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144k | Born 10 April 1754 in Marshfield, Mass., George Little was appointed first lieutenant of the Massachusetts ship Protector in 1779, and was aboard in 1781 when she fought a running battle with the British ship Thames. In a later engagement he was captured, imprisoned, but later escaped. He was given command of Massachusetts ship Winthrop which captured two British privateers, armed brig Meriam, and a number of other vessels. Commissioned captain, USN, 4 March 1799, Little was given command of frigate Boston. He culminated a brilliant fighting career during the quasi-war with France by capturing Le Berceau and seven other ships. Little died at Weymouth, Mass., 22 July 1809. | Bill Gonyo | |
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133k | Launching at Fore River, November 11 1917. Digital ID: npcc 20355, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
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168k | View looking aft from her foremast crow's nest, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918. Note: "dazzle" camouflage, davits, motor whaleboat, motor launch and gig, triple torpedo tubes, mattress splinter protection around her after conning station, and life rafts. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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119k | Photo #: NH 51340, USS Little (DD-79) view of the ship's wake, taken while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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85k | Running trials in icy waters, 4 March 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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178k | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as USS Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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141k | View looking aft from the starboard midships superstructure, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 23 October 1918. Note her cowl ventilators, davits, motor launch and triple torpedo tubes. Another destroyer is in the left distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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132k | Photo #: NH 41705. USS Little (Destroyer # 79) gun crew practicing with the ship's forward 4"/50 gun, in the Atlantic, 23 October 1918. The ammunition appears to be wooden drill rounds. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
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67k | Photo #: NH 41709, USS Little (Destroyer # 79) view over the ship's stern, showing her depth charge racks and after 4"/50 gun, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Paul Rebold | |
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57k | USS Little (Destroyer # 79) depth charge racks and 4"/50 gun on the ship's stern, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Paul Rebold | |
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73k | Photo #: NH 50022: USS Little (DD-79) at Boston, Massachusetts, 18 January 1919. Panoramic photograph, taken by Crosby. Note mattress splinter shielding hung around her bridge. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Scott Dyben | |
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61k | Photographed circa 1919-20. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
LCDR Joseph Knefler Taussig Apr 6 1918 - ? (Later VADM) LCDR Theodore Gordon Ellyson Jul 1920 - Sep 1920 LCDR Kenneth Earl Nov 4 1940 - ? CDR Gus Brynolf Lofberg Jr. ? - Sep 5 1942
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