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	48k	Frank Friday Fletcher, born 23 November 1855 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1875. As Commander of the 1st Division, Atlantic Fleet, he directed the landing at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914, with distinction which won him the Medal of Honor. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet later that year, ranking as Admiral from 10 March 1915 until completing his assignment in 1916. He served on the General Board until retiring on 23 November 1919, earning the Distinguished Service Medal for his meritorious service during World War I. Twice recalled for temporary active duty, he served in 1925 on a board studying the most effective use of aircraft in national defense. Admiral Fletcher died in New York City 28 November 1928. Photo #: NH 82920, Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, USN portrait photo, taken circa 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri
USS Fletcher (DD-445)
	249k	A painting of the Fletcher by George Watt.		Paul Pitt
	30k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	137k	Undated, class leader shown as modified after WW2. "Type A" anti-submarine weapon thrower is mounted at #2-5" gun mounts former position. Electronic improvements are shown on the pole foremast and she carries a tripod mainmast ahead of her rear stack.		-
	56k	USS Dobbin (AD-3) with (L to R) USS Lovering (DE-39), USS Welles (DD-628), USS Mustin (DD-413) and the USS Fletcher (DD-445) moored in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, date unknown. Photo from United States Destroyer Operations of World War II, by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	102k	Undated wartime photo of USS Fletcher (DD-445) foreground, followed by other destroyers and, in the distance, cruisers of Task Force 67 just before the Battle of Tassafaronga. Photo from United States Destroyer Operations of World War II, by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	88k	USS Fletcher (DD-445), as delivered. She is fitted with the original pole mast, topped with its SC-2 air-search radar antenna, seen near end-on. Photo from "An Illustrated History of Destroyers of The World" by Bernard Ireland.		Robert Hurst
	124k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	68k	Undated, USS Fletcher (DD-445) with USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37), USS Black (DD-666) and USS Cogswell (DD-651) in background, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	111k	Mrs. Frank Friday Fletcher sponsors Fletcher's launch on May 3, 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey.		Earl Faubion
	124k	As above.		Earl Faubion
	182k	Undergoing inclining tests at Federal Shibpuilding, 26 June 1942. Official USN photo.		Dave Wright
	151k	Commissioning officers of USS Fletcher DD-445, June 30, 1942. Front row L-R: Lt. J.G. Hughes, Lt. Cdr. J.C. Wylie, Jr. (XO), Lt. Cdr. William M. Cole (CO), Lt.Jg. A. Chesley Wilson, Lt.Jg. William Blender. Rear Row: Ens. J.S. Hamilton Jr., Ens. A.H. Murray Jr., Ens. C.B. Reinhardt, Ens. Donald C. Sinclair, Ens. P.B. McLean, Ens. Walter S. Sullivan. Missing from photo: Lt. (Jg) Irving J. Davenport.		Earl Faubion
	117k	June 30, 1942, Admiral Edward J. Marquart, Commander Third Naval District, turns over command of USS Fletcher DD-445 to Lt. Commander William M. Cole USN.		Earl Faubion
	171k	Commissioning June 30 1942. From the Public Relations Department, Third Naval District, New York.		David Way
	69k	Circa June 1942.		Marc Piché
	80k	A series of 6 images from New York Navy Yard, July 15 1942.		David Buell
	92k	As above.		David Buell
	99k	As above.		David Buell
	119k	As above.		David Buell
	88k	As above.		David Buell
	91k	As above.		David Buell
	87k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) whilst manoeuvering off New York on 18 July 1942.		Robert Hurst
	81k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) underway off New York 18 July 1942 (USN Photo No 19-N-31245).		Robert Hurst
	51k	USS Fletcher (DD-445), at anchor in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Soloman Islands, on 26 March 1943. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo NH 53916. Replacement for pic no 0544503.		Robert Hurst
	63k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa mid-August 1943. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	154k	Aft plan view of the USS Fletcher (DD 445) at Mare Island on 13 August 1943 near the conclusion of her overhaul which started on 8 July 1943.		Darryl Baker
	164k	Amidships plan view of the USS Fletcher (DD 445) at Mare Island on 13 August 1943 near the conclusion of her overhaul which started on 8 July 1943.		Darryl Baker
	73k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 13 August 1943. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) is in the background. Note anchor chain, winch and Jack at Fletcher's bow; also crewmen on the foredeck smoking cigarettes and clowning for the benefit of the photographer. Circles mark recent alterations, among them the addition of 40mm twin mounts on each side of the forward and midships superstructure. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No.19-N-50812		Darryl Baker
	73k	Bow on view of the USS Fletcher (DD 445) departing Mare Island on 19 August 1943.		Darryl Baker
	84k	Stern view of the USS Fletcher (DD 445) departing Mare Island on 19 August 1943.		Darryl Baker
0544564	789k	Fletcher (DDE-445) is recommissioned as an escort destroyer at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, 03 October 1949. Admiral's flag is flying from the yardarm. Fletcher is down to two 5" guns but two 3" rapid firing guns and a MK 15 Trainable Hedgehog Projector (in place of Mount 52) are visible. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	41k	Circa 1954, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	55k	Hickam Air Force Base hangers with Honolulu and Diamond Head in background., circa 1957.		Donald J. Wagner
	117k	Fletcher alongside the USS Prarie (AD-15) in Yokosuka, July-August 1959.		Derick S. Hartshorn
	118k	ASW aircraft carrier USS Kearsage (CVS-33) and the destroyer USS Fletcher (DD-445) underway after the recovery of the Mercury-Atlas 9/Faith 7 space ship, May 1963. U.S. Navy, Official.		Robert Hurst
	207k	Pacific Ocean, May 15 1963, crew members of the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV 33) spell out "Mercury 9" on the ship's flight deck while accompanied by USS Fletcher (DD 445). The ships are steaming toward the recovery area, where astronaut Gordon Cooper is expected to splash down in his "Faith 7" Mercury space capsule. US Navy photo cataloged by NASA.		Robert M. Cieri
	127k	USS Fletcher in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1964 (USN Photo No NH 68911).		Robert Hurst
	142k	Sea of Japan, December 19 1965, while engaged in anti-submarine warfare exercises, USS Tolvana (AO 64) performs a replenishment at sea (RAS) with USS Hornet (CVS 12) and USS Fletcher (DD 445) simultaneously. Official Navy Photograph from US Naval Photographic Center, Naval Station Anacostia, Wasington DC. US Navy Photo by JO1 J. F. Falk, USN.		Robert M. Cieri
	116k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) underway at sea on 20 October 1966. Photographed by PH2 O'Brien. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
0544565	161k	Fletcher (DDE-445) underway off Oahu, 1966. Official Navy PAO photo.		Mike Smolinski
	117k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) Underway at sea in 1967. Note the white star painted atop her forward 5"/38 gun mount. This photograph was received from USS Fletcher in 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	121k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) underway at sea in 1967, while serving with Destroyer Squadron 25. This photograph was received from USS Fletcher in 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	104k	USS Fletcher underway at sea in 1967, while serving with Destroyer Squadron 25 (USN Photo No 68915).		Robert Hurst
	106k	1 April 1968, Fletcher alongside and pulling away after an unrep with the USS Sacramento (AOE-1).		Reinhard Lindner
	122k	1 April 1968, Fletcher alongside and pulling away after an unrep with the USS Sacramento (AOE-1).		Reinhard Lindner
	136k	Pearl Harbor, October 1968.		© Richard Leonhardt
	164k	Pearl Harbor, October 1968. Arizona Memorial in the background.		© Richard Leonhardt
	118k	USS Fletcher (DD-445) Underway at sea, circa the 1960s. This photograph was received from USS Fletcher in 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	222k	Fletcher in Kobe, Japan on April 21, 1969 toward the end of Fletcher's last WestPac deployment. After leaving Kobe, Fletcher went to Yokosuka, then to her home port in Pearl Harbor, then to San Diego for decommissioning on August 1, 1969.		Earl Faubion
	51k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	87k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	689k	A series of newspaper clippings from various times in her history.		Ron Reeves

