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	38k	Born in Philadelphia, 16 February 1783, Stephen Cassin entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1800, and served in Philadelphia in the West Indies during the latter part of the war with France. In the war of 1812, he commanded Ticonderoga in the Battle of Lake Champlain and was awarded a gold medal for bravery by Congress. Captain Cassin died in Washington, D.C., 29 August 1857.		Bill Gonyo
	34k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	54k	Undated, men on the deck of the Destroyer Cassin. George Hoffman, the man in the center background, was one of the men cited for special service when the Cassin was struck by a torpedo. Double torpedo tubes are shown at the left.		Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
	131k	USS Cassin (DD 43) date and place unknown., Photo from collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	100k	Photo #: NH 85774, USS Cummings (Destroyer # 44) and USS Cassin (Destroyer # 43) fitting out at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, in 1913. Halftone reproduction, published on a color-tinted postal card. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	24k	The Cassin was struck by a torpedo, on October 16, 1917, although badly disabled, the Cassin remained afloat, fired several shells at the submarine, and made port under her own steam.		Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
	40k	A series of three views of the damage sustained 16 October, 1917 from a torpedo launched from U-61. National Archives, Record Group 19-N.		Tracy White
	86k	As above.		Tracy White
	47k	As above.		Tracy White
	122k	USS Cassin (Destroyer # 43) Moored alongside another U.S. Navy destroyer, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 795.		Joe Radigan/Robert Hurst
	184k	USS Cassin (DD 43) Circa 1918. Photo from collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	128k	Circa 1919, the USS Cassin (DD-43) and unidentified sisters are anchored in the Azores Islands about the time of the Navy's transatlantic flight attempt. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1984/041.001.002.		Mike Green
	137k	Coast Guard destroyers Tucker (left) and the Cassin (right) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.		Mike Green
	37k	Undated on Coast Guard service.		Paul Rebold
	64k	1926, on Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.		Mike Green

LCDR Harris L. Laning    Aug 9 1913 - Jun 29 1914 (Later ADM)
LCDR Walter Newhall Vernou    Jun 29 1914 - 1914 (Later RADM)
LCDR Ernest Joseph King    1914 - ? (Later FADM)
CDR Abraham Claude    ? 1918 - ?
Under Coast Guard command
LCDR Frederick August Zeusler (USCG)    Nov 1926 - Sep 1927 (Later RADM)
LCDR Wilfred Neville Derby (USCG)    Sep 1927 - Nov 1930 (Later VADM)
LCDR Merlin O'Neill (USCG)    1932 - Jun 1933 (Later VADM)

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