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	73k	John Robert Monaghan was born on 26 March 1873 in Chawelah, Wash. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from the state of Washington on 7 September 1891. Classmates wrote "I've got a drop of the Irish blood in me mesilf," as a nod to his ancestry, and he played baseball at the Academy, on both the class teams (1892, 1893 and 1894), and on the Academy (1892 and 1894), playing right field during the 1894 season. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1895. After service in monitor Monadnock and Alert he was assigned to the cruiser Philadelphia, flagship of the Pacific Station. During a combined American and British reconnaissance near Apia, Samoa, on 1 April 1899, the American detachment, from Philadelphia, under the command of Lt. Philip V. Lansdale, came under fire from hostile Samoans "which it was impossible to withstand."During the ensuing retreat, Lansdale fell, wounded, as he attempted to cover the retreat with a machine gun. Monaghan seized a rifle "from a disabled man [to make] a brave defense." The Samoans rushed them. Ensign Monaghan, one observer later wrote, "stood steadfast by his wounded superior and friend; one rifle against many -- one brave man against a score of savages. He knew he was doomed. He could not yield. He died in heroic performance of duty..." Photo #: NH 47734. Ensign John R. Monaghan, USN contemporary photograph of an 1897 vintage artwork portrait. Ensign Monaghan was killed in action at Samoa on 1 April 1899. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri
	51k	Photo #: NH 95195, USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32) photographed prior to World War I by Waterman. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983.		Tony Cowart
	179k	Newspaper clipping from the February 19, 1911 issue of The Times-Dispatch of Richmond, VA displaying the ship's sponsor at the Christening.		Mike Mohl
	58k	Photo #: NH 50126, USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32) at anchor, circa 1912. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	45k	Photo #: NH 99855, Destroyers at Dry Tortugas coaling station, Florida, 15 March 1914. Members of the Second Division, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, these ships are (from left to right): USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32); USS Sterett (Destroyer # 27); and (perhaps) USS Terry (Destroyer # 25). This photo is one of a series from the collection of a USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) crewmember, which was another member of the division. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	94k	USS Monaghan (DD-32) in the right backgorund c1916. In the foreground U.S sailors in waders can be seen tending a Martin Model S tractor seaplane.		Robert Hurst
	73k	USS Scoter (SP-20) passing USS L-1 (Submarine # 40) while underway, probably in 1916. USS L-4 (Submarine # 42) and USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32) are in the background. U.S. Naval Historical Centre photo # NH 65071.		Robert Hurst
	116k	USCG Monaghan (CG-15, ex-USS DD-32), USCG Roe (CG-18, ex-DD-24), USCG McDougal (CG-6, ex-DD-54) and USCG Ammen (ex-DD-35) at New York Navy Yard, 20 October 1926.		Robert Hurst
	48k	On Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.		Mike Green

LCDR William Pigott Cronan    Jun 21 1911 - Dec 1911
LT Franck Taylor Evans    Dec 1911 - May 1914
LTJG John Franklin Cox    ? 1916 - ?
LCDR Calvin Hayes Cobb    ? 1919 - ?
Under Coast Guard command
LCDR Frederick August Zeusler (USCG)    Oct 1925 - Nov 1926 (Later RADM)
LCDR Lyndon Spencer (USCG)    Nov 1926 - Oct 1928 (Later VADM)
LCDR Louis Bernhardt Olson (USCG)    1929 - 1930 (Later RADM)
LCDR Merlin O'Neill (USCG)    Oct 1931 - 1932 (Later VADM)

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