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To Brazil September 27 1972, renamed Matto Grasso.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 79k | Lewis Compton was born on November 7, 1892 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Compton was Commissioned in the United States Naval Reserve on March 22, 1917. After active duty in World War I, he continued as an Drilling Reserve Officer, to take part in monthly and annual training until resigning on July 1, 1932. After a career of public service in New Jersey, he became the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, in mid-1937. He had had a hand in planning shore establishment expansion during Edison's tenure as Assistant Secretary and later as Secretary of the Navy. Compton was Acting Secretary from June 24, 1940, when Edison's resignation became effective. He himself was Assistant Secretary of the Navy from February 9, 1940 to February 13, 1941. He died in New York on October 24, 1942, at age 49. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 85k | The USS Compton (DD-705), date and location unknown. She is painted in US Navy Measure 32/11A camouflage (USN courtesy of Floating Drydock). | Robert Hurst | |
| 133k | USS Compton (DD-705) and USS Gainard (DD-706) just before launching at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny, NJ March 28 1944. | Steve Golden | |
| 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 | |
| 81k | The destroyers USS Compton (DD-705), USS Purvis (DD-709), USS Dickson (DD-708) and the USS Gainard (DD-706) behind the USS Yosemite (AD-19). Circa mid 1950's, location unknown. | William T. Bullard | |
| 103k | US Navy Photograph of two destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 30 (homeported at Newport, RI), USS Compton (DD-705) and inboard USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708). They are shown "Med-moored" at Oran, Algeria. In the immediate background are French naval barracks and up above La Blanca is crowned by the Turkish citadel of Santa Cruz. Circa mid-1950's. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 154k | Official US Navy Photograph of USS Compton (DD-705), taken in Narragansett Bay as she steams toward her homeport of US Naval Station Newport, RI in the mid-1950's. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 124k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 80k | As above. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 110k | Boston Naval Shipyard, June 1961 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 55k | Boston Navy Yard, June 1961. USS Beatty (DD-756) and USS Compton (DD-705). | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 91k | USS Compton (DD-705), USS Steinaker (DD-863), USS Leary (DD-879) and USS Davis (DD-937) in Naples, Italy May 1962. | Jack C. Sofield | |
| 67k | Destroyer Squadron 30 in Montreal July 1965. | Marc Piché | |
| 148k | Newport, RI 1966, USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Hartley (DE-1029) and USS Compton (DD-705). | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 41k | Boston Harbor, Fall 1969 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 59k | Boston, MA September 21 1969. | Marc Piché | |
| 189k | Narragansett Bay, September 1969. | Ken Dupree, YNCS (Ret.) | |
| 157k | Narragansett Bay, September 1969. | Ken Dupree, YNCS (Ret.) | |
| 53k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 38k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| On Brazilian Service |
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| 64k | As the MATO GROSSO, undated and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 30k | As the CT MATO GROSSO (D 34) on maneuvers, circa 1974. Photo published by Brazilian Navy (BRN). | Luiz Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
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