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	90k	Thomas Walker Gilmer, born 6 April 1802 in Albemarle County, Va., served for many years in the Virginia House of Delegates, became Governor of Virginia in 1840, and was elected to Congress in 1841. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Tyler 15 February 1844 but was killed 28 February 1844 by the bursting of a gun while on board USS Princeton. Photo #: NH 54751. Thomas Walker Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy, 19 February 1844 - 28 February 1844, 19th Century engraving. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	114k	Undated, probably the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.		Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
	147k	Undated painting by an officer on the Gilmer and hung aboard until her decommissioning in 1946.		Scott McCoy
	232k	NH 90458. In European waters circa 1921, from Charles Sass collection.		Ed Zajkowski
	153k	Close-up of a 5"/51 guns aboard USS Gilmer (DD 233) date (likely circa 1921) and place unknown. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	131k	Photo taken from the bow showing an officer and the bridge of the USS Gilmer (DD 233) with the city of Zelinika, Yugoslavia in the background on 21 Jan 1921. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	74k	Bow view of USS Gilmer (DD 233) in dry dock at Pola, Italy on 8 Feb 1921. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	112k	Stern view showing damage starboard shaft of USS Gilmer (DD 233) in dry dock at Pola, Italy on 8 Feb 1921. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	102k	Stern view taken from the dry dock floor showing damage starboard shaft of USS Gilmer (DD 233) while in dry dock at Pola, Italy on 8 Feb 1921. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	130k	Stern view showing propellor damage of USS Gilmer (DD 233) in dry dock at Pola, Italy on 8 Feb 1921. From the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum.		Darryl Baker
	84k	USS Gilmer (DD-233)in Hampton Roads, Virginia, October 1922. Note her 5"/51 guns. She was one of five "flush-deck" destroyers to carry these weapons.		Paul Rebold
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LTJG Harold James Wright    Apr 30 1920 - ?
CDR Vaughn Kimball Coman    Feb 1 1923 - ?
CDR Martin Kellog Metcalf    ? 1923 - ?
LCDR Robert Todd Young    Dec 16 1926 - ? 1928
CDR John Reginald Beardall    Oct 1929 - May 1931 (Later RADM)
LCDR James Earl Boak    May 1931 - ?
CDR Thomas Baxter    ? 1934 - ?
CDR Gerald Laurence Schetky    ? 1936 - ?
(Decommissioned Aug 31 1938 - Sep 25 1939)
LCDR Ephraim Rankin McLean Jr.    ? 1939 - ? (Later VADM)
LCDR Burton Lee Doggett    ? 1940 - ?
LCDR Herman Oliff "Hop" Parish    Aug 1942 - ?
As the APD-11
CDR John S. Horner    ? (Later RADM)