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5 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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| No Photo Available | - | USS Gamble (DD 123) was named jointly in honor of two brothers, heroes of the War of 1812. Lt. Peter Gamble, was born in Bordentown, N.J.; appointed midshipman 16 January 1809; served on Macdonough's flagship Saratoga in the Battle of Lake Champlain, being killed in action while in the act of sighting his gun 11 September 1814. Macdonough deplored his loss and commended his gallantry in action. Lt. Col. John M. Gamble, USMC, was born in Brooklyn, N.T., in 1791; appointed 2d Lt. 16 January 1809; and distinguished himself by coolness and bravery in many enterprises, including critical encounters with hostile natives of the Marquesa Islands during the absence of frigate Essex in 1813, and sailing a prize of Essex, with only a four-man crew and without benefit of a chart in a remarkable 17-day voyage to the Hawaiian Islands. He was breveted a Lt. Col. 3 March 1827 and died in New York 11 September 1836. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 104k | Destroyers at Mare Island Navy Yard, 1919. These ships are from left to right: USS Tarbell (DD-142); USS Thatcher (DD-162); USS Rizal (DD-174); USS Hart (DD-110); USS Hogan (DD-178); USS Gamble (DD-123); USS Ramsay (DD-124) and USS Williams (DD-108). Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps). Photo No NH 42538. | Robert Hurst | |
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73k | USS Gamble (DD-123) at Boston, Massachusetts, 24 February 1919. Photographed by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Crosby Collection (Photo No NH 105190). | Robert Hurst | |
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84k | This photo was made in late 1940 at the Golden Gate International Exposition (Worlds Fair) at San Francisco. | Grover C. Haynes, Jr. SM 1/c 1944/45 | |
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106k | This photo was made in December 1944 off San Francisco after an overhaul. | Grover C. Haynes, Jr. SM 1/c 1944/45 | |
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55k | 1920's image of Gamble in her original destroyer configuration. | - | |
| 78k | Photo #: NH 85033 USS Cuyama (Oiler # 3) at Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1919 with several destroyers alongside, from left to center: USS Walker (Destroyer # 163); USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164); and USS Thatcher (Destroyer # 162). USS Gamble (Destroyer # 123) is moored along Cuyama's port side. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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