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63k | Charles Flint Putnam was born in Freeport, Illinois 1 December 1854 and entered the Naval Academy at the age of 14. Upon his request at graduation in 1873, he was ordered to the Far East in Kearsarge, serving in that vessel with the Asiatic Squadron until 1875. Master Putnam was stationed at San Francisco in 1876 and was attached to schoolship Jamestown in 1877–78. In 1879 he joined the Coast Survey steamer Hassler in the North Pacific. Putnam volunteered in 1881 for service in Rodgers, fitted out to search for Jeanette, which had been lost in the Arctic on an expedition to reach the North Pole. When Rodgers burned at St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia, 30 November 1881, Putnam took supplies to the survivors on dog sledges. On his return to his depot at Cape Serdze, he missed his way in a blinding snow storm 10 January 1882, drifted out to sea on an ice-floe and was never heard from again. | Daniel Dunham | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Putnam as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion 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 | |
| 31k | Invitation to the Putnam's commissioning. | Robert Hall | |
| 93k | Reverse side of the invitation to the Putnam's commissioning. | Robert Hall | |
| 16k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 22k | Photographed from the French frigate LeNormand, in the Med in April of '68. | Oliva Georges | |
| 92k | Entering Monaco harbor in 1969 | Dave Seay | |
| 103k | Decommissioning mesage from ComCruDesLant. | Robert Hall | |
| 46k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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