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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
	132k	Undated photo of the USS Gilmer (DD-233). Source: Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph, Photo No. NH 73267.		Mike Green
	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
	58k	USS Gilmer (DD-233) in October, 1942, just prior to conversion into APD. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph, Photo No. NH 91126.		Mike Green
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LTJG Harold James Wright    Apr 30 1920 - Sep 24 1920
LCDR Marion Clinton Robertson    Sep 24 1920 - Jan 1 1922 
LCDR Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum Jr.    Jan 1 1922 - Jul 10 1923
CDR Martin Kellog Metcalf    Jul 10 1923 - Dec 21 1924
LCDR Richard Somers Galloway    Dec 21 1924 - ?
CDR Vaughan Kimball Coman    ? - Dec 3 1925
CDR Charles Frank Russell    Dec 3 1925 -  Dec 16 1926
LCDR Robert Todd Young    Dec 16 1926 - Oct 1929
CDR John Reginald Beardall    Oct 1929 - Jun 14 1930 (Later RADM)
LCDR Marshall Collins    Jun 14 1930 - Oct 10 1931 
LCDR James Earl Boak    Oct 10 1931 - Apr 9 1932
CDR Thomas Baxter    Apr 9 1932 - Apr 4 1934
LCDR Lawrence Wainwright    Apr 4 1934 - Jul 7 1936
CDR Gerald Laurence Schetky    Jul 7 1936 - Aug 31 1938 
(Decommissioned Aug 31 1938 - Sep 25 1939)
LCDR Ephraim Rankin McLean Jr.    Sep 25 1939 - Jul 31 1940 (Later VADM)
LCDR Burton Lee Doggett    Jul 31 1940 - Aug 13 1941
LCDR Herman Oliff "Hop" Parish    Aug 13 1941 - Dec 9 1942
As the APD-11
CDR John Stuart Horner    Dec 9 1942 - Dec 29 1944 (Later RADM)
LT Walter Clarence Quant    Dec 29 1944 - Feb 5 1946