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52k | Rear Adm. Alfred Thayer Mahan, born 27 September 1840 at West Point, N.Y., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1859 and served with the South Atlantic and western Gulf Blockading Squadrons during the Civil War. Later appointed President of the Naval War College, he served two tours, 1886-89 and 1892-93. His widely admired study, “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History,” and his many other well reasoned and scholarly books and articles have made a major impact upon geopolitical thought and modern theories of world strategy and have established Mahan’s place among history’s great thinkers. Having retired in 1896, he was recalled during the Spanish-American War to serve on the Naval Strategy Board. Among his many activities during the years which followed were service as a delegate to the First Peace Conference at The Hague; as a member of the Board of Visitors, Naval Academy, 1903; with the Senate Commission on Merchant Marine, 1904; as a member of the Commission to Report on the
Reorganization of the Navy Department; and as a lecturer at the Naval War College. He died at Washington, D.C. 1 December 1914. Photo #: NH 48056-KN. Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN (1840-1914), portrait in oils by an unidentified artist. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. Navy Art Accession #: 65-350-FS. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
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| 60k | Undated, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 162k | Underway at sea, circa 1938. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 107k | Underway at sea, circa 1938. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Robert Hurst |
| 77k | At sea, with her torpedo tubes manned and trained to port, 8 February 1938. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 91k | Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 110k | USS Mahan (DD-364) manoeuvers near another destroyer and a battleship
during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (USN Photo No 80-G-30169). | Robert Hurst |
| 124k | USN Photo 80-G-36088: Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-43. USS South Dakota (BB 57) and two destroyers alongside USS Prometheus (AR 3) for repairs, probably at Noumea, New Caledonia, in November 1942. The inboard destroyer, with the distorted bow, is probably USS Mahan (DD 364), which was damaged in a collision with South Dakota at the close of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 27 October 1942. South Dakota received damage in both that battle and in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. The other destroyer may be USS Lamson (DD 367). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Joe Radigan |
| 107k | Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 June 1944. Her camouflage design is Measure 31, Design 23d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | - |
| 81k | Uncropped version of the photo above, | Fred Weiss |
| 93k | Navy Photo 3680-44, stern view of USS Mahan (DD 364) off Mare Island on 21 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 27 June 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 95k | Navy Photo 3685-44, bow on view of USS Mahan (DD 364) departing Mare Island on 21 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 27 June 1944. | Darryl Baker |
| 95k | Navy Photo 3685-44, after plan view of USS Mahan (DD 364) at Mare Island on 24 June 1944. Circled areas indicate modification accomplished by the yard during the overhaul. | Darryl Baker |
| 157k | Closeup view of the ship's forward superstructure, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 June 1944. View looks down on the port side of the pilothouse, and shows the ship's Mark 33 gun director, with fire control radar antenna, in the upper right. Also seen are her two forward 5"/38 Mark 21 gun mounts, non-skid deck treads, and life rafts. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
| Fred Weiss |
6 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
