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52k | Commodore George Hamilton Perkins was born at Hopkinton, N.H., 20 October 1835. Appointed midshipman in 1851, he served the Navy to 1899. He fought with Farragut at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, at the capture of Governor Moore and three ships of the Montgomery Flotilla, and at the surrender of New Orleans in April 1862. He also fought at Port Hudson and Whitehall’s River in July 1862, at the captures of Mary Sorley and Tennessee, the Battle of Mobile Bay, and at Forts Powell, Gaines, and Morgan in August 1864. Following peacetime naval service, he died at Boston, Mass., 28 October 1899. Photo #: NH 47485. Captain George H. Perkins, USN photographed circa 1882-1891. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri |
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78k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
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58k | Photo #: 19-N-21-3-9. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) photographed on 1 October 1910, while nearing completion at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tony Cowart |
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53k | Photo #: NH 99256. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) underway in 1912. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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44k | Photo #: NH 44195. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) at anchor, prior to World War I. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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55k | Photo #: NH 100426. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) photographed by N. Moser during World War I, while painted in pattern camouflage. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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168k | A Wright Model C seaplane is receiving attention by handlers at Naval Aeronautic Station Pensacola, Florida in 1916. The USS Perkins (DD-26) and an unidentified sister are moored at the dock in the background. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 2008.104.001.124. | Mike Green |
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109k | Photo #: NH 41962. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) wearing pattern camouflage, 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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83k | USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) moored to a buoy while painted in pattern camouflage, 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
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52k | Photo #: NH 103768, USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) underway off the U.S. East Coast, 1918. Note her pattern camouflage scheme. Collection of Arthur J. Rozette. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
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62k | USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) underway in U.S. East Coast waters, 1918. Note her pattern camouflage scheme. Collection of Arthur J. Rozette. U.S. Naval Historical Centre photo # NH 103767. | Robert Hurst |
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113k | Photo #: 19-N-1105. USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26) moored to a bouy in 1918. Note her "dazzle" camouflage, and the depth charge racks and "Y" gun depth charge thrower mounted on her after deck. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tony Cowart |
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38k | Photo #: NH 99514, USS Perkins (Destroyer # 26), at left with battleships and other units of the Atlantic Fleet in harbor, circa 1919. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |