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	59k	David Glasgow Farragut was born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tenn. on 5 July 1801. He entered the Navy as a midshipman 17 December 1810. When only 12 years old, he was given command of a prize ship taken by Essex, and brought her safely to port. Through the years that followed, in one assignment after another he showed the high ability and devotion to duty which was to allow him in the Civil War to make an overwhelming contribution to victory and to write an immortal page in the history of not only the United States Navy but of military service of all times and nations. In command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, with his flag in Hartford he disproved the theory that forts ashore held superiority over naval forces, when in April 1862 he ran past Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the Chalmette batteries to take the great city and port of New Orleans (a decisive event in the war) and later that year passed the batteries defending Vicksburg. Port Hudson fell to him 9 July 1863, and on 5 August 1864 he won a great victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, passing through heavy minefields (the torpedoes of his famous quotation: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"), as well as the opposition of heavy batteries in Forts Morgan and Gaines to defeat the squadron of Admiral Franklin Buchanan. His country honored its great sailor by creating for him the rank of Admiral, never before used in the United States Navy. Admiral Farragut's last active service was in command of the European Squadron with Franklin as his flagship. He died at Portsmouth, N.H., 14 August 1870. Photo of Admiral David G. Farragut circa 1863 from the Mathew Brady Collection.		Bill Gonyo/Robert M. Cieri
	200k	Undated, location unknown. From the John Dickey collection.		Ed Zajkowski
	209k	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation poster of the launching of USS Farragut (DD 300) on November 21, 1918. Poster includes photo of the ship's sponsor Mrs. T. M. Potts. Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	151k	April 20 1920, location unknown. From the John Dickey collection.		Ed Zajkowski
	121k	USS Farragut (Destroyer # 300) Making 15 knots while running trials in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, on 22 May 1920. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	84k	USS Farragut (Destroyer # 300) steaming at high speed during trials. Probably photographed in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, on 22 May 1920. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	58k	USS Farragut (DD-300) Receiving a tow from USS Neches (AO-5), on 4 April 1923. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 84679		Original: Fred Weiss Replacement: Robert Hurst
	98k	USS Farragut (DD-300) rolling in heavy seas, during the 1920s. Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	127k	Underway replenishment during 1925.		Gerd Matthes
	126k	Launching a torpedo during 1925.		Gerd Matthes
	103k	USS Farragut (DD-300) Depicted in leather and inked silk on the cover of Albert Chamberlain's "Memory Book" of his tour as a member of the ship's crew, circa 1925. Front cover of the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 98012-KN		Robert Hurst
	83k	USS Reno (DD-303) (left) and USS Farragut (DD-300) (right) off the coast of one of the Hawaiian Islands, circa 1925. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 98017		Fred Weiss
	129k	USS Farragut (DD-300) In dry dock, circa 1925, with a sister ship alongside. Note her hull number. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	151k	USS Farragut (DD-300) In drydock, circa 1925. Note the rivets in her hull plating, rudder, propellers, propeller guards and depth charge racks. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	163k	USS Farragut (DD-300) In dry dock, circa 1925, with a sister ship alongside. Note depth charge racks on her stern. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	158k	USS Farragut (DD-300) Inspection on the ship's foredeck, circa 1925. The gun in the center is a 4"/50. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	104k	Curtiss HS-2L flying boat Under tow by USS Farragut (DD-300), circa 1925. USS McDermut (DD-262) is in the distance. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	109k	USS Farragut (DD-300) photographed at the time of a fatal gun accident on board, January 1926 (USN Photo No 69004).		Robert Hurst
	112k	USS Farragut (DD-300) Welcoming King Neptune and his Court on board the ship, at the beginning of a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	74k	Photo #: NH 82561: USS Farragut (DD-300) underway, circa 1925. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. On 8 September 1923, while serving with Destroyer Squadron ELEVEN, she narrowly escaped destruction when seven of the squadron's destroyers were wrecked at Honda Point, California.		Fabio Peņa
	135k	Destroyers moored together at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1925 The ships present include (from right to left): USS Somers (DD-301); USS Farragut (DD-300); USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299); USS Percival (DD-298); and USS Stoddert (DD-302). The outboard destroyer (furthest to the left) can not be identified. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	59k	From the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Decatur (DD-341), USS Somers (DD-301), USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299), USS Farragut (DD-300), USS Percival (DD-298), USS Wiliam Jones (DD-308) and USS Zeilin (DD-313) circa the early 1930's.		Bruce Billig
	116k	Circa 1930s, location unknown.		David Buell
	39k 32k	Ship's Store ten cent token.		Tommy Trampp

CDR Pierre Light Wilson    Jun 4 1920 - Jan 5 1922

CDR William Satterlee Pye    Jan 5 1922 - Jul 9 1922 (Later VADM)

CDR Nathan Woodworth Post    Jul 9 1922 - Jun 15 1923

LCDR John Franklin McClain    Jun 15 1923 - Jul 6 1924

LCDR Charles Edwin Reordan    Jul 6 1924 - Oct 15 1925

CDR Ernest Wheeler McKee    Oct 15 1925 - Oct 1 1927

CDR William Fuller Gresham    Oct 1 1927 - Sep 4 1928

CDR Donald Flanner Patterson    Sep 4 1928 - Apr 1 1930

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