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96k | Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 - June 23, 1865) was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the U.S. Navy. Portrait of Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1867-68 by Daniel Huntington. | Bill Gonyo |
| 41k | Undated, at the Naval Station in Guam with the USS New (DD-818). | Eli Blanco RM3 ex-crewmember USS Wandank ATA-204 |
| 117k | USS Du Pont (DD-941) outboard & USS Bigelow (DD-942) at the fitting out pier of Bath Iron Works in 1957. On the building ways are (from right to left) Hull (DD-945), Edson (DD-946) and Somers (DD-947). | Robert Hurst |
| 53k | Circa 1958, location unknown. | William Kapfer |
| 168k | 1959, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 200k | November 1959, location unknown. Navy photo 1044673 from the collection of CDR Thomas B. Ray (USS Essex CV-9). | Chris Stanley |
| 39k | Circa 1960, location unknown. | William Kapfer |
| 61k | USS Du Pont (DD-941) Underway entering Valletta Harbour, Malta, circa 1961. Photo by A. & J. Pavia from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition. | Robert Hurst |
| 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 |
| 83k | Aerial view the USS DU PONT (DD-941), steaming in the Mediterranean on
September 8, 1961. Official US Navy Photo taken by PH3 Koskela. | John N Adriani Sr. Adriani-Evans Collection |
| 149k | USS DuPont coming alongside the FDR for UNREPing in 1963. | Mike Donegan |
| 65k | Boston Harbor, August 1963 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 48k | Boston, August 1963 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 122k | Early 1966 in the Bosporus off Istanbul. | David Meare |
| 55k | Christmas Eve 1967 in Pearl Harbor by ships photographer
FTG 3 Larry Struck of the New. USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13), USS DuPont (DD-941) and USS New (DD-818). | Rick Palmer |
| 41k | Wellington, New Zealand March 7 1969. | Marc Piché |
| 50k | Photo was taken in May, 1972 in the Chesapeake Bay, and was the official ship's photo that I sold in the Ship's Store when I was stationed aboard DuPont | Gary Arnold SH2 |
| 139k | Operation "Unitas XIX", September 1978, Ships of Task Group 138 underway in the Atlantic during the operation. They are (from left to right): USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44); USS DuPont (DD-941); and USS Bowen (FF-1079). Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 56k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| 38k | Ship's patch | Michael J. Mogck |