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	81k	Robert Smith was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on 3 November 1757. He served in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. Following graduation from Princeton in 1781, he practiced law and was active in Maryland politics during the next two decades. On 27 July 1801, Robert Smith became Secretary of the Navy in the Jefferson Administration. He held that position throughout the 1801-05 war with Tripoli. In 1809, Smith left his Navy post to become Secretary of State, remaining in that office until April 1811. He thereafter was active in Maryland affairs. Robert Smith died in Baltimore, Maryland, on 26 November 1842. USS Robert Smith (DD-324), 1921-1931, was named in honor of Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith. Photo #: NH 77361-KN. Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, 27 July 1801 - 7 March 1809 portrait by Freeman Thorpe. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	172k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	104k	USS Robert Smith (DD-324) underway during the early 1920s, probably while conducting surface firing exercises. Note the target hung just forward of the ship's mainmast. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 67859.		Robert Hurst
	109k	USS Mullany (DD-325), USS Robert Smith (DD-324), USS Chase (DD-323) and USS Mervine (DD-322) in Melbourne circa 1924.		Marc Piché
	82k	The tender USS Melville (AD-2) with Destroyer Division 35 alongside and all are flying full colours during Navy Day in San Diego, California, 28 October 1927. From left to right are the USS MacDonough (DD-331), USS Mervine (DD-322), USS Marcus (DD-321), USS Mullany (DD-325), USS Chase (DD-323), USS Robert Smith (DD-324) and USS Selfridge (DD-320). Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.		Robert Hurst

LCDR Paul Marshall Bates    Mar 17 1921 - ?
LCDR Henry Rupert Keller    ? 1923 - ?
CDR John William Lewis    Dec 18 1924 - ?
CDR Francis John Comerford    May 12 1927 - ?
CDR Francis Warren Rockwell    ? 1930 - ? (Later VADM)

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