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	56k	Stephen Decatur was born on 5 January 1779 in Sinepuxent, Md. He was warranted a midshipman at the age of 19 and made his first cruise in the frigate United States. In command of the schooner Enterprise at the outbreak of the Tripolitan War, he captured the bomb ketch Mastico on 23 December 1803. He used this ship, renamed Intrepid, in his daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, 16 February 1804. He also distinguished himself during the attacks on Tripoli in command of a gunboat division. Promoted to captain he was assigned command of Constitution, and later, in November 1804, Congress. He negotiated with the Bey of Tunis at the close of the Tripolitan War, and returned to the United States in September 1805 with the Tunisian envoy. During the War of 1812 he commanded United States, capturing HMS Macedonian in one of the greatest single-ship actions of naval history. He took command of President at New York and attempting to slip through the blockade fell in with a British squadron of five heavy ships. After 2 hours of furi ous combat the frigate HMS Endymion was silenced but President had suffered such extensive damage that it was impossible to execute an escape. The twice-wounded Decatur reluctantly surrendered, but was paroled, landing at New London 22 February 1815. Returning to the Mediterranean in 1815, Decatur in Guerriere, negotiated a treaty with the Dey of Algiers which ended tribute and exacted full payment for injuries to Americans, then concluded similar agreements with the Bey of Tunis and the Bashaw of Tripoli. From November 1815 until killed by Commodore James Barron in a duel 22 March 1820, Decatur served on the Board of Navy Commissioners. Photo #: KN-2779. Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN (1779-1820) oil on wood, 35" x 27", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri
	52k	Artist's conception of the Decatur as built by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	130k	Undated, refueling from the US Antietam (CV-36) during Antietam's shakedown cruise.location unknown.		Daniel Dunham
	151k	As above.		Daniel Dunham
	150k	As above.		Daniel Dunham
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	41k	Undated, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.		Paul Rebold
	223k	Undated, location unknown.		Darryl Baker
	184k	Undated, location unknown.		Darryl Baker
	145k	Undated, USS Perry (DD-341) is alongside of USS Sicard (DD-346) transiting the Panama Canal.		Darryl Baker
	41k	Undated, image by the Baltimore Sun newspaper pictoralist, Mr. A. Aubrey Bodine.		Larry Backus
	77k	USS Decatur (DD-341) and USS Herbert (DD-160), undated and location unknown.		Gerd Matthes
	111k	Undated, location unknown.		Allan Greene
	202k	Undated, location unknown.		Mike Mohl
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Tommy Trampp
	105k	USS Perry (DD 340) and USS Decatur (DD 341) ready to be launched at Mare Island on October 29, 1921.		Darryl Baker
	241k	USS Decatur (DD-341) and USS Perry (DD-340) on the building ways on July 1 1921.		Darryl L. Baker
	254k	USS Decatur (DD 341) on the building ways on July 1 1921.		Darryl L. Baker
	111k	Stern view of USS Trever (DD 339) and USS Decatur (DD 341) at Mare Island in March 1922.		Darryl L. Baker
	160k	USS Walker (DD-163), USS Trever (DD-339), USS Perry (DD-340) and USS Decatur (DD-341) at Mare Island in April 1922. Note Trever, Perry and Decatur were not in commission.		Darryl L. Baker
	152k	Decatur (DD 341) underway in the mid-1920s, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	195k	Red Lead Row, San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as: (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. : NH 42539		Robert Hurst
	267k	At anchor as Flagship of Destroyer Squadron 11, circa 1923. Note the two large launch in the photo.		Darryl Baker
	166k	Steaming at sea in company with another destroyer, circa 1925.		Paul Rebold/Robert Hurst
	104k	USS Decatur (DD-341) underway during the Fleet Review, 4 June 1927. USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307) is partially visible in the left distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	120k	USS Decatur (DD-341) Underway during the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	101k	USS Decatur (DD-341) In the Panama Canal, during the 1920s or 1930s. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Harriet A. Harris, USN(NC)-Retired. Donated by Mrs. J.B. Redfield, 1961. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	261k	USS Decatur (DD-341) at a San Francisco pier in the 1930s.		Darryl Baker
	153k	USS Decatur (DD-341), At anchor, circa the 1930s. Color-tinted black & white photograph. Donation of the Lincoln County Museum, North Platte, Nebraska, 2010. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 107424-KN (color).		Robert Hurst
	137k	USS Decatur (DD 341) and USS Perry (DD 340) at a San Francisco pier in the 1930s.		Darryl Baker
	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
	80k	From the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Moody (DD-277), USS Decatur (DD-341) and USS McCawley in the Panama Canal circa the early 1930's.		Bruce Billig
	220k	August 1935, location unknown.		Gerd Matthes
	110k	USS Yorktown (CV 5), USS Texas (BB 35), USS Decater (DD 341), USS Jacob Jones (DD 130), and unidentified tug at Pier 7, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, on 19 October 1937. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.		Joe Radigan
	71k	Photo #: NH 67695, USS Decatur (DD-341) off Poughkeepsie, New York, 17 June 1939. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	146k	Wire Service photo with Decatur in the Hudson River June 14 1940.		Tommy Trampp
	89k	USS Decatur (DD-341) Off the New York Navy Yard, 7 August 1943. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	90k	USS Decatur (DD-341) Off the New York Navy Yard, 7 August 1943. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	44k	Circa 1944, location unknown.		-
	81k	Photo #: NH 91579, USS Decatur (DD-341) underway at sea, 22 January 1944. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Paul Rebold
	154k	USS Decatur (DD 341) coming alongside and refueling from USS Bennington (CV 20) in October-November 1944. They were taken by Lowell Love, a photographer aboard Bennington.		Steve Whitby
	166k	As above.		Steve Whitby

LT Charles Kyle Osborne    Aug 9 1922 - Dec 1922
LCDR Jesse Barrett (Oley) Oldendorf    May 17 1924 - ? (Later ADM)
LCDR Willard Everett Cheadle    May 27 1927 - Apr 16 1928
LCDR Aylmer Lee Morgan Jr.    Apr 16 1928 - ? 1930
LCDR Ralph Stafford Wentworth    1931 - Jun 1932
LCDR Robert Archibald Hall    Jun 1932 - May 1934
LCDR George Frederick Hussey Jr.    ? 1936 - 1936 (Later VADM)
LCDR Charles Clifford Hartman    ? 1936 - ? (Later RADM)
LCDR John Augustine Waters Jr.    Jan 1937 - 1937
LCDR Halstead Shaw Covington    ? 1938 - ?
LCDR Jesse Clyburn Sowell    ? 1939 - ?
LCDR Dewitt Clinton Ellis Hamberger    ? 1941 - Oct 15 1942
LCDR John Bernard Williams Jr.    Oct 15 1942 - Mar 3 1944
LCDR Donald George Wright    Mar 3 1944 - Dec 1 1944
LT Benjamin Burns Kirkland    Dec 1 1944 - Jul 28 1945