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No Photo Available	-	William W. Kennison, born 28 February 1828 in Massachusetts, was appointed Acting Master's Mate 28 August 1861. During the Civil War he was promoted to Volunteer Lieutenant for gallant conduct in action between the CSS Merrimac and the USS Cumberland 7 March 1862. Following the war, he was honorably discharged 4 May 1866, but was reappointed Acting Master 20 August 1866. His final muster out date was 16 November 1868.		Robert M. Cieri
	96k	Undated, location unknown.		Joe Radigan
	201k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	135k	Launching at Mare Island on June 8, 1918.		Darryl Baker
	230k	Post World War I San Diego image including the USS Walker (DD-163), USS Lea (DD-118), USS Gamble (DD-123), USS Montgomery (DD-121), USS Roper (DD-147), USS Ramsay (DD-124), USS Tarbell (DD-142), USS Thatcher (DD-162), USS Evans (DD-78), USS Crosby (DD-164), USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), USS Hazelwood (DD-107), USS Gillis (DD-260), USS McLanahan (DD-264), USS Howard (DD-179), USS Schley (DD-103), USS Dorsey (DD-117), USS Tattnall (DD-125), USS Wickes (DD-75), USS Laub (DD-263), USS Zane (DD-327), USS Perry (DD-340) and USS Alden (DD-211).		Mike Mohl
	177k	Mare Island Navy Yard, California, View looking south along the quay wall from Material Stores, to the north of the ferry slip, in mid-1919. The destroyers fitting out at left are, from outboard to inboard: USS Hamilton (Destroyer # 141); USS Claxton (Destroyer # 140); and USS Kennison (Destroyer # 138). Collection of William H. Topley. Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1971. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 74060.		Robert Hurst
	109k	USS Kennison (DD 138) with the USS Nanshaw (AG 3) aft of her in dry dock #2 at Mare Island on July 1, 1919.		Darryl Baker
	109k	USS Kennison (DD 138) alongside USS Claxton (DD 140) at Mare Island on July 1, 1919.		Darryl Baker
	140k	USS Kennison in the Mare Island channel departing the yard on Oct. 6, 1919.		Darryl Baker
	115k	Panoramic photograph of the Division's ships, taken by O.A.Tunnell in San Diego Harbour, California, probably on 14 August 1920. The ships are, from left to right: USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Claxton (DD-140); USS Ward (DD-139); USS Boggs (DD-136); and USS Hamilton (DD-141). The image is copied from the original print for Photo # NH106144. Donation of Rear Admiral Joe Stanton Thompson, USN (Retired), 2008. US Naval Historical Centre Photo # NH 106144-A.		Robert Hurst
	138k	Destroyers refitting at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California View taken circa 1921-22. Many of these ships are being modified to place the after 4"/50 gun atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Ships present include (listed from the foreground): USS Lamberton (DD-119); unidentified destroyer; USS Breese (DD-122); USS Radford (DD-120); unidentified destroyer; USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Tarbell (DD-142); USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Delphy (DD-261); USS McFarland (DD-237); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Lea (DD-118); and two unidentified destroyers. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	105k	USS Kennison (DD-138) underway, circa 1921-1922, after her after 4"/50 gun was remounted atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 69347.		Robert Hurst
	153k	Destroyers laid up at San Diego, California. Some of the eighty reserve destroyers in San Diego harbor, part of some 260 destroyers laid up there and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph dated 29 December 1926. Identifiable ships present include (from left to right): USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Jacob Jones (DD-130); USS Aulick (DD-258); USS Babbitt (DD-128); USS Twiggs (DD-127); and USS Badger (DD-126). Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	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
	90k	USS Kennison (DD-138) in Mare Island Navy Shipyard circa 1943-1944. USS Kennison is painted in Measure 14.		Gerd Matthes
	131k	Circa 1944, location unknown.		Marc Piché
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	181k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	136k	USS Kennison (AG 83) in San Diego circa 1945.		Darryl Baker

CDR Roy Philip Emrich    Apr 2 1919 - Aug 21 1920
CDR Abram Claude    Aug 21 1920 - Nov 26 1920
LT Frank Loper Lowe    Nov 26 1920 - Jan 5 1921
LCDR Harold Dodd    Jan 5 1921 - Jun 22 1922
(Decommissioned Jun 22 1922  - Dec 18 1939)
LT William Giers Michelet    Dec 18 1939 - Mar 20 1941
LT Bennett Smith Copping    Mar 20 1941 - Nov 14 1942 
LCDR Joseph Ronald Hamley    Feb 14 1942 - Feb 26 1943                            
LCDR James Buchanan Weller    Feb 26 1943 - Aug 31 1943
LCDR Richard Edward Babb    Aug 31 1943 - Sep 21 1944
LCDR Richard Francis Young    Sep 21 1944 - Nov 18 1945

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