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89k | The first, second and fourth Henleys (DD-39, DD-391, DD-762) were named for Robert Henley, born 5 January 1783 in Williamsburg, Ara., son of Leonard and Elizabeth Dandridge Henley and nephew of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. Appointed a midshipman 8 April 1799, Henley participated in the engagement between Constellation and La Vengeance during the Quasi-War with France 2 February 1800. After service with Preble's squadron in the Mediterranean and a cruise to the East Indies, Henley received his first command, Gunboat No. 5, at Baltimore 9 April 1808. Henley was in command of 2 divisions of 15 gunboats which drove 3 British frigates from Hampton Roads 20 June 1813. Reporting to brig Eagle, he received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal for valiant conduct in the Battle of Lake Champlain 11 September 1814. With the end of-the War of 1812, Henley filled a variety of billets before commanding Hornet against pirates in the West Indies. He captured pirate schooner Moscow off Santo Domingo 29 October 1821. After serving as commandant of the Naval Rendezvous at Norfolk 1822 to 1824, he reported for similar duty at Charleston. Captain Robert Henley died at Sullivan's Island, Charleston, after a short illness 7 October 1828. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Henley 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 | |
| 46k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Muller | |
| 12k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 96k | Undated, location unknown. | Ernest Brooks | |
| 66k | Undated, location unknown. | Ernest Brooks | |
| 92k | Undated, location unknown. | Ernest Brooks | |
| 57k | Undated, location unknown. | Ernest Brooks | |
| 96k | Undated, location unknown. | Ernest Brooks | |
| 57k | Taken on the Manitowoc river at Manitowoc, Wisconsin (on Lake Michigan) summer of 1959 during operation "Inland Sea". The ship behind it is Chesapeake & Ohio Train Ferry "City of Midland" | Larry Bohn | |
| 41k | USS Tidewater (AD-31), USS Du Pont (DD-941), USS Weeks (DD-701), USS Willard Keith (DD-775), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Henley (DD-762) and USS Nimble (MSO-459) in Athens, Greece late 1961. | Michael J. Mogck | |
| 59k | South Boston, July 4 1962 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 77k | South Boston Naval Annex, July 4 1962 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 58k | Boston, August 1963 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 75k | Chesapeake Bay 1964. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 71k | Ship's patch | Joe Muller | |
| 52k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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