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No Photo Available	-	Born in Virginia about 1750 Samuel Chew, a resident of Connecticut, was appointed by the Marine Committee 17 June 1777 to command the Continental Brigantine Resistance with which he had much success against British commerce. The brigantine, carrying ten four-pounders, fell in with a British Letter-of-Marque (20 guns) on 4 March 1778. In the hand-to-hand struggle which ensued, Captain Chew, fighting gallantly, was killed but his ship managed to break off the battle with its superior opponent and return safely to Boston.		Robert M. Cieri
	97k	USS Chew (DD-106) and USS Ward (DD-139) at Hilo Sugar Docks, Territory of Hawaii, 22 July 1941. Courtesy of Mr. Jesse Pond (VP-1) via Mr. Robert Varrill. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Joe Radigan
	120k	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. photo, 8 October 1918.		Joe Radigan
	87k	USS Chew (DD-106), Underway at sea in the eastern Pacific area, 2 August 1945. Note the late World War II configuration of this old destroyer: aftermost of her original four smokestacks removed, with the remaining three shortened; retention of midships torpedo tubes and original four 4"/50 guns, with one gun still mounted on her main deck aft; and "K-Gun" depth charge throwers in place of her after torpedo tubes. Chew's paint scheme is somewhat reminiscent of the 1941 vintage Camouflage Measure One, with dark paint except on her smokestack tops and (apparently) her upper upper foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #: 80-G-277132.		Robert Hurst
	57k	USS Chew (DD-106), USS Tarbell (DD-142), USS Belknap (APD-34) and ex DD-251 at Naval Air Station Cape May, New Jersey on 24 November 1945.		Gerd Matthes

CDR Jacob Henry Klein Jr.    Dec 12 1918 - Sep 17 1919
LCDR Edward Hollis Connor    Sep 17 1919 - Oct 25 1920
CDR Edwin Burke Woodworth    Oct 25 1920 - Jan 5 1921
LT Paul Farnam Fultz    Jan 5 1922 - Jun 1 1922
(Decommissioned June 1 1922 - October 14 1940)
LCDR Edward Louis Beck    Oct 14 1940 - Dec 12 1941 (Later RADM)
LCDR Harry Reid Hummer Jr.    Dec 12 1941 - Oct 18 1942 (Later RADM)
LCDR Peter Harry Horn    Oct 18 1942 - Jan 27 1943
LCDR Winston Seaborn Brown    Jan 27 1943 - Jan 10 1944
LCDR Alan George Grant    Jan 10 1944 - Apr 14 1945
LCDR Joseph James Mannion    Apr 14 1945 - Oct 15 1945 

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