USS Stoddert, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in late June 1920. She primarily spent the next decade in operations along the West Coast, but made occasional deployments to more distant waters to participate in fleet maneuvers and other activities. Among these were cruises to the Atlantic and Caribbean, Chile, Panama and Hawaii. In mid-1925 Stoddert accompanied the Battle Fleet in its trans-Pacific voyage to New Zealand and Australia. On 8 September 1923, she was part of the formation of destroyers that lost seven of their number in the Honda Point Disaster, but was not herself damaged.
Decommissioned in May 1930, Stoddert was subsequently converted to a radio-controlled target ship for use in realistic high-speed combat exercises. While this shipyard work was in progress in November 1930, her name was changed to Light Target Number 1 and her hull number to IX-35. She was recommissioned in April 1931 and soon received her old name back. In June her hull number was again changed to AG-18, and in April 1932 Stoddert was again redesignated DD-302. During 1931-32, she conducted tests with her new equipment and operated with Mobile Target Division One, based at San Diego, California, to support aircraft dive bombing and torpedo training as well as surface ship gunnery practice. Stoddert was decommissioned for the last time in January 1933. She was sold for scrapping in August 1935.
USS Stoddert was named in honor of Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813), who served as the Nation's first Secretary of the Navy in 1798-1801.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Stoddert (DD-302).
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Photo #: NH 69456 USS Stoddert (DD-302) At anchor, probably off San Diego, California, circa 1920. USS Kennedy (DD-306) is in the right distance. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 69455 USS Stoddert (DD-302) Anchored off San Diego, California, circa 1920. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. The ship's name is misspelled on the print. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 69457 USS Stoddert (DD-302) At anchor, probably off San Diego, California, circa 1920. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1871 USS Stoddert (DD-302) Photographed while underway, circa 1923-1930. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 67899 USS Stoddert (DD-302) Photographed circa the later 1920s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 430 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 42010-A USS Stoddert (DD-302) Under repair alongside a tender, circa the later 1920s. Note what appears to be a diver support boat below her starboard propeller guard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 69515 Destroyer Division THIRTY-THREE Moored together off San Diego, California, on 16 April 1921. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. These ships are (from left to right): USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Thompson (DD-305) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 480 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 72598 Destroyer Division THIRTY-THREE Moored off San Diego, California. Probably photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego, on 16 April 1921. These ships are (from left to right): USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Thompson (DD-305) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 98029 "Old Hen and Chickens" USS Kanawha (AO-1) with thirteen destroyers alongside, off San Diego, California, during the early 1920s. Photographed by Bunnell, 414 E Street, San Diego. Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 98029 (complete caption). Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 77258 USS Cuyama (AO-3) With twelve destroyers tied up alongside, during the early 1920s. The ships present include (from left to right): USS Jacob Jones (DD-130); USS Hull (DD-330); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Corry (DD-334); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Cuyama (AO-3; USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Yarborough (DD-314); USS Sloat (DD-316); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Shubrick (DD-268); USS Young (DD-312); Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 82564 Destroyers moored together at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1925 The ships present include (from right to left): USS Somers (DD-301); USS Farragut (DD-300); USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299); USS Percival (DD-298); and USS Stoddert (DD-302). The outboard destroyer (furthest to the left) can not be identified. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Note: In addition to the views presented above, USS
Stoddert is visible in the following image:
The following photograph shows a ship that MAY be USS Stoddert (DD-302):
In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Stoddert (DD-302). The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway at very low speed in April 1927. Photographed by Martin. Port quarter surface view, showing the ship with awnings spread amidships. USS Stoddert (DD-302) at rest offshore, 12 April 1929, with USS Melvin (DD-335) in the right background. Starboard broadside surface view, with awnings spread amidships and aft.
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
For more images related to this ship, see:
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Page made 11 September 2002
New image added 31 August 2003