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	50k	James R. Soley was born on 1 October 1850 in Roxbury, Mass. and graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Ethics and English at the United States Naval Academy on 1 October 1871. Only two years later, he became Head of the Department of English Studies, History, and Law. On 9 June 1882, Soley was assigned to the Bureau of Navigation. He served as Superintendent of the Office of Naval War Records, and he headed the Navy Department Library. During this duty, Soley began the collection of the naval documents of the Civil War and started work which culminated in the publication of the 31-volumn collection, The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. These years also saw articles on American naval history. While serving in Washington, Soley studied law at Columbia (now called George Washington) University and received his law degree in 1890. On 16 July 1899, he resigned his commission so that he would be free to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. After retiring from public service in March 1893, Soley practiced law in New York City, specializing in international law. In this field, he won renown as counsel for Venezuela in 1899 during the arbitration at Paris of that nation's boundary dispute with the United Kingdom. Soley died in New York City on 11 September 1911. Photo #: NH 82502. Assistant Secretary of the Navy James R. Soley served in that office from 18 July 1890 to 19 March 1893. Courtesy of Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	154k	Artist's conception of the Soley as built in a cutaway view by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	231k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	73k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	51k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	105k	Undated USS Furse (DD-882) and USS Soley (DD-707), location unknown.		RICHARD MILLER BMCS USNR RET.
	153k	Undated, location unknown.		RICHARD MILLER BMCS USNR RET.
	165k	Undated, location unknown.		RICHARD MILLER BMCS USNR RET.
	158k	Undated, location unknown.		RICHARD MILLER BMCS USNR RET.
	76k	Undated port quarter view of USS Soley (DD-707) underway. Chris Rasmussen Collection. Source: Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. UA 542.09.01		Mike Green
	107k	Front page of the Launching Program.		Ron Reeves
	107k	Underway on 22 December 1944. Photographed from a Naval Air Station, New York, aircraft, flying at an altitude of 600 feet. Note ship's shadow on the water off her port side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	98k	December 22 1944, location unknown.		Randy Kimes
	168k	USS Soley (DD-707) underway on 22 December 1944. Photographed from a Naval Air Station, New York, aircraft, flying at an altitude of 300 feet. The ship is wearing camouflage Measure 32 Design 11a. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	136k	USS Soley (DD-707) being reactivated at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina, after she had been out of commission for nearly two years. Photo is dated 29 January 1949, the day Soley was recommissioned. The original caption states: "View with huts removed and placed on dock in foreground. Large huts cover 40mm mounts, small huts cover MK 51 directors and searchlights. Three 'Zippered' DD's in the background are part of 129 ships in the Charleston group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet." Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	179k	USS Soley (DD-707) and USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) in Genoa, Italy circa 1950.		Carlo Martinelli
	58k	USS Soley (DD-707) alongside USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) at Augusta, Sicily on 16 December 1950. Photo U.S. Navy.		Robert Hurst
	80k	USS Soley (DD-707) underway circa 1957, location unknown. Photo courtesy Giorgio Arra.		Robert Hurst
	124k	USS Soley (DD-707) in Genoa, Italy August 4 1957.		Carlo Martinelli
	149k	USS Soley (DD-707) in Genoa, Italy August 4 1957.		Carlo Martinelli
	168k	USS Soley (DD-707), USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) and USS Barry (DD-933) in Genoa, Italy August 4 1957.		Carlo Martinelli
	149k	As above.		Carlo Martinelli
	119k	USS Soley (DD-707) underway off the coast of Florida, July 1959. Photographed by Hein, from USS Saratoga (CVA-60). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	118k	USS Soley (DD-707) Photographed circa the early or middle 1950s, after she had been refitted with 3"/50 guns. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken some years earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	120k	USS Soley (DD-707) Photographed by Stead, while underway on 19 November 1961. Note that the ship now has a tripod foremast, and small triple tubes for anti-submarine torpedoes amidships in place of the larger torpedo tubes originally fitted. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	55k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
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