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	91k	Earle Wayne Freed Childs, born 1 August 1893 in Philadelphia, Pa., was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1915. He was appointed temporary Lieutenant on 15 October, 1917. As a lieutenant, he served in World War I in the submarine L-2. On board HMS H-5 as an observer, Lieutenant Childs was lost on March 2, 1918 when H-5 sank with all hands after a collision with a merchantman SS Rutherglen off the English coast. Lt. Childs was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously. The citation reads: "The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Earl W. F. Childs, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous submarine duty in the war zone".		Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo
	60k	Western Mediterranean circa 1920.		Marc Piché
	132k	Photo of the USS Childs (DD-241), USS Strurtevant (DD-249), USS Overton (DD-239) and USS King (DD-242) from the San Diego Photo Shop dated March 20 1925.		Ron Hanley
	171k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) (outboard), and USS Childs (DD-241) backing out of drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 6 June 1925. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	153k	4 June 1927, location unknown.		Joe Radigan
	177k	USS Childs (DD 241) place unknown negative dated June 4, 1927.		Darryl Baker
	78k	Miami, FL April 8 1928.		Marc Piché
	193k	USS Childs (DD 241) showing her damaged bow in April 1929.		Darryl Baker
	105k	The following 13 photographs are from the colection of H. P. Kreeft who served aboard the Childs Circa 1928-1929. This photo displays the aftermath of a collision with a schoner on April 4 1929.		Gene Kreeft
	101k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	149k	As above. The new bow.		Gene Kreeft
	109k	A portion of the Childs crew.		Gene Kreeft
	86k	Firing torpedoes.		Gene Kreeft
	76k	On a full speed run.		Gene Kreeft
	73k	Christmas menu 1928.		Gene Kreeft
	66k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	89k	Roster of the crew.		Gene Kreeft
	89k	Making a smoke screen.		Gene Kreeft
	51k	Three general views.		Gene Kreeft
	60k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	107k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	108k	Circa 1930's.		Marc Piché

CDR Irving Hall Mayfield    Oct 22 1920 - ?
LCDR John Lessie Hall Jr    ? mid 1920s - late 1920's
LCDR Joel William Bunkley    ? 1925 - ? (Later RADM)
CDR William Alden Hall    Oct 1925 - Jan 7 1926
LCDR John Harrison Semmes Dessez    Jan 7 1926 - Feb 1928
As the AVD-1
LCDR Harold Foster Fick    ? 1939 - ? (Later RADM)
CDR John Lockwood Pratt    ? 1941 - ?