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91k | [1] - MINSY 2854-44, Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge. Born 24 April 1804 died 15 Oct 1902. Namesake of destroyers USS Selfridge (DD 320) and (DD 357). He served as Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard from 28 May 1862 until 17 Oct 1864 as a Captain and again from 3 July 1872 until 3 July 1873 as a Read Admiral. [2] - Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., son of the above, was born in Charlestown, Mass., on 6 February 1836 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. At the beginning of the Civil War, he helped with efforts to destroy the untenable Norfolk Navy Yard; and he then escaped from that burning and beleaguered base in Cumberland, helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. He participated in the capture of the Hatteras forts and was on board Cumberland on 8 March 1862 when she was sunk by Confederate ironclad, Virginia. He then briefly commanded Monitor, after Lt. Worden was wounded; and commanded Alligator, an experimental submarine, in testing operations based at the Washington Navy Yard. In August, he joined the Mississippi Squadron, and subsequently commanded Cairo and Conestoga when those ships were sunk in action. Late in the war, he returned to the Atlantic where he commanded Huron in the attacks on Fort Fisher; and he participated in the ensuing bombardment of Fort Anderson and the capture of Wilmington. His postwar service included command of Nipsic, Enterprise, and Omaha, the last two on the Asiatic Station, and duty as Commander in Chief of the European Squadron from 1895 to 1898. He retired on 6 February 1898 and died on 4 February 1924. | Darryl Baker/Bill Gonyo |
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| 111k | Undated, location unknown. | Jon Burdett |
| 181k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 95k | USS Winslow (DD-359), USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Selfridge (DD-357) (listed from left to right) Moored together in San Diego Harbor, California, during the later 1930s. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNR, 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 106k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) Leading USS Clark (DD-361) during exercises at sea, circa the later 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 120k | October 26 1937 at Philadelphia Navy Yard. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 94k | Taken 4, 21, 1938 off Pearl Harbor, she was coming alongside the USS New Orleans on a 'mail run' and to refuel. | James D. McGrew |
| 80k | San Diego 1939. | Arthur Foster |
| 60k | A series of 5 photos of the battle damage sustained in the Battle of Vella Lavella on the night of October 6, 1943. Bow cut off. | Arthur Foster |
| 52k | As above, the day after at Noumea. | Arthur Foster |
| 60k | As above, the day after at Noumea. | Arthur Foster/Tracey White |
| 62k | As above, enroute to Purvis Bay. | Arthur Foster |
| 33k | As above, with false bow entering San Diego. | Arthur Foster |
| 72k | As above. | Robert Hurst/Tracy White |
| 72k | Mare Island Photo Number 677-44, December 1943 completion of false bow. | Tracy White |
| 140k | Mare Island Photo Number 954-44, January 1944 installation of forward upper section 3. | Tracy White |
| 104k | Mare Island Photo Number 1706-44, stern view of the battle damage to the USS Claxton (DD 571) at Mare Island on 13 March 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island in 10 March to 18 May 1944. The USS Selfridge (DD 357) is to the left and note her new dual and single 5" gun mounts. | Darryl Baker |
| 153k | Mare Island Photo Number 2203-44, aft plan view of USS Selfridge (DD 357) at Mare Island on 8 April 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 172k | Mare Island Photo Number 2206-44, amidships looking forward plan view of USS Selfridge (DD 357) at Mare Island on 8 April 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 99k | Mare Island Photo Number 2240-44, broadside view of USS Selfridge (DD 357) off Mare Island on 10 April 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 22d. | Darryl Baker |
| 47k | Mare Island 10th April, 1944 with single 5 in mount replacing No.3 turret, and No.2 turret removed. | Robert Hurst |
| 196k | USS Selfridge (DD 357) off San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island and the Oakland Bay Bridge in the background on April 10, 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 83k | Mare Island Photo Number 2240-44, close-up broadside view of USS Selfridge (DD 357) off Mare Island on 10 April 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 64k | Selfridge off San Francisco with the Oakland Bay Bridge in the background.on 10 April 1944. | Tracey White |
| 129k | April 19 1945, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |