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	51k	Comdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, astronomer and hydrographer, was born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 14 January 1806. Appointed midshipman 1 February 1825, he achieved the rank of commander 14 September 1855. He was appointed Superintendent of the Department of Charts and Instruments in 1842, and upon the establishment of the Naval Observatory in 1844 became its first superintendent, holding that position until his resignation in April 1861. During this period he published some of his best known scientific works, and his “Wind and Current Charts,” “Sailing Directions,” and “Physical Geography of the Sea” remain standard. He became world famous as “Pathfinder of the Seas,” the leading oceanograpber of history. Following his resignation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Navy, in which he attained the rank of commodore. At the end of the war he occupied the chair of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. He died at Lexington, Va., 1 February 1873.		Bill Gonyo
	142k	USS Maury (DD-100) under construction at Bethlehem Steel's Quincy, Massachusetts shipyard.		Robert Hurst
	192k	Undated, nest of four destroyers alongside USS Shawmut (CM-4) where USS Maury (DD 100) and USS Mahan (DD 102) are the outboard ships.		Darryl Baker
	122k	Photo #: NH 43023, Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts USS Israel (Destroyer # 98) and USS Maury (Destroyer # 100) on the building ways, 20 June 1918. They were the builder's hull #s 304 and 306. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	216k	USS Maury (DD 100) in Gibraltar on January 17 1919. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	91k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania: Warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (from left to right): USS Wisconsin (Battleship # 9); USS Illinois (Battleship # 7); USS Alabama (Battleship # 8); a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser; two battleships, probably Connecticut class; USS Stringham (Destroyer # 83); USS Craven (Destroyer # 70); USS Maury (Destroyer # 100); and USS Sigourney (Destroyer # 81). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	78k	USS Lardner (DD-286) and USS Maury (DD-100) on 'red lead row' at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in May 1936. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.		Robert Hurst

LCDR John Henry Newton    Sep 23 1918 - 1919 (Later VADM)
CDR Henry Chalfant Gearing Jr.    ?
LCDR William Walter Wilson    ? 1923 - ?
LCDR Allen Hobbs    ? 1928 - Aug 1930