Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
James Henry Gillis James P. Gillis	33k 113k	Named for John P. Gillis and James Henry Gillis. James Henry Gillis, born 14 May 1831 in Ridgway, Pa., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. Three years later, while serving in store ship Supply he rescued the crew of a floundered Argentine ship during a violent storm. During the Civil War he served with Union Squadrons blockading the Confederacy and subsequently commanded Michigan, Franklin (Flagship European Station), Lackawanna, Minnesota, and Hartford (Flagship Pacific Station). Appointed Rear Admiral in 1888, he retired on 14 May 1893. Known as the "Sailor with a charmed life" because he never lost a man at sea, Rear Admiral Gillis died 6 December 1910 at Melbourne Beach, Fla. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. John P. Gillis, born 6 September 1803 in Wilmington, Del., was appointed Midshipman in 1825. He served with distinction in the Mexican War at the capture of Tuspan and in 1853-54 sailed with Commodore Perry's expedition to open Japan to the West. During the Civil War he commanded Monticello, Seminole, and Ossipee in the Union blockade and subsequently was on duty at New York until retiring in 1866. Commodore Gillis died 25 February 1873 in the city of his birth. Image from the Historical Society of Delaware.		Bill Gonyo
	132k	USS Gillis (DD-260) 1929 in San Diego. Photo by Lieutenant Commander Don P. Moon. Copied from John D. Alden’s book Flush Decks And Four Pipes.		Paul Rebold
	42k	Undated, appears to be a painting or post card image of the Gillis.		Paul Rebold
As AVD-12
	103k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold

LCDR Webb Trammell    Sep 3 1919 - ?
LCDR John Postell Heath    ? 1940 - ?