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Available | | Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was in command of Unity when she captured HMS Margaretta in the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War. He was born at Kittery, Maine. O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, were crewmembers of the sloop Unity when she captured Margaretta on 12 June 1775, at the entrance to the harbor at Machias (a town then in Massachusetts, later in Maine). Under the command of Jeremiah O’Brien, thirty-one townsmen armed with guns, swords, axes, and pitch forks captured the British armed schooner in an hour-long battle after Margaretta had threatened to bombard the town for interference with the shipment of lumber to British troops in Boston, Massachusetts. This battle is often considered the first time British colors were struck to those of the United States, even though Unity was not formally a member of the Continental Navy. The United States Merchant Marine claims Unity as its member and this incident as their beginning. A privateer, O'Brien continued as the captain of Unity, renamed Machias Liberty, for two years. In later years, he had an appointment as the federal customs collector for the port of Machias. a position he held until his death. | Bill Gonyo |
| 97k | Artist's conception of the O'Brien as she appeared following her FRAM II overhaul 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 |
| 120k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 102k | Undated, location unknown. Korean War era configuration. | Roy Thomas |
| 74k | USS Ward (APD-16) Burning in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, after she was hit by a Kamikaze on 7 December 1944. USS O'Brien (DD-725) is fighting fires from alongside, as landing craft circle to rescue survivors. Photographed from USS Crosby (APD-17). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 80k | Navy Photo 4751-45, stern view of USS O'Brien (DD 725) off Mare Island on 25 June 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 82k | Navy Photo 4753-45, broadside view of USS O'Brien (DD 725) off Mare Island on 25 June 1945. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 25 April to 3 July 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 154k | Navy Photo 4851-45, aft plan view of USS O'Brien (DD 725) at Mare Island on 28 June 1945. USS Young (DD 580) is inboard of O'Brien. | Darryl Baker |
| 177k | Circa 1946-1947, location unknown. | Larry Blumenthal |
| 84k | "Close Encounter of the Unfortunate Kind," at sea rendezvous, Tsushima Bay, 1952. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 90k | USS O'Brien DD-725 in drydock (Yokosuka) after nicking a screw on a harbor entrance net buoy in 1952. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 88k | USS O'Brien nested in Yokosuka harbor in 1952. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 144k | 1953, probably during fleet exercises off Okinawa. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 82k | Circa 1952-1953, location unknown. | James E. Taylor |
| 85k | Ship dressed out while buoyed at Kaohsiung, Formosa. Occasion was Chinese Admiral aboard visiting Captain John D. Bulkeley, ComDesDiv 132, 1953. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 116k | Picture of the fantail of the O'Brien the day we arrived at Pearl Harbor on return from WestPac. The time was early January, 1953. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 161k | From the 1952-53 O'Brien cruisebook, and the origin was a Honolulu newspaper. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 91k | Flank speed test run, (probably near Midway), circa 1952-1954. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 77k | Main Battery trained to port on training exercise, circa 1952-1954. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 98k | Windy day, dipping the bow, circa 1952-1954. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 110k | "Grab something & Hang On", the Western Pacific in winter circa 1952-1954. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 66k | DesDiv 132 steaming circa 1954 on Westpac. Photo taken from the O'Brien with USS Walke DD-723, USS Harry E Hubbard DD-748, and USS Ernest G Small DD-838 following in unknown order. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 46k | Symbol of the O'Brien heritage on the funnel, it lasted about 3 weeks in 1954 before ComDesRon made us take it off! | Roy C. Thomas |
| 52k | 1954 Westpac cruise. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 54k | 1954 Westpac cruise. | Roy C. Thomas |
| 107k | Pacific Ocean, the destroyer USS O'Brien (DD 725) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. #1132502 PH2 T. F. O'Sullivan. May 15, 1968 (Note: this is an official Navy photograph). | - |
| 96k | Pearl Harbor, May 1968 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 86k | San Diego, CA circa 1968. | Marc Piché |
| 59k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 90k | Ship's patch, probably from her second Korean Cruise, 16 June 1952 -12 January 1953. | M. Taylor |
