 1985. | Bill Gonyo |
| 74k | Mediterranean Sea, March 2 1988, a starboard bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) underway. Also visible is the frigate USS PAUL (FF-1080), the destroyer USS Stump (DD-978), the frigate USS Capodanno (FF-1093) and the guided missile destroyer USS luce (DDG-38). | Fred Weiss |
| 121k | DN-SC-90-04360. A five-man band performs beside the Mark 16 ASROC launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19) as the ship steams alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during an underway replenishment. Photo by PH2 Tracy Didas, February 26 1988. | Bill Gonyo |
| 130k | DN-SN-90-00367. Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Michael Rossi, left, conducts a tour of the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19). The TATTNALL is one of eight Navy ships taking part in Navy Appreciation Week, which is being sponsored by the local Navy League chapter. Port Everglades, FL photo by PH2 J. Alan Elliott, October 7 1988. | Bill Gonyo |
| 132k | DN-ST-89-02330. A sailor briefs visitors on chaff launchers aboard the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19). The TATTNALL is among eight ships here participating in Navy Appreciation Week sponsored by the Navy League. Port Everglades, FL photo by PH2 J. Alan Elliott, October 7 1988. | Bill Gonyo |
| 41k | Port Everglades FL, October 17 1988, Fire Control Technician 1st Class David Mehan watches from the stern of the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56) as the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) arrives for the beginning of Navy Appreciation Week, which is being sponsored by the local Navy League chapter. | Fred Weiss |
| 72k | Miami May 27 1989. | Marc Piché |
| 78k | Miami May 27 1989. | Marc Piché |
| 24k | Western Mediterranean May 23 1990. | Marc Piché |
| 69k | Egypt, August 22 1990, the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) transits the Suez Canal en route to the Mediterranean Sea following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield. | Fred Weiss |
| 84k | DN-SC-86-00515. A radar technician performs maintenance on the AN/SPS-52C three dimensional shipboard defense radar antenna aboard the guided missile destroyer USS TATTNALL (DDG-19), January 24 1995. | Bill Gonyo |
| 54k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
