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Photo # NH 62727:  Officers and Crew of USS Decatur, 1907

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USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5), 1902-1920 --
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This page features additional views related to USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5).

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  • USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5), 1902-1920.


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    Photo #: NH 98599-KN (color)

    "First Torpedo Flotilla. During a Storm in the Mediterranean en-route to China February 23, 1904"

    Painting by an unidentified artist, depicting the destroyers Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Dale and Decatur in heavy seas.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation of Mrs. Anne Garagusi, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52103

    First Torpedo Flotilla


    Forming a "wedge" formation while steaming off Chefoo, China, during the summer of 1905. Photographed from USS Dale (Destroyer # 4). The other ships present are (as numbered):
    1. USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
    2. USS Barry (Destroyer # 2);
    3. USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3); and
    4. USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1).
    The Flotilla was commanded by Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox.

    Donation of Mrs. J.R. Kean, 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 560 x 765pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52102

    First Torpedo Flotilla


    Steaming in close formation off Chefoo, China, in 1905, while under the command of Lieutenant Dudley W. Knox. Ships present are (as numbered):
    1. USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
    2. USS Dale (Destroyer # 4);
    3. USS Barry (Destroyer # 2);
    4. USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3); and
    5. USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1).

    Donation of Mrs. J.R. Kean, 1938. Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54648

    USS Decatur
    (Destroyer # 5)

    View on deck in Asiatic waters, circa 1905, showing an 18-inch torpedo partially withdrawn from its tube.

    Courtesy of Captain Dudley W. Knox, USN, 1932.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 675 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54649

    USS Decatur
    (Destroyer # 5)

    Members of her crew display a shark they caught, in Asiatic waters, 1905.

    Courtesy of Admiral (Albert W.?) Grant.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 74072

    USS Decatur
    (Destroyer # 5)

    Ship's Officers and Crew on deck, 1907.
    Officers present are (seated, left to right):
    Ensign John M. Smeallie, USN, Ship's Engineer;
    Ensign Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commanding Officer; and
    Midshipman Hugh Allen, USN, Executive Officer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 62727

    USS Decatur
    (Destroyer # 5)

    Ship's Officers and Crew on deck in 1907.
    Some of those present are identified (as numbered):
    1. Ensign John M. Smeallie, USN, Ship's Engineer;
    2. Ensign Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commanding Officer;
    3. Midshipman Hugh Allen, USN, Executive Officer;
    4. Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Holmes; and
    5. Seaman Eversole.

    Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 88559

    Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines


    View of the waterfront, circa 1914-1916.
    Ships present are (from left to right):
    USS Monadnock (Monitor # 3);
    USS Monterey (Monitor # 6);
    USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1);
    USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
    USS Pampanga (1899-1928); and
    USS Piscataqua (1898-1931).

    Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43036

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.
    Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 43036 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43037

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers in the Reserve Basin awaiting decommissioning, circa March-April 1919. Ships present include (from left to right):
    USS Preble (Destroyer # 12);
    USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
    USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10);
    unidentified "750-ton" destroyer;
    USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20); and
    unidentified "750-ton" destroyer.
    Note the bent bow on the third ship from right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54955

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Older destroyers in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, preparing to go out of commission, 5 March 1919.
    They are, from left to right:
    USS Lamson (Destroyer # 18);
    USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20);
    USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); and
    USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5).
    Other ships are in the background.
    Note depth charge racks, after steering wheels and twin 18-inch torpedo tubes on Lamson and Flusser.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92301

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Old destroyers in the Reserve Basin, 13 June 1919, while awaiting decommissioning. Note the truck and liferafts on the pier.
    These ships are (from left to right):
    USS Worden (Destroyer # 16);
    USS Barry (Destroyer # 2);
    USS Hull (Destroyer # 7);
    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6) -- probably;
    USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1);
    USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13);
    USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); and
    USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5).
    Ships further to the right can not be identified.

    Courtesy of Frank Jankowski, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     

    For more pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5), 1902-1920.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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