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	65k	Charles Stillman Sperry, born in Brooklyn, NY, 3 September 1847, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1866. In November 1898 he became commanding officer of Yorktown, and later served as senior officer of the Southern Squadron on the Asiatic Station and as President of the Naval War College. As a rear admiral, he served in the United States delegation to the Geneva Convention and the Second Hague Conference, and as Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet, he led the Great White Fleet during the major portion of its historic cruise around the world in 1907 and 1908. Admiral Sperry retired 3 September 1909, but subsequently was recalled to active duty for special service. He died 1 February 1911 in Washington, D.C. Digital ID: ggbain 03507, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
USS Sperry (DD-697)
	141k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	144k	Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 9d.		© Richard Leonhardt
	105k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	65k	Undated, location unknown.		Steve Connelly
	141k	Undated, location unknown.		Steve Connelly
	115k	Undated, location unknown.		Steve Connelly
	82k	Undated, location unknown.		Steve Connelly
	97k	Undated, location unknown. Signed by the Commanding Officer.		Steve Connelly
	99k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	150k	Undated, location unknown.		Bill Gonyo
	110k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	74k	Souvenir button of the launching of the USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) on March 13 1944. Courtesy of www.timepassagesnostalgia.com.		Tom Kerman
	64k	The USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) has just been signed over to the U.S. Navy by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.,on 16 May 1944 and is transiting the New York harbor. The following day she was commissioned. Photo Courtesy of the National Archives Photo #19-N-66384		Bill Gonyo
	281k	August 18 1944 off New York.		Ed Zajkowski
	150k	USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), photographed in the Western Pacific during late 1944 or early 1945 by Photographer’s Mate 3/C Paul D. Guttman.		Robert Guttman
	223k	The USS Dixie (AD 14) with a nest of destroyers alongside at Leyte in April-May 1945 time frame. The destroyers are from left to right: USS Compton (DD 705), USS Ault (DD 698), USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697), USS English (DD 696), USS John W. Weeks (DD 701) and USS Borie (DD 704).		Darryl Baker
	114k	USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) on fire after being hit by two Kamikazes on 11 May 1945. The USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) is alongside fighting fires, barely visible are the superstructure and funnels of USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) behind Bunker Hill. The Image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W. Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier Essex (CV-9) during 1944-1945. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation. Photo # 983.046.010.144.		Robert Hurst
	34k	USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) and USS Waldron (DD-699) pierside in Guantanamo Bay, Santiago de Cuba 7-24-1948 to 8-07-1948 with Cass in the foreground.		Cass Carr
	209k	USS Casade (AD 16) with USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697), USS Moale (DD 693) and USS Pompon (SSR 267) along side. Ships in the background in include left to right: USS Randolph (CVA 15), USS Waccamaw (AO 69), USS Mississinewa (AO 144) and two other auxiliaries I can't ID. All at anchor some place in the Mediterranean on September 12, 1956.		Darryl Baker
	149k	Genoa, Italy on December 26 1960.		Carlo Martinelli
	48k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	72k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	53k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	64k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	95k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	60k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	95k	Atlantic, March 1967		© Richard Leonhardt
	156k	USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697) somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on 17 May 1969. She is operating with a Carrier Battle Group (looks like USS Forrestal CVA 59). Photo by PH1 Clemons, serial number #K-72755, Naval Photographic Center Naval Station Washington.		Robert M. Cieri
	139k	The Sperry at the Winter Harbor, Maine Lobster Festival August 5 1973. Photo from Acadia National Park archives originally in the Naval Security Group Winter Harbor command history.		Jonathan Eno
	98k	Pages from the Decommissioning phamphlet.		Steve Connelly
	64k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	88k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	100k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
Ministro Zenteno (D 19)
	92k	Ministro Zenteno - José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo y Silva; Chilean military officer and politician. He was born in Santiago, on 28 July 1786. He died in the same city on 16 July 1847. Son of Antonio Zenteno y Bustamante and Doña Victoria del Pozo y Silva. He attended the Colegio Carolino, where he studied.		Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez
	80k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
0569750	195k	Ministro Zenteno (D 16) in Drydock II at Talcahuano, Chile, 1975.		Richard Brito
0569751	473k	Ministro Zenteno (D 16) moored in Bahia de Talcahuano, Chile, 1986.		Richard Brito
0569752	34k	Ministro Zenteno (D 16) departing Talcahuano under tow for scrapping, 1990.		Richard Brito
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