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113k | John Downes was born in 1786 in Canton, Massachusetts. He served as acting midshipman from 9 September 1800 and was appointed midshipman on 1 June 1802. He rendered distinguished service during the War with Tripoli in 1804, in the frigate Congress, and was executive officer for Captain David Porter in Essex during the War of 1812. He commanded Epervier, Guerriere, Ontario and Independence, and the Boston Navy Yard, and was Commodore of the Pacific and Mediterranean Squadrons. Captain Downes died at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 11 August 1854. Photo of John Downes (DD-45, DD-375) - Commandant Boston Navy Yard, Mar. 16, 1835-June 1, 1842; Mar. 19, 1849-May 19, 1852 (Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-7095) | Robert M. Cieri/Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | |
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| 66k | Undated prewar view, location unknown. | Jesse P. Mannix | |
| 32k | Launching, 22 April 1936, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. | Joe Radigan | |
| 178k | Norfolk, Virginia, 22 April 1936, Admiral and Mrs. John Downes of the Great Lakes Station Great Lakes Station with their daughter , Miss Sarah Carlyle Downes, at the launching of the new destroyer “Downes” here. Miss Downes christened the vessel which is named after her great, great grandfather Captain john Downes, U.S.N., a Naval hero. Image courtesy of International News. | Bill Gonyo | |
 
| 83k 186k | Launching program, 22 April 1936 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. | Ron Reeves | |
| 195k | Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, after completion, 01 March 1937. | Robert Hurst/Darryl Baker | |
| 65k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
| 93k | Leaving Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, 01 March 1937. | Joe Radigan | |
| 108k | USS Downes leaving Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, after completion, 01 March 1937. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 61516 | Robert Hurst | |
| 120k | USS Downes underway in rough seas, circa 1938. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 63131 | Robert Hurst | |
| 93k | At Ponta Delgada, Azores, circa 1930's | Carlos Manuel Estrela | |
| 139k | USS Downes (DD-375) underway during the late 1930s. She is wearing a non-standard hull number style on her bow. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 63132 | Robert Hurst | |
| 269k | Downes (DD-375) at the Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, California, 1939. | Tom Solury | |
| 32k | Visiting Sydney, Australia, March 1941. | Marc Piché | |
| 215k | View looking toward the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from Ford Island, with a dredge in the middle distance, 07 December 1941. USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) are burning in the front of Drydock Number One, center, with USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) also in the dock, at left center. USS Shaw (DD-373) is burning at right. National Archives photo 80-G-32580 | Scott Dyben | |
| 600k | USS Downes (DD-375), at left, and USS Cassin (DD-372), capsized at right, burned out and sunk in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard drydock on 07 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. The relatively undamaged USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is in the background. National Archives photo 80-G-32511 | Fred Weiss | |
| 562k | USS Cassin (DD-372) burned out and capsized against USS Downes (DD-375), in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard drydock, 07 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. National Archives photo 80-G-32431 | Fred Weiss | |
| 468k | USS Downes (DD-375) burned out and sunk in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock No. 1, soon after the 07 December 1941 Japanese attack. This photo shows the ship's starboard forward superstructure, from the pilothouse forward to the bow. Railway car in the right background is marked "NYPH", "Shop 24", "Storage Car". National Archives photo 80-G-32430 | Scott Dyben | |
| 760k | USS Cassin (DD-372) (capsized, right) and USS Downes (DD-375) (left), in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 07 December 1941, immediatly following the Japanese attack. Both ships had been severely damaged by bomb hits and the resulting fires. In the background, also in Drydock Number One, is USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), which had received relatively light damage in the raid. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 64482 | Robert Hurst | |
| 593k | USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) in Drydock One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, soon after the end of the Japanese air attack. Cassin has capsized against Downes. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is astern, occupying the rest of the drydock. The torpedo-damaged cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) is in the right distance, beyond the crane. Visible in the center distance is the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37), with USS Maryland (BB-46) alongside. Smoke is from the sunken and burning USS Arizona (BB-39), out of view behind Pennsylvania. USS California (BB-44) is partially visible at the extreme left. This image has been attributed to Navy Photographer's Mate Harold Fawcett. National Archives photo 80-G-19943. | Fred Weiss/Robert Hurst | |
| 391k | 7k After deck view of the USS Downes (DD-375) on December 8, 1941, showing damage from a torpedo mount explosion and the resultant fire. The after stack is blown off and there is a gaping hole in the starboard deck, where the torpedo mount exploded. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54559. | Robert Hurst / Mike Green | |
