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 [1]  [2]  | 80k 84k 118k | [1] Silas Talbot was born on 11 January 1751 in Dighton, Mass. and was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army on 1 July 1775. After participating in the siege of Boston and aiding in the transportation of troops to New York, he obtained command of a fireship and attempted to use it to set fire to the British warship Asia. The attempt failed, but the daring it displayed won him a promotion to major on 10 October 1777. After suffering a severe wound while fighting to defend Philadelphia, Talbot returned to active service in the summer of 1778 and fought in Rhode Island. As commander of Pigot and later of Argo, both under the Army, he cruised against Loyalist vessels that were harassing American trade between Long Island and Nantucket and made prisoners of many of them. Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress made him a captain in the Continental Navy on 17 September 1779. However, since Congress had no suitable warship to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the privateer General Washington. In it he took one prize, but soon thereafter ran into the British fleet off New York. After a chase, he struck his colors to Culloden, a 74-gun ship-of-the-line and remained a prisoner until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781. After the war, Talbot settled in Fulton County, N.Y. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793 and served in the federal House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. On 5 June 1794, President Washington chose him third in a list of six captains of the newly established United States Navy. Before the end of his term in Congress, he was ordered to superintend the construction of the frigate President at New York. He commanded the Santo Domingo Station in 1799 and 1800 and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for protecting American commerce and for laying the foundation of a permanent trade with that country. Captain Talbot resigned from the Navy on 23 September 1801 and died at New York City on 30 June 1813. [2] John Gunnell Talbot was born on 16 August 1844 at Danbury,Ky. He was appointed a midshipman in 1862 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 12 June 1866. Commissioned ensign on 12 March 1868, Talbot attained the rank of Master on 26 March 1869 and of lieutenant on 21 March 1870. He was serving as executive officer of Saginaw when that steamer grounded on a reef off Ocean Island in the mid-Pacific on 29 October 1870 and broke up. Lt. Talbot and four men volunteered to go to Honolulu, the nearest port, 1,500 miles away, for help.The men began the voyage in an open boat on 18 November and reached Kauai, Hawaii,on 19 December. However, as the party attempted to get through the heavy surf to shore, their boat capsized. Lt. Talbot and three others drowned while attempting to swim through the rough breakers to shore. The lone survivor reported the wreck of Saginaw, and her crew was saved. Image from the book “The Last Cruise Of The Saginaw” by George H. Read, Pay Inspector, U.S.N (Retired) 1912. The bottom photo displays the tablet now on the wall of the chapel at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. | Bill Gonyo | |
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48k | Undated, general details of this class appearance during the inter-war years. | - | |
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133k | Undated, location unknown. | George Klos | |
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32k | Undated, location unknown. | Stuart Hepburn | |
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74k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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203k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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198k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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188k | Undated, location unknown. World War I camouflage scheme. | Kennon Ledbetter | |
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47k | Undated, location unknown. | Douglas Chartier | |
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114k | USS Rathburne (DD-113) and USS Talbot (DD-114), undated, location unknown. | Frank Hoak III, Captain US Navy retired | |
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230k | Part of the crew of the U.S. Destroyer Talbot. Taken at Maderia Nov. or Dec. 1918. 4 inch gun. Boy standing highest at rear is standing on a depth charge. Pinapples, 2 for 25(cents). | Kennon Ledbetter | |
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214k | The boat that made the 'subs' submerge. Several official and unofficial scalps to her credit. The Talbot, U.S. Destroyer #114. Fiume, Austria, June 20, 1919. It was her captain, who with 110 men, defied the Italians, siding with the French, holding the Italians back until a battleship came. The Talbot lay all night under Italian guns - but on the 'Grayhounds' arrival ---- ! ! ! | Kennon Ledbetter | |
 At Fiume in June 1919. | Frank Hoak III, Captain US Navy retired | |||
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244k | The crew at Fiume, Austria, June 20, 1919. | Kennon Ledbetter | |
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223k | Close up from above photo. | Kennon Ledbetter | |
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84k | USS Talbot (Destroyer # 114/DD-114), Photographed circa 1919-1921, prior to having her after 4"/50 gun moved from the main deck to atop an enlarged deckhouse. She was designated DD-114 in July 1920. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 45225. | Robert Hurst | |
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64k | USS Camden (ID-3143) with USS Talbot (DD-114) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA., 28 August 1919. US Navy photo # NH 47001, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. | US Naval Historical Center | |
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103k | Destroyers moored together at San Diego, California, circa the early 1920s. These ships are (from left to right): USS Dent (DD-116); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); and USS Roper (DD-147). Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 101204. | Robert Hurst | |
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301k | Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone. Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fabio Peña | |
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115k | U.S. Navy destroyers moored together at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1934. Ships present include (from left to right): USS Breckinridge (DD-148); two unidentified destroyers; USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); six unidentified destroyers and USS Hopkins (DD-249). U.S.Naval Historical Centre photo # NH 50099. | Robert Hurst | |
LCDR Isaac Foote Dortch Jul 20 1918 - Oct 25 1918 CDR George William Kenyon Oct 25 1918 - Apr 2 1920 LCDR James Coe Van der Carr Apr 2 1920 - Nov 20 1922 LT Pal Lamar Meadows Nov 20 1922 - Mar 31 1923 (Decommissioned March 31 1923 - May 31 1930) CDR David Irvin Hedrick May 31 1930 - Jul 10 1931 CDR Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh Jul 10 1931 - Jul 3 1932 LCDR John Joseph Bartholdi Jul 3 1932 - Mar 10 1935 LCDR William Goodwin Ludlow Jr. Mar 10 1935 - Mar 7 1937 LT Ralston Birto Vanzant Mar 7 1937 - Mar 20 1938 LCDR Thomas Dwight Wilson Mar 20 1938 - Apr 21 1939 LCDR Max Clifford Stormes Apr 21 1939 - May 31 1940 LCDR Ralph Earle Jr. May 31 1940 - Nov 15 1942 (Later VADM) LCDR Gustave Norman Johansen Nov 15 1942 - Nov 24 1943 LCDR Charles Cushman Morgan Nov 24 1943 - Jun 12 1945 LCDR Kenneth Byron Sill Jun 12 1945 - Jul 9 1945 LT Frank Stewart Streeter Jul 9 1945 - Aug 8 1945 (OIC) LCDR Kenneth Byron Sill Aug 8 1945 - Oct 9 1945
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