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No Photo Available	-	Jesse M. Roper, born on 29 October 1851 at Glasgow, Mo., was appointed midshipman in June 1868 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1872. Commissioned lieutenant commander in 1899, he assumed command of Petrel shortly thereafter. On 31 March 1901, while Petrel was moored at Cavite, Phillipine Islands [sic; Philippine Islands], fire broke out in the sail room, adjacent to the magazines. Lieutenant Commander Roper went down into the burning area twice. Overcome by smoke on his last descent - to rescue a trapped seaman - Lieutenant Commander Roper suffocated before help could reach him.		Robert M. Cieri
	159k	Undated early war color image of Roper in early war camouflage, location unknown.		-
	89k	Undated color image showing original configuration of the Wickes class 4 stack destroyers.		-
	73k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	143k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	97k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	95k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	110k	Undated wartime picture of USS Roper (DD-147) underway on convoy escort duty, location unknown, from "Anti-Submarine Warfare: An Illustrated History" by David Owen.		Robert Hurst
	77k	USS Roper (DD-147), USS Elliot (DD-146), and a sister flush decker are alongside a pier on the San Francisco waterfront shortly after being rebuilt at the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1930 (Author's Collection). Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.		Robert Hurst
	301k	Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone. Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fabio Peña
	30k	Circa 1937.		Joe Radigan
	79k	New York City September 1937.		Marc Piché
	30k	Circa 1942.		Joe Radigan
	76k	January 5, 1943 photo shows the Roper as originally built, retaining all four stacks.		-

CDR Abram Claude    Feb 15 1919 - Oct 1919
LCDR John Franklin McClain    Oct 1919 - Oct 1919
(Decommissioned Oct 1922 - Mar 18 1930)
CDR Jay Knight Esler    ? 1932 - ?
LCDR Homer William Graf    Jun 1 1934 - Jul 1935
LCDR Hugh William Hadley    1937 - 1938
LCDR Harry Ensor Hubbard    Apr 22 1939 - Jun 21 1940
LCDR Henry Edward Richter    Jun 21 1940 - ?
LCDR Hamilton Wilcox Howe    1941 - ? (Later RADM)
 As the APD-20
LCDR Ulysses B. Carter    ? 1944 - ?