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	90k	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. Photo of John B. Montgomery (DD-121) - Commandant Boston Navy Yard, June 3, 1862-Dec. 15, 1863 (Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-7245)		Robert M. Cieri/Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
	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
	48k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	170k	Undated, at San Diego. From the John Dickey collection.		Ed Zajkowski
	264k	Undated photo of three Curtis F8C-4 flying over the USS Montgomery (DD-121) at an unknown location. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.2011.003.209.003.		Mike Green
	138k	USS Montgomery (Destroyer # 121), Underway, 26 February 1919. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 45722.		Robert Hurst
	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
	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
	195k	Red Lead Row, San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as: (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. : NH 42539		Robert Hurst
	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.		-
	184k	The USS Montgomery (DD-121) and USS Gamble (DD-123) along with many others at San Diego on April 4 1939.		Jonathan Eno
	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.		-
	54k	Our Navy magazine June 1943.		Chet Morris

LCDR William Reynolds Purnell    Jul 26 1918 - Jan 1919 (Later RADM)
LT Thomas Lamison Sprague    Jan 1920 - Nov 1920 (Later ADM)
CDR William Alexander Glassford Jr.    Dec 28 1921 - Mar 13 1922 (Later VADM)
As DM-17
CDR Lee Payne Johnson    Aug 5 1931 - Mar 1932
LCDR Lloyd Erwin Clifford    Mar 1932 - Jun 1933
LCDR Omar Brown Earle    Jun 1933 - ?
LCDR William Edward Miller    ? 1934 - ? 1936
LCDR Robert Raymond Ferguson    ? 1936 - 1937
LCDR Donald Fitzrov McLean    ? 1940 - ? 1941
LCDR Richard A. Guthrie    ? 1941 - ?
LCDR Dwight Lyman Moody    ? 1943 - ?        
LCDR Dan Thomas Drain    May 23 1944 - Apr 23 1945

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