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Al but 6 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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73k | Photo #: NH 47734. Ensign John R. Monaghan, USN contemporary photograph of an 1897 vintage artwork portrait. Ensign Monaghan was killed in action at Samoa on 1 April 1899. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 106k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 70k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 66k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 65k | Pre War Image, Undated. The Farraguts were the 1st post war class of destroyers built, Note the increased armament to 5-5"/38 guns. The raised forecastle emphasized good seakeeping qualities designed into this class. Despite these improvements in sea keeping Monaghan foundered in the Typhoon of December 17 1944 with heavy loss of life. | - | |
| 133k | The USS Balch (DD 363) appears to be coming alongside of another ship with USS Aylwin (DD 355), USS Monaghan (DD 354), USS Farragut (DD 348) and another unidentified destroyer in San Diego circa 1936. | Darryl Baker | |
| 85k | USS Dale (DD-353) (left) Leading USS Monaghan (DD-354) through a turn during an exhibition by Destroyer Squadron Twenty ships, staged for Movietone News, off San Diego, California, on 14 September 1936.Courtesy of Commander Robert L. Ghormley, Jr., USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 59k | USS Monaghan (DD-354), USS Dale (DD-353) and USS Worden (DD-352) of DesRon 20 steaming in line abreast for a Movietone News camera, September 1936, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 90k | 30 May 1937, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 75k | USS Monaghan (DD 354) and USS Dale (DD 353) coming out of a smoke screen during Fleet Problem XX, held in February 1939 in the Caribbean and off the Northeast coast of South America. USN photo. | Joe Radigan | |
| 160k | Painting from the Battle of Komandorskie Islands March 26 1943 presented to James T. Story. | Barbara Story Blye | |
| 152k | Lieutenant Commander Eugene E. Lindsey, USN, Commanding Officer of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) Is assisted into a breeches bouy for transfer from USS Monaghan (DD-354) to USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 31 May 1942, while the ships were en route to the Midway area. He had been picked up by the destroyer on 28 May, after his TBD-1 "Devastator" torpedo bomber had crashed attempting to land on the carrier. Aviation Radioman First Class Charles T. Granat is partially visible behind Lindsey, waiting his turn on the "high line". The other member of the plane's crew, Chief Aviation Pilot Thomas E. Schaeffer is standing with hands in pockets, just to left of the transfer group. Lindsey and Granat were killed in action attacking the Japanese fleet on 4 June 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. | Joe Radigan | |
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