LCDR William Machant Cole    Jun 30 1942 - Dec 11 1942

LCDR Frank Lesher Johnson    Dec 11 1942 - Apr 11 1943

LT John Gerard Hughes    Apr 11 1943 - Apr 19 1943

CDR Robert Devore McGinnis    Apr 19 1943 - Feb 10 1944 (Later RADM)

CDR John Lee Foster    Feb 10 1944 - Mar 14 1945

LCDR Robert Robinson Green    Mar 14 1945 - Jun 15 1946

LT John Berwick Anderson    Jun 15 1946 - Jan 15 1947

(Decommissioned Jan 15 1947 - Oct 3 1949)

CDR William McCollough Lowry    Oct 3 1949 - Dec 27 1951

CDR George Aloysius Hayes    Dec 27 1951 - Feb 17 1952

CDR Grover Leonard Rawlings    Feb 17 1952 - Jul 29 1953

CDR Claude Smith Farmer Jr.    Jul 29 1953 - Nov 5 1955

CDR Charles Moore Cassel Jr.    Nov 5 1955 - Nov 9 1957

CDR Alfred Anthony Cherbak    Nov 9 1957 - Dec 26 1959

CDR George David Harrelson    Dec 26 1959 - Dec 1 1961

CDR Chester Robert Langer    Dec 1 1961 - Jan 30 1964

CDR Fremont Easton Reichwein    Jan 30 1964 - Jul 31 1965

CDR Robert Lloyd Morgan    Jul 31 1965 - Nov 5 1966

CDR Leslie Adam Taylor Jr.    Nov 5 1966 - Oct 8 1968

CDR Henry Francis Boyle Jr.    Oct 8 1968 - Oct 1 1969