| 665k | View of the damage to the destroyer USS Downes (DD-375) in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Naval History & Heritage Command NH 54561 | Bill Gonyo | |
| 632k | After deckhouse of USS Downes (DD-375), as seen from off the starboard side amidships, while she was undergoing salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 07 January 1942. Foundations for her after 5"/38 gun mounts are visible. The guns had been removed during the early stages of the salvage work. USS Cassin (DD-372), also with her guns removed, is capsized against Downes' port side. Note what appear to be air compressor carts atop the upper deckhouse. Naval History & Heritage COmmand photo NH 54560 | Mike Green | |
| 640k | USS Cassin (DD-372), at left, and USS Downes (DD-375) under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942. Photographed from the foremast of USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was undergoing battle damage repairs in the drydock. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54562 | Robert Hurst / Joe Radigan | |
| 636k | USS Cassin (DD-372), at right, capsized, and USS Downes (DD-375), Under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 27 January 1942. Also in the drydock is USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was under repair for torpedo damage received on 07 December. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54563 | Robert Hurst | |
| 395k | Photo showing part of the deck of the USS Downes (DD-373) cut away to facilitate removal of her boilers and other machinery, 02 February 1942. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54558 | Mike Green | |
| 463k | USS Cassin (DD-372) (capsized, right) and USS Downes (DD-375) (left), in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 4 February 1942, while under salvage. In the background, also in Drydock Number One, is USS Raleigh (CL-7), receiving repairs for torpedo damage received in the Japanese attack. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 55062 | Robert Hurst | |
| 797k | USS Cassin (DD-372) (capsized, right) and USS Downes (DD-375), under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 05 February 1942, the day Cassin was righted from her previous position capsized against Downes. Also in the drydock is USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was under repair for torpedo damage received on 7 December. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54564 | Robert Hurst | |
| 508k | USS Downes (DD-375) being floated out of Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock No. 1, while under salvage, 06 February 1942. Light colored patches cover areas of severe damage to her hull. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54557 | Mike Green | |
| 242k | Article on the launching of the Downes from the 21 May 43 edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald. Interesting information in the article. | Darryl Baker | |
| 260k | The Vallejo Evening News-Chronicle issue of 25 May 1943 reporting the launching of the rebuilt USS Downes (DD 375) at Mare Island. | Darryl Baker | |
| 565k | Ship's forward area, including her pilothouse and forward 5"/38 guns, photographed from off her starboard side at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 November 1943. Note Mark 37 Director atop her forward superstructure, and railway crane on the pier. National Archives photo 19-N-57892 | Fred Weiss | |
| 633k | USS Downes (DD-375) ship's after portion, photographed from off her starboard side at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 November 1943. National Archives photo 19-N-57890 | Fred Weiss | |
| 95k | Navy Photo 8117-43, stern view of the new USS Downes (DD-375) departing Mare Island, 08 December 43. Work started on her construction on 08 October 42; she departed Mare Island for the final time on 14 December 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 107k | Navy Photo 8119-43, broadside of the new USS Downes (DD-375) off Mare Island, 08 December 43. | Darryl Baker | |
| 771k | USS Downes underway at sea, 23 February 1944. National Archives photo 80-G-222460 | Robert Hurst | |
| 625k | Ship's forward 5"/38 guns firing to starboard, while she was bombarding Marcus Island, in the Central Pacific, 09 October 1944. As part of Task Group 30.2, Downes expended 502 rounds from her main battery, before shifting in the evening to providing illuminating fire for
Pensacola (CA-24) and Cassin (DD-372). National Archives photo 80-G-286357 | Fred Weiss | |
| 500k | Bombarding Marcus Island, in the Central Pacific, 09 October 1944. National Archives photo 80-G-286356 | Fred Weiss | |
| 281k | At sea, 9 May 1945. On this date, Downes was patrolling the Truk Air-Sea Rescue Station at 10-30 North, 148-25 East. National Archives photo 80-G-350668 | Fred Weiss | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Clifford Harris Roper (USNA 1916) | 15 January 1937 - 10 June 1938 |
| 02 | LCDR Edward Everett Pare (USNA 1920) | 10 June 1938 - 13 June 1939 |
| 03 | CDR Kenneth Hill Noble (USNA 1921-A) | 13 June 1939 - 10 December 1940 |
| 04 | CDR Thomas Henry Hederman (USNA 1923) | 10 December 1940 - 13 September 1941 |
| 05 | LCDR William Rudolph Thayer (USNA 1923) | 13 September 1941 - 08 December 1941 |
| 06 | LT William Overton Snead, Jr. (USNA 1930) | 08 December 1941 - 01 January 1942 |
| 07 | LCDR Hugh Trent MacKay (USNA 1930) | 01 January 1942 - 13 April 1942 |
| 07 | LT(JG) Frank Morse Culpepper (USNA 1939) | 13 April 1942 - 20 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 20 June 1942 - 15 November 1943 | |
| 08 | CDR Robert Schley Fahle (USNA 1931) | 15 November 1943 - 01 January 1945 |
| 08 | LCDR James Martin Yost D-V(G) USNR | 01 January 1945 - 17 December 1945 |
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