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	144k	Born 10 April 1754 in Marshfield, Mass., George Little was appointed first lieutenant of the Massachusetts ship Protector in 1779, and was aboard in 1781 when she fought a running battle with the British ship Thames. In a later engagement he was captured, imprisoned, but later escaped. He was given command of Massachusetts ship Winthrop which captured two British privateers, armed brig Meriam, and a number of other vessels. Commissioned captain, USN, 4 March 1799, Little was given command of frigate Boston. He culminated a brilliant fighting career during the quasi-war with France by capturing Le Berceau and seven other ships. Little died at Weymouth, Mass., 22 July 1809.		Bill Gonyo
	133k	Launching at Fore River, November 11 1917. Digital ID: npcc 20355, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	270k	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1918. Shown: Hull 274 (USS Little), Hull 275 (USS Kimberley), Hull 276 (USS Sigourney), Hull 277 (USS Gregory), Hull 280 (USS Colhoun), Hull 281 (USS Stevens). Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.		Mike Mohl
	168k	View looking aft from her foremast crow's nest, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918. Note: "dazzle" camouflage, davits, motor whaleboat, motor launch and gig, triple torpedo tubes, mattress splinter protection around her after conning station, and life rafts. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	119k	Photo #: NH 51340, USS Little (DD-79) view of the ship's wake, taken while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	85k	Running trials in icy waters, 4 March 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	178k	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as USS Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	141k	View looking aft from the starboard midships superstructure, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 23 October 1918. Note her cowl ventilators, davits, motor launch and triple torpedo tubes. Another destroyer is in the left distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	132k	Photo #: NH 41705. USS Little (Destroyer # 79) gun crew practicing with the ship's forward 4"/50 gun, in the Atlantic, 23 October 1918. The ammunition appears to be wooden drill rounds. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	67k	Photo #: NH 41709, USS Little (Destroyer # 79) view over the ship's stern, showing her depth charge racks and after 4"/50 gun, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Paul Rebold
	57k	USS Little (Destroyer # 79) depth charge racks and 4"/50 gun on the ship's stern, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Paul Rebold
	91k	USS Little (Destroyer # 79) port side midships 4"/50 gun in action during target practice off the coast of France, 1918. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #: NH 41714.		Robert Hurst
	76k	Destroyers USS Little (DD-79), USS Jarvis (DD-38) and USS Burrows (DD-29) lying in the inner harbor at Brest, Finistere, ready for convoy duty, on October 27, 1918. Source: Imperial War Museum, American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo No.© IWM (Q 68328).		Mike Green
	73k	Photo #: NH 50022: USS Little (DD-79) at Boston, Massachusetts, 18 January 1919. Panoramic photograph, taken by Crosby. Note mattress splinter shielding hung around her bridge. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Scott Dyben
	61k	Photographed circa 1919-20. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	147k	Map of Iron Bottom Sound indicating where ships were sunk during the Battle of Guadacanal.		Ron Reeves

LCDR Joseph Knefler Taussig    Apr 6 1918 - Sep 21 1918 (Later VADM)
LCDR Leland Jordan Jr.    Sep 21 1918 - Jun 16 1919
LT Earle Grace Gardner    Jun 16 1919 - Jul 14 1920
LCDR Theodore Gordon 'Spuds' Ellyson    Jul 14 1920 - Aug 3 1921
LCDR Edward James Foy    Aug 3 1921 - Jul 5 1922
(Decommissioned July 5 1922 - August 2 1940)
LCDR Kenneth Earl    Nov 4 1940 - Mar 11 1942
CDR Gustove Brynolf 'Gus' Lofberg Jr.    Mar 11 1942 - Sep 5 1942