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	12k	Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, born at Palmyra, New York , February 9, 1840. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy September 24, 1857, and graduated at the head of his class in 1861. He subsequently earned an LLD degree from Harvard in 1899. He was promoted to Master, 1861 and commissioned as a Lieutenant July 16, 1862. He was Executive Officer on the ironclad USS Patapsco when it was blown up by mine in Charleston harbor. He was blown into water, but then rescued. Advanced to Lieutenant Commander, July 25, 1866, Commander, August 9, 1874, Captain, March 1889. He was Superintendent of the Naval Academy, 1886-90. An expert on ordnance, torpedoes, etc. With Lieutenant Joseph Strauss, he devised-perfected superimposed turrets introduced into the Navy in February 1898. He was President, Board of Inquiry as to cause of the destruction of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898, and after a declaration of war with Spain he commanded the North Atlantic Squadron with the rank of acting Rear Admiral. Promoted to Commodore, 1898, Rear Admiral, 1899. During the Spanish-American his command numbered 125 vessels, the strongest ever organized for hostile purposes. His fleet captured many Spanish merchant vessels and blockade runners and finally defeated the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cevera. Appointed, September 1898, one of three commanders to Cuba. Resumed command of North Atlantic fleet, December 1898. Commandant, Boston USN Yard, Oct 14, 1899. In 1865-67 he served on the USS Colorado in European Squadron, advancing to Lieutenant Commander, July 1866. Again at USNA 1868-71, and, after service on the USS Congress in 1872 and European station in 1873 and promotion to Commander in August 1874, he returned for third tour, 1874-78, as head of Physics Department. 1879-82 he commanded USS Swatara in the Asiatic Squadron, after 2 years as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, during which time was delegate to International Prime Meridian Conference, October 1884, he commanded the Naval torpedo station at Newport from 1884 to 1886. September 1886 named Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Promoted to Captain in March 1889, he left the Academy in 1890 to command the USS San Francisco. 1893-97 he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, where under his leadership much progress was made in such matters as introduction of smokeless powder and improvement of gunnery training. June 1897 given command of new battleship Iowa, joining the North Atlantic Squadron as senior Captain. During February-March 1898 served as president of the Naval Board investigating the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor. In the latter month he was advanced to acting Rear Admiral, and named to succeed the ailing Montgomery Sicard in command of the North Atlantic Squadron. On declaration of war against Spain in April, he proceeded from Key West to institute a blockade of northern coast of Cuba, his own plan to attack Havana directly having been overruled by the Navy Department. In May while location of the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cevera was yet unknown, he made a cruise east to Puerto Rico and on May 12 bombarded San Juan. He then returned to blockade and joined by "Flying Squadron" under Winfield Scott Schley, who, though technically his senior, was placed under his command for the campaign. He sent Schley to reinforce the blockade of the southern coast, particularly at Cienfuegos and Santiago. Schley was tardy in movements, and Cevera slipped undetected into easily defended harbor at Santiago. When he was finally discovered there, Sampson concentrated his forces outside the harbor. He supported landing of Shafter's army at Daiquiri, June 22, and the capture of Siboney next day, and the subsequent advance to Santiago. Following capture of San Juan heights commanding the city on July 1 he and Shafter arranged a shore conference to plan a coordinated land-sea assault. On morning of July 3 aboard the USS New York, headed for the conference point some miles to east. Half an hour later the first of Cevera's ships appeared, steaming out of harbor to west. The Blockade Squadron, under the immediate command of Schley, went instantly into action and in less than 4 hours entire Spanish fleet was sunk or run ashore. The battle took place entirely to west of harbor entrance, and the New York was out of it altogether. Considerable controversy ensued, with Schley, who had been present aboard the USS Brooklyn, quickly becoming hero of day in papers, while the Navy Department and most knowledgeable observers credited Sampson's training, preparation, and standing orders with the squadron's success. A dispute, bitter at times, delayed promotions for both men for nearly a year. During September-December 1898 in Cuba as 1 of 3 US commissioners. He was made permanent Rear Admiral in March , and resumed command of his squadron until October 1899. He commanded the Boston Navy Yard until October 1901, waiting orders from then until his retirement, February 1902. He died on May 6, 1902, at Washington, DC and it was originally suggested that he be buried at the Naval Academy. He was, however, subsequently buried in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery.		Steven A. Cardali
