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	87k	Lt. Weedon E. Osborne was born 13 November 1892 in Chicago, III. Appointed a Lt. (jg) and a dental surgeon in the Navy 8 May 1917, he was assigned duty with the 6th Reg. Marines 26 March 1918. During the advance on Boursches, France, in the Chateau Thierry area, he sought to aid the wounded and was killed while attempting to carry an injured officer to safety on 6 June. He was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross for“extraordinary herosim under fire. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy BUMED Library and Archives.		Tony Cowart/Bill Gonyo
	91k	USS Osborne (Destroyer # 295), Ship's Sponsors, Mrs. Harry Hutchins Fisher (Elizabeth Osborne) and Mrs. Channing C. Cox, in center front holding flowers, with their party at christening ceremonies held at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Squantum, Massachusetts, on 29 December 1919. Mrs. Fisher was sister of Lieutenant Weedon E. Osborne, USN (Dental Corps), in whose honor the ship was named. Collection of The Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 99998.		Robert Hurst
	84k	Photo # NH 42921 USS Osborne (DD-295) Underway in the Hudson River, off New York City, during the 1920s.		Daniel Dunham
	108k	Photo #: NH 83930, USS Osborne (DD-295), USS Gwin (DD-71), and USS DuPont (DD-152) moored to a buoy in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, circa 1920. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	101k	USS Osborne (DD-295) at dock in the Boston Navy Yard, MA, May 17 1920. Source Naval History Heritage and Command, Photo No. S-553-G.		Mike Green
	119k	Photo #: NH 57976, USS Osborne (DD-295) underway during the review of the U.S. Fleet by President Calvin Coolidge, 4 June 1927. USS Goff (DD-247) is in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart

LT Dennis Leo Ryan    May 17 1920 - Oct 22 1920
LCDR Henry Thomas Settle    Oct 22 1920 - Jan 10 1921
LCDR Theodore Stark Wilkinson    Jan 10 1921 - Jul 6 1921 (Later VADM)
LCDR Edward Banks Gibson    Jul 6 1921 - Jun 9 1924
LT Raymond Ames Spruance    Jun 9 1924 - Sep 12 1927 (Later ADM)
CDR Worrall Reed Carter    Sep 12 1927 - Jun 7 1929
CDR George Bennett Keester    Jun 7 1929 - May 1 1930

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