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No Photo Available	-	Seaman John McFarland, USN, entered the Navy at Boston, Mass., 24 December 1861 as seaman on Ohio, later transferring to Hartford in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Rated captain of the forecastle, he had the station at the wheel in every engagement in which Hartford participated. During the Battle of Mobile Bay 4 and 5 August 1864. McFarland left his sickbed to take up station, keeping the wheel of Admiral Farragut’s flagship throughout the storm of shell and shot. He was commended by his commanding officers for his fortitude and intelligence and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallant and meritorious service. The circumstances and date of his death are unknown.		Bill Gonyo
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION to the UNITED STATES SHIP McFARLAND for service as set forth in the following Citation: "For outstanding performance during action with enemy Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, June 20 to October 16, 1942. Serving in turn as a seaplane tender, escort vessel, patrol boat, and cargo and troop carrier, the McFARLAND, under constant threat of hostile attack, delivered urgently needed supplies to American troops on Guadalcanal until eventually disabled by Japanese dive bombers and towed to port for repair. Her restoration to combatant status, at a time when she might easily have been given up for lost, is a distinctive tribute to the courageous tenacity of her officers and men.” For the President, Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy
	157k	USS McFarland (DD 237) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	225k	USS McFarland (DD 237) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	248k	Undated, Havana Harbor.		Ron Reeves
	78k	USS McFarland (DD-237) At Venice, Italy, during the 1920s. The original photo is dated 1927, but was more probably taken circa 1922-23. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	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
	100k	Coming alongside USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) in mid-ocean to send a sick man on board for treatment, during the mid-1920s. Photographed by Ray, USS Pittsburgh. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	92k	Photographed during the 1920s or 1930s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	139k	USS McFarland (DD-237) Leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on 4 August 1932, after being recommissioned. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Robert McFarland
	66k	San Francisco Bay, late 1930s.		Fred Weiss

LCDR Preston B. Haines    Sep 30 1920 - ?
LCDR Robert Dudley Kirkpatrick    Jun 1930 - Dec 1930
LCDR Jerome Lee Allen    Jun 1934 - May 1935
As the AVD-14
LCDR H. S. Calvin    unknown
Reclassified DD-237 December 1 1943
LCDR Earle Grace Gardner Jr.    Jan 1943 - Apr 1944