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	71k	Photo #: NH 50663. Commodore David Conner, U.S. Navy, (1792-1856) 19th Century engraved portrait. Commodore Conner commanded the Home Squadron during the first part of the Mexican War. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	37k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	177k	Ship's sponsor, Miss Elsa Diederich, with her party during Conner's launching ceremonies, at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 August 1917. Miss Diederich was great-great grand daughter of Commodore David Conner, in whose honor the ship was named. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 99556.		Robert Hurst
	52k	Photo #: NH 70857. USS Conner (Destroyer # 72) in a European harbor, circa 1918. She is painted in what appears to be a Mackay "low visibility" camouflage scheme. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
On British Service
HMS Leeds (ex-USS Conner, DD-72) transferred at Halfix, Leeds arrived at Devonport and entered a protracted refit which lasted from 17 November 1940 to 2 March 1941. She then joined Rosyth command, in which she served throughout the war escorting East Coast convoys. The ship's movements appears to indicate a horrific amount of time in dockyard hands; closer search shows that in fact it comprised a more or less monthly 'in hand' for defects, just what was needed to keep such an unusual ship running. Finally paid off at Grangemouth on 10 April 1945, Leeds passed to BISCo on 3 march 1947 and arrived at Grays, Essex on 19 January 1949 to be broken up by T W Ward Ltd. (History thanks to Robert Hurst.)
	27k	As the HMS Leeds circa 1940.		-
	81k	The 'Town' class destroyer HMS Leeds (ex-USS Conner, DD-72) underway on 24 September 1942 operating on the East Coast. Photo # FL 3255 from the collections of the Imperial War Museum.		Robert Hurst
	80k	The 'Town' class destroyer HMS Leeds (ex-USS Conner, DD-72) underway in 1942 operating on the East Coast.		Robert Hurst
	149k	As the HMS Leeds (Town class - 2nd Group), in 1943 while operating along the East Coast. Image from Warships of World War 11, by H.T. Lenton and J.J. Colledge, published by Ian Allan Ltd, London.		Robert Hurst
	55k	HMS Leeds early in 1945 alongside at Rosyth.		Robert Hurst

LCDR Alfred Graham Howe    Jan 12 1918 - Nov 25 1918 (Later RADM)
LT Theodore Edson Chandler    Nov 25 1918 - Jan 11 1919
LCDR Vance Duncan Chapline    Jan 11 1919 - Apr 9 1919
ENS Arthur Warner Bates    Apr 9 1919 - Mar 11 1920
LCDR Hubert Vance LaBombard    Mar 11 1920 - Sep 13 1921              
LT George Johnson McMillin    Sep 13 1921 - Jun 21 1922
(Decommissioned June 21 1922 - August 23 1940)
LCDR Thomas Burrowes    Aug 23 1940 - Nov 26 1940 (Later RADM)

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