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| 58k | MINSY 2851-44, Commodore Thomas S. Phelps. Born 2 Nov 1822 died 1901. Namesake of destroyer USS Phelps (DD 360). He served as Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard from 15 Jan 1881 until 15 March 1883. | Darryl Baker |
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| 158k | Undated, off Point Loma at the entrance of San Diego Bay.. | David Buell |
| 44k | In February 1936 Commander Rooks placed the new destroyer USS Phelps (DD-360) in commission and remained as her Commanding Officer until 1938. Photo #: NH 93157. Captain Albert H. Rooks, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Houston (CA-30), photographed circa 1940-1941. Courtesy of Otto Schwartz, USS Houston Association, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
| 120k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Running trials off Rockland, Maine, 17 December 1935. This view was taken while she was making 29.56 knots on Run Number 18 North. Note that the ship's battery of eight 5"/38 guns has not yet been installed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center | Fred Weiss |
| 139k | USS Phelps (DD-360) underway followed by other destroyers of the Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet, circa 1936. USS Dewey
(DD-349) is the next ship astern (USN Photo No NH 77096). | Robert Hurst |
| 103k | USS Dobbin (AD-2) photographed circa 1937, with several destroyers alongside. They include (from left to right): USS Phelps (DD-360), USS Worden (DD-352), USS MacDonough (DD-351), USS Dewey (DD-349) and USS Hull (DD-350). Note that some of these ships' hull numbers are painted close to the waterline, while others are about midway between the boot topping and the weather deck. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USN (Retired), 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 85k | USS Phelps (DD-360) undergoes an inclining experiment in Dry Dock 2 of the Boston Navy Yard on 4 March 1937. Boston Navy Yard photo 167-37, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13959. | Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard |
| 57k | Circa 1939, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 80k | USS Phelps at Pearl Harbour, circa late May 1942, following the Battle of the Coral Sea and shortly before the Battle of Midway (USN Pic No 80-G-66124). | Robert Hurst |
| 125k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Plan view, forward, taken while she was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 November 1942. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 99k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Off San Francisco, California, 11 December 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 103k | Starboard broadside view off USS Phelps (DD 360) in San Francisco Bay on 11 December 1942. | Darryl Baker |
| 179k | USS Phelps (DD-360) taken in San Francisco Bay 11 December 1942. | David Buell |
| 71k | February 1943, location unknown. Note that No.3 gun mount has been replaced by 40 mm Bofors AA guns; pole foremast in place of original tripod. | Robert Hurst |
| 71k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Underway at sea, 27 May 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 103k | Underway off Charleston Navy Yard, October 28 1944. | Robert Hurst |
| 90k | USS Phelps (DD-360) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, about November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 138k | USS Phelps (DD-360) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, about November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 134k | USS Phelps off the New York Navy Yard, 8 August 1945 (USN Photo No 19-N-87408). | Robert Hurst |
| 135k | Photo #: 80-G-332952: USS Phelps (DD-360) and USS McCall (DD-400) along with a frigate (PF) moored at Casco Bay, Maine, 9 August 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Scott Dyben |