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4 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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- | John B. Montgomery was born in New Jersey in 1794. He was appointed a Midshipman on 4 June 1812. He first served in the flagship Niagara in the victory of Lake Erie, September 1814. He was commissioned Lieutenant on 1 April 1818 and Commander on 9 December 1839. He commanded Naval Rendezvous, Boston in 1840. He was the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth of the Pacific Squadron (1845-48). He was promoted to Captain in 1853 and became Commander Pacific Squadron (1860-61). He was promoted to Commodore on 16 July 1862 and served as Commandant Boston Navy Yard (1862-63) and Commandant Navy Yard Washington (1864-65). He rose to the flag rank of Rear Admiral on 25 July 1866 and was Commandant Naval Station Sackett's Harbor, N.Y. (1867-69). Admiral Montgomery died on 25 March 1873 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. At the time of his death he was on the Retired List. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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65k | Undated, location unknown. | Jon Burdett | |
| 57k | Undated, USS Radford (DD-120) and USS Montgomery (DD-121) at Norfolk Navy Yard. | Randle M. Biddle | |
| 42k | Undated, USS Radford (DD-120) and USS Montgomery (DD-121) at Norfolk Navy Yard. | Randle M. Biddle | |
| 278k | Undated, location unknown. | Lou Keller | |
| 38k | New York Times newspaper clipping from August 17 1919 of the USS Radford (DD-120), USS Montgomery (DD-121) and other unidentified destroyers in the Panama Canal. | Mike Mohl | |
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129k | San Diego, CA circa 1920, USS Radford (DD-120), USS Sproston (DD-173), USS Breese (DD-122), USS Badger (DD-126) and USS Montgomery (DD-121). Naval Historical Center photo NH50241. | Daniel Dunham | |
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151k | Seen here in prewar colors with her sisters USS Breese (XDD-122/DM-18), USS Gamble (XDD-123/DM-15) and USS Ramsay (XDD-124/DM-16) as part of Mine Division Two. | - | |
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87k | Flush deck destroyer converted to a light minelayer (DM) prior to WW2. She is seen here at Dutch Harbor, Alaska in March, 1943. She and seven other of her flush deck sisters were converted to DM's in the years from 1930-1937. | - | |
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54k | Our Navy magazine June 1943. | Chet Morris | |
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