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86k | James C. Jarvis, born in 1787, was appointed midshipman from the state of New York in 1799. Midshipman Jarvis was killed at the age of 13 during the historic engagement between the famed frigate Constellation and the French frigate La Vengeance in the West Indies, 01 February 1800. Sent aloft in command of the topmen to secure Constellation's unsupported mainmast, he refused to come down when warned that the mast might topple: "My post is here. I can't leave it until ordered." As the mast crashed, Jarvis was swept over the side with the falling rigging. Honoring Jarvis for his bravery and devotion to duty, the Sixth Congress by Joint Resolution, 29 March 1800, deemed his conduct "deserving of the highest praise" and his loss "a subject of national regret."
The image displayed is a painting of the Constellation - La Vengeance fight by Irwin John Bevan (1852-1940). | Bill Gonyo |
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17k | Running trials on 17 September 1912. Her armament has not yet been installed. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 52188 | Robert Hurst |
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176k | Jarvis photographed after removal of some of her damaged bow's wreckage, circa July 1918. Note board shoring at waterline.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 101631, courtesy Jack Howland, 1987 | Darryl Baker/John W. Klar/Mike Green |
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83k | A view of USS Jarvis (Destroyer No. 38) in drydock at Brest, France, July 1918. The wreckage of her bow has not yet been cut away. | Dave Wright |
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108k | USS Jarvis (Destroyer No. 38) in drydock at Brest, France after a collision with USS Benham (Destroyer No. 49) on July 22, 1918. Here the wreckage of her bow had been cut away by a repair gang from USS Prometheus (AR-3). Upon completion of these temporary repairs, the Jarvis went to Birkenhead, England, where permanent repairs were completed in September 1918. Collection of Mr. Peter K. Connelly. Loaned by Mr. William H. Davis in 1967. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 64983. | Mike Green |
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48k | USS Jarvis (destroyer # 38) in dry dock in Brest, France, 1918 after her collision with USS Benham. From http://www.naval-history.net/ | Robert Hurst |
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60k | As above. | Robert Hurst |
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76k | Destroyers USS Little (DD-79), USS Jarvis (DD-38) and USS Burrows (DD-29) lying in the inner harbor at Brest, Finistere, ready for convoy duty, on October 27, 1918. Source: Imperial War Museum, American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo No.© IWM (Q 68328). | Mike Green |
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136k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the of the Battleship USS Mississippi (Battleship # 41), at anchor, circa early or mid-1919. Destroyers Jarvis (# 38) and Mayrant (# 31) are moored to her port side. This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Mississippi. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 106603. | Robert Hurst |