	122k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	118k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	72k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	86k	Undated, location unknown.		Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
	151k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	178k	Undated, location unknown.		ssharpbt2
	104k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	111k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	125k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	41k	The launching program May 21 1960.		Gerd Matthes
	53k	Mrs. John Crenshaw christens the Sampson May 21 1960.		Gerd Matthes
	47k	The launching May 21 1960.		Gerd Matthes
	100k	Boston Naval Shipyard, June, 1960		© Richard Leonhardt
	107k	Boston Naval Shipyard, August 1961		© Richard Leonhardt
	26k	Quebec July 1963.		Marc Piché
	119k	December 2 1963, location unknown.		Tommy Trampp
	75k	Cheseapeake Bay, July, 1964		© Richard Leonhardt
	185k	Early 1966 in the Bosporus off Istanbul, USS Sampson (DDG-10) and USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23).		David Meare
	73k	Viewed from the USCGC Ingham (WHEC 35) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba June 1972.		Terry Wright
	173k	May 12 1974, Aegean Sea, near Falconera Island. The USS Sampson comes by the Soviet Kashin class DDG Krasny Krim.		Eugene Ivkin
	236k	As above.		Eugene Ivkin
	89k	USS Barry (DD-933) (left), USS Sampson (DDG-10) (left-center) and USS Richard L. Page (DEG-5) (right) In the harbor at Athens, Greece. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in July 1974. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	89k	At Barcelona, Spain, on March 21, 1978. Compared to the photo taken at Boston, in June 1960 (above), this view shows Sampson with the new, improved planar antenna for her SPS-39 3D radar, mounted on her after stack, and a more complex foremast. At the time, she was fitted with an SPS-37 2D air search radar (the larger antenna on her foremast); this was replaced by an SPS-40D in 1981.		Fabio Peña
	501k	Moored at Trumbo Point, Naval Station Key West, FL, November 1978. Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00036141.		Robert Hurst
	241k	Moored at Trumbo Point, Naval Station Key West, FL, November 1978. Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00036309.		Robert Hurst
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1978				Wolfgang Hechler
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - September 1979				Manuel García García
	85k	The Charles F. Adams-class USS Sampson (DDG 10) alongside the Forrest Sherman-class USS Barry (DD 933). Initially conceived as a missile-armed version of the Forrest Shermans, the Charles F. Adams-class ships had, as actually built, a larger hull with more freeboard forward, for dryness. Note different anchor locations on both ships, reflecting their different sonar domes positions. Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 2, 1979.		Fabio Peña
	111k	Closer view, as above.		Fabio Peña
	81k	Closer view, as above.		Fabio Peña
	81k	Mediterranean 1979.		Marc Piché
	55k	DN-SC-83-10459. An SM-1 Standard missile is launched from the guided missile destroyer USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (ATWTR), Puerto Rico. Photo by Rick Moore on June 11 1982.		Bill Gonyo
	169k	At Genoa, Italy on December 22 1984.		Carlo Martinelli
	58k	Taken between July 1985 and July 1986. The photo was taken by Walt Anhorn, the Missile Officer at that time.		Tim Morgan LCDR, SC, USNR
	70k	Operating with USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVAN-69) Battle Group, Eastern Mediteranean 1985.		Edward H. Cleary
	95k	Circa 1988-1989 while Greg was stationed on board as the Chief Engineer.		Greg Krawczyk, Captain USNR
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1990				Wolfgang Hechler
Willkommen an Board pamphlet - circa 1990				Wolfgang Hechler
	124k	DN-SC-91-06958. Crew members man the rails aboard the guided missile destroyer USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) as the ship returns to Mayport after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Photo by Julie Irwin, March 28 1991.		Bill Gonyo
	60k	Cover of the decommissioning pamphlet June 24 1991.		Gerd Matthes
	124k	USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) and USS Sampson (DDG-10) showing the gangway between the two ships while moored in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in November 1999. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.		Robert Hurst
	57k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	88k	Ship's coin.		Tommy Trampp

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