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No Photo Available	-	Hugh P. Kidder was born in Waukon. Iowa, in 1897. He was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm and star during World War I for courage and endurance while carrying orders to advanced positions under violent machine gun fire during a period of 9 days. Lt. Kidder was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Blanch Mont. France, 2 to 3 October 1918 when he led a small patrol into enemy trenches and captured two strong machine gun positions. First Lieutenant Kidder was killed in action 3 October attempting to better his position in the face of heavy machine gun and artillery fire.		Robert M. Cieri
	82k	Undated, location unknown.		Daniel Dunham
	96k	USS Kidder underway, off Pacific Coast outside San Diego Harbor. Photo by renowned naval photographer O.W. Waterman, after relocating his studio to San Diego [722 Broadway] from East Coast, sometime around 1919.		Jim Geldert
	200k	USS Kidder (DD 319) in San Francisco Bay in 1921. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		David Buell/Darryl Baker
	75k	San Diego, CA circa 1920's. USS Shirk (DD-318), USS Kidder (DD-319), USS La Vallette (DD-315), USS Sloat (DD-316), USS Yarborough (DD-314) and USS Wood (DD-317). Naval Historical Center photo NH 69509.		Daniel Dunham
	53k	Circa early 1920's. The four destroyers nearest the camera at the left are the USS La Vallette (DD-315), USS Wood (DD-317), USS Yarborough (DD-314) and USS Kidder (DD-319). Naval Historical Center photo NH 71034.		Daniel Dunham
	337k	Aerial view of six destroyers in Mare Island's dry dock #2 between August 13 - 25, 1922. The shipyard's records indicate that the six destroyers were in hull number order as: USS Yarborough (DD 314), USS La Vallette (DD 315), USS Sloat (DD 316), USS Wood (DD 317), USS Shirk (DD 318) and USS Kidder (DD 319).		Darryl Baker
	62k	US Beaver (AS-5) leads the USS Kidder (DD-319) and USS MacDonough (DD-331) out to sea through the Golden Gate April 15 1925. Naval Historical Center photo NH 72402.		Daniel Dunham
	82k	Stripped and awaiting scrapping at Alameda, CA, March 22 1931. Naval Historical Center photo NH 73003.		Daniel Dunham

CDR Harry Jefferson Abbett    Feb 7 1921 - ?
LCDR Chauncey Armlyn Lucas    ? 1923 - ?