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Silas Talbot was born on 11 January 1751 in Dighton, Mass. and was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army on 1 July 1775. After participating in the siege of Boston and aiding in the transportation of troops to New York, he obtained command of a fireship and attempted to use it to set fire to the British warship Asia. The attempt failed, but the daring it displayed won him a promotion to major on 10 October 1777. After suffering a severe wound while fighting to defend Philadelphia, Talbot returned to active service in the summer of 1778 and fought in Rhode Island. As commander of Pigot and later of Argo, both under the Army, he cruised against Loyalist vessels that were harassing American trade between Long Island and Nantucket and made prisoners of many of them. Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress made him a captain in the Continental Navy on 17 September 1779. However, since Congress had no suitable warship to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the privateer General Washington. In it he took one prize, but soon thereafter ran into the British fleet off New York. After a chase, he struck his colors to Culloden, a 74-gun ship-of-the-line and remained a prisoner until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781. After the war, Talbot settled in Fulton County, N.Y. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793 and served in the federal House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. On 5 June 1794, President Washington chose him third in a list of six captains of the newly established United States Navy. Before the end of his term in Congress, he was ordered to superintend the construction of the frigate President at New York. He commanded the Santo Domingo Station in 1799 and 1800 and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for protecting American commerce and for laying the foundation of a permanent trade with that country. Captain Talbot resigned from the Navy on 23 September 1801 and died at New York City on 30 June 1813.
USS Talbot (DEG 4) was the third ship named Talbot, and the second ship named in his honor. Her predecessors were TB 15 (named for John Gunnel Talbot) (1898-1912) and DD 114 (1918-1945). |
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circa 1966 -1967 |
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circa 1966 -1967: The crew of USS Talbot (DEG 4) manning the rails, taken shortly after construction |
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1967: USS Talbot (DEG 4) underway off Puerto Rico. (U.S. Navy photo #USN 1124862 from the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships") |
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27 May 1969: Genoa, Italy - Talbot arriving at Genoa Harbor for a port visit. |
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1969: transitting the Kiel Canal, which links the North Sea to the Baltic Sea in Germany |
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1969: transitting the Kiel Canal |
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date/location unknown: aerial view, underway at speed |
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An undated postcard view of Talbot as DEG 4. (Postcard #D2218 © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, Va.; shown at 150% of original size)
Caption reads: U.S.S. Talbot (DEG-4) Guided Missile Escort Ship Built by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, Commissioned 22 April 1967. |
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6 December 1974: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Talbot underway in the harbor at Roosevelt Roads. (U.S. Navy Photo, Naval Photographic Center, NPC #1160612 by PHAN Garmon) |
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circa 1975-1976: off Puerto Rico - aerial port side view of Talbot as she appeared during testing of the Oto Melara 76MM gun. Talbot was being used as a test platform for the new gun, which was to be used on the FFG-7 class Frigates. The gun was heavily tested off Puerto Rico. |
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circa July 1978: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Post-yard period refresher training |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A starboard quarter view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01508 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the Defense Visual Information Center) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - An aerial view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01509 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01510 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A port bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01511 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A port bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01512 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - Talbot approaching a port during the multinational naval Exercise UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01514 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A port view of Talbot underway. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01517 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: At sea - A port view of Talbot underway. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01518 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: at sea - A port quarter view of the Chilean tanker Araucano (AO-53) as it refuels the Talbot during Operation Unitas XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-08237 by PHC Mitchell, from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: at sea - A port bow view of the Talbot executing a high speed turn during the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01519 by PHC Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 January 1984: at sea - A port quarter view of the Talbot executing a high speed turn during the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01520 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC) |
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14 June 1984: Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - The large harbor tug Houma (YTB-811) maneuvers Talbot into port. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01502 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC) |
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14 June 1984: Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Talbot, the destroyer USS Thorn (DD 988), the Peruvian submarine Pisagua (S-33), and the patrol combatant hydrofoils USS Hercules (PHM 2), and USS Aries (PHM 5), are docked at a pier during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01479 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC) |
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9 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Two nuns watch as Talbot passes through locks along the Panama Canal. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01504 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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9 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Talbot is towed through the Miraflores Locks past the administration building during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01506 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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9 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Talbot is towed through the Miraflores Locks past the administration building. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01507 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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9 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Tractors tow Talbot and the Colombian submarine Pijao (S 28) through the Miraflores Locks along the Panama Canal. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01505 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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14 July 1984: At sea - A port quarter view of as Talbot underway off the coast of Peru during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01516 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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14 July 1984: At sea - A starboard quarter view of as Talbot underway off the coast of Peru during UNITAS XXV. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01515 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC) |
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1 September 1984: at sea - An aerial starboard beam view of the Talbot underway. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-00448 from the DVIC) |
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23 September 1984: at sea - A target drone is launched from the stern of the Talbot, off the coast of Chile, during the joint US/South American Exercise UNITAS XXV. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-08735 by PH2 Don Koralawski from the DVIC) |
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