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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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NH 54648 USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) View on deck in Asiatic waters, circa 1905, showing an 18-inch torpedo partially withdrawn from its tube.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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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For more pictures concerning this ship, see:
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Page made 16 November 2002
New image added 18 July 2003