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63k | Photo #: 80-G-K-17588. Captain David Porter, U.S.N. (1780-1843) portrait in oils, possibly by John Trumbull. Photographed September 1954 by PHC A.L. Brooks. This portrait is in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. David Porter was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 February 1780. He entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1798 and served in the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars. He became a prisoner-of-war when USS Philadelphia was captured off Tripoli in October 1803. Following his release in 1805, Porter commanded USS Enterprise and later was in charge of naval forces at New Orleans, Louisiana. During the War of 1812, Captain Porter was Commanding Officer of the frigate Essex during her wide-ranging assault on British shipping, a campaign that continued until Essex was overwhelmed by HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valpariso, Chile, on 28 March 1814. Following the War, Porter was a member of the Board of Navy Commissioners and led an expedition to supress West Indies piracy in 1823-25. He resigned his commission in 1826 and spent three years as commander-in- chief of the Mexican navy. Porter died on 3 March 1843 while serving as U.S. Minister to Turkey. | Bill Gonyo | |
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78k | Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, (1813-1891) was born at Chester, Pennsylvania, on 8 June 1813, the son of Commodore David Porter (1780-1843). His naval career began as a midshipman in 1829, and included service in the peacetime cruising Navy, the Mexican War and the U.S. Civil War. The latter conflict saw him rapidly rise from the rank of Lieutenant to Rear Admiral. In 1862, he was in charge of the Mortar Flotilla during the campaign to capture New Orleans and the lower Mississippi River. He took command of the Mississippi Squadron in October 1862 and led it through the active phase of the Western Rivers campaigns. Rear Admiral Porter spent the last several months of the Civil War in command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Following the War, Porter was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1866 and served as Superintendant of the Naval Academy. He became the Navy's senior officer, with the rank of Admiral in 1870, and remained an influential figure in naval affairs until his death on 13 February 1891. | Bill Gonyo | |
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| 57k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 118k | USS Porter (DD-356) Off Yorktown, Virginia, 19 April 1939. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 65k | USS Porter (DD-356) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 November 1941, following her last pre-war overhaul. Note that an "FC" radar antenna has been fitted to her main battery director. Her mast has been modified to receive the antenna for an "SC" radar set, but the antenna has not yet been installed. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
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| 95k | As above uncropped, Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 July 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 76k | As above uncropped, 1942 photo of the Porter. She still carries the 1.1/75 quad mount behind #2 turret and her aft mount has been relocated to port to make room for a 20mm mount to starboard. | Fred Weiss | |
| 172k | 1942 photo of the Porter. She still carries the 1.1/75 quad mount behind #2 turret and her aft mount has been relocated to port to make room for a 20mm mount to starboard. | - | |
| 49k | Our Navy magazine May 1943. | Chet Morris | |
CDR Forrest Betton Royal Aug 25 1936 - ? (Later RADM) LCDR David G. Roberts ? - Oct 26 1942
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