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56k | Photo #: KN-2779. Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN (1779-1820) oil on wood, 35" x 27", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
| 133k | Artist's conception of the Decatur as she appeared in September 1966 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 |
| DD-936 |
| 65k | Photo from OUR NAVY MAGAZINE dated April 15 1957. | Stanley Svec |
| 120k | USS Decatur (DD-936) Underway at sea, during her first Mediterranean deployment, 2 May 1958. Photographed by Caswell. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 97k | Circa late '50s-early '60s, location unknown. | John N Adriani Sr.
Adriani-Evans Collection |
| 129k | Sikorski HSS-2 "Sea King" helicopter Hovers near USS Decatur (DD-936), during HSS-2 carrier suitability trials. USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) is in the background. Photograph is dated 17 May 1961. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 132k | USS Decatur (DD-936) Underway on 13 April 1963. Photographed by PH2 Joel S. Cary. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 108k | USS Decatur (DD-936) receives serious topside damage in a collision with USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39), after suffering a steering casualty and running under the carrier's bow overhang, 6 May 1964. Taken from the carrier's bridge. Note S-2 aircraft parked forward, and Decatur's mainmast breaking away. Halftone photograph copied from Decatur's 1968 Cruise Book, page 1. The book is in the Collections of the Navy Department Library. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 98178). | Naval Historical Center |
| 43k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| DDG-31 |
| 100k | Undated, location unknown. | Lee Noland |
| 35k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Robert Hurst |
| 30k | San Francisco July 1972. | Marc Piché |
| 161k | USS Decatur (DDG-31) Underway in the Pacific Ocean, 5 July 1972. Photographed by PH3 D.L. Pierce. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 135k | USS Decatur (DDG-31) Comes alongside an oiler during underway replenishment operations, circa the 1970s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 36k | Sydney, Australia mid 1970's. | Marc Piché |
| 104k | Fremantle, Australia pre 1975 | Graeme D. Fuller |
| 113k | USS Decatur (DDG-31) Underway in the Pacific Ocean, 24 June 1976. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 119k | USS Decatur (DDG-31) Underway off San Diego, California, 24 June 1976. Photographed by PH3 Burgess. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 93k | Photo #: NH 98181. USS Decatur (DDG-31) Electronics Warfare Technician 2nd Class William D. Ellis works on the countermeasures receiving set on board Decatur, during operations in the Western Pacific, 16 December 1976. Photographed by PHC Ken George. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Bill Gonyo |
| 62k | Sydney, Australia September 1981. | Marc Piché |
| 82k | Sydney, Australia September 1981. | Marc Piché |
| 60k | Cover from the last Change of Command pamphlet. | Lee Noland |
| 87k | Photo #: NH 98182. USS Decatur (DDG-31) crewmembers and guests stand at attention during the ship's decommissioning ceremonies, at Naval Station San Diego, California, 30 June 1983. Photographed by PH1 Vickie Kehoe. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 78k | Photo #: NH 98184. USS Decatur (DDG-31) crew members disembark for the last time at the conclusion of the ship's decommissioning ceremonies, at Naval Station San Diego, California, 30 June 1983. Photographed by PH1 Vickie Kehoe. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 62k | Cover from the Decommissioning pamphlet. | Lee Noland |
| 92k | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, January 25 1990, laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility are the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones ( DDG 32 ), the guided missile destroyer USS Dacatur ( DDG 31) and the destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD 951). In the background at left is the attack aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31). | Fred Weiss |
| 152k | Decatur in her remotely controlled test vessel days, circa 1993-1994. | - |
| 135k | As above. | - |
| 81k | Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31) At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003. The decommissioned destroyer Paul F. Foster (DD-964), in the distance, was then being prepared to become the new SDTS, replacing the ex-Decatur. Note the towing fitting installed on the ship's bow. Photographed by Frank V. Thompson. Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 81k | Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31) At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003. Photographed by Frank V. Thompson. Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 85k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| 135k | Engraving art image of the Decatur. | Lee Noland |
