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90k | John B. Montgomery was born in New Jersey in 1794. He was appointed a Midshipman on 4 June 1812. He first served in the flagship Niagara in the victory of Lake Erie, September 1814. He was commissioned Lieutenant on 1 April 1818 and Commander on 9 December 1839. He commanded Naval Rendezvous, Boston in 1840. He was the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth of the Pacific Squadron (1845-48). He was promoted to Captain in 1853 and became Commander Pacific Squadron (1860-61). He was promoted to Commodore on 16 July 1862 and served as Commandant Boston Navy Yard (1862-63) and Commandant Navy Yard Washington (1864-65). He rose to the flag rank of Rear Admiral on 25 July 1866 and was Commandant Naval Station Sackett's Harbor, N.Y. (1867-69). Admiral Montgomery died on 25 March 1873 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. At the time of his death he was on the Retired List. Photo of John B. Montgomery (DD-121) - Commandant Boston Navy Yard, June 3, 1862-Dec. 15, 1863 (Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-7245) | Robert M. Cieri/Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard | |
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| 57k | USS Radford (Destroyer No. 120) and USS Montgomery (Destroyer No. 121) at Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1918. | Randle M. Biddle | |
| 42k | USS Radford (Destroyer No. 120) and USS Montgomery (Destroyer No. 121) at Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1918. | Randle M. Biddle | |
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167k | USS Montgomery (Destroyer No. 121) alongside an unknown ship, date and location unknown. The caption on the back of the original photo reads "4 pipe destroyers refueling alongside USS Cuyama at Queenstown, Ireland 1917," which is inaccurate at least as to date. | Dave Wright | |
| 278k | Location unknown, circa 1918-1919. | Lou Keller | |
| 48k | Location unknown, circa 1918-1919. | Paul Rebold | |
| 553k | USS Montgomery (Destroyer No. 121) underway, 26 February 1919. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 45722 | Robert Hurst | |
| 201k | USS Radford (DD-120), USS Montgomery (DD-121) and several other destroyers transit the Panama Canal, circa August 1919. Note these are not submarines as the caption implies! | Frank Hoak III, Captain US Navy retired | |
| 401k | Above photo converted to a color postcard. | Frank Hoak III, Captain US Navy retired | |
| 38k | Clipping from 17 August 1919 showing USS Radford (DD-120), USS Montgomery (DD-121) and other unidentified destroyers in the Panama Canal. This photo appears to be the source of the above two photos. | Mike Mohl | |
| 170k | At San Diego, circa 1920. Note the wind deflector on her bridge. From the John Dickey collection. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 264k | Undated photo of three Curtis F8C-4 flying over the USS Montgomery (DD-121) at an unknown location. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.2011.003.209.003. | Mike Green | |
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230k | Post World War I San Diego image including the USS Walker (DD-163), USS Lea (DD-118), USS Gamble (DD-123), USS Montgomery (DD-121), USS Roper (DD-147), USS Ramsay (DD-124), USS Tarbell (DD-142), USS Thatcher (DD-162), USS Evans (DD-78), USS Crosby (DD-164), USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), USS Hazelwood (DD-107), USS Gillis (DD-260), USS McLanahan (DD-264), USS Howard (DD-179), USS Schley (DD-103), USS Dorsey (DD-117), USS Tattnall (DD-125), USS Wickes (DD-75), USS Laub (DD-263), USS Zane (DD-337), USS Perry (DD-340) and USS Alden (DD-211). | Mike Mohl | |
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660k | USS Radford (DD-120), USS Sproston (DD-173), USS Breese (DD-122), USS Badger (DD-126) and USS Montgomery (DD-121) moored at San Diego, circa 1920. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 50241 | Daniel Dunham | |
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195k | Red Lead Row, San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as: (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. : NH 42539 | Robert Hurst | |
| USS Montgomery (DM-17) |
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151k | Seen here in prewar colors at Pearl Harbor, circa 1940, with her sisters USS Breese (DM-18), USS Gamble (DM-15) and USS Ramsay (DM-16) as part of Mine Division Two. | - | |
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184k | The USS Montgomery (DM-17) and USS Gamble (DM-15) along with many others out of commission at San Diego, 04 April 1939. Note they still wear their destroyer hull numbers, though carry the Mine Force insignia. | Jonathan Eno | |
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54k | Photo from Our Navy magazine, June 1943. | Chet Morris | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCDR William Reynolds Purnell (USNA 1908) | 26 July 1918 - 04 January 1919 |
| 02 | LCDR John Calvin Jennings (USNA 1908) | 04 January 1919 - 20 January 1920 |
| 03 | LT Thomas Lamison Sprague (USNA 1918) | 20 January 1920 - 10 November 1920 |
| 04 | LT Stuart Shirley Reynolds USN | 10 November 1920 - 28 December 1921 |
| 05 | CDR William Alexander Glassford, Jr. (USNA 1906) | 28 December 1921 - 13 March 1922 |
| 06 | LT Stuart Shirley Reynolds USN | 13 March 1922 - 06 June 1922 |
| Decommissioned | 06 June 1922 - 20 August 1931 | |
| 07 | CDR Lee Payne Johnson (USNA 1909) | 20 August 1931 - 21 March 1932 |
| 08 | LCDR Lloyd Erwin Clifford (USNA 1917) | 21 March 1932 - 28 November 1933 |
| 09 | LCDR Omar Brown Earle USN | 28 November 1933 - 15 May 1935 |
| 10 | LCDR William Edward Miller (USNA 1920) | 15 May 1935 - 20 July 1936 |
| 11 | LCDR Robert Raymond Ferguson (USNA 1918) | 10 July 1936 - 07 July 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 07 July 1937 - 25 September 1939 | |
| 12 | LCDR Donald Fitzroy McLean (USNA 1924) | 25 September 1939 - 02 April 1941 |
| 13 | LCDR Richard Allen Guthrie (USNA 1925) | 02 April 1941 - 10 April 1942 |
| 14 | LCDR John Andrews, Jr. (USNA 1929) | 10 April 1942 - 01 April 1943 |
| 15 | LCDR Dwight Lyman Moody (USNA 1935) | 01 April 1943 - 01 November 1943 |
| 16 | LCDR Edward Herman Inman, Jr. D-V(G) USNR | 01 November 1943 - 23 May 1944 |
| 17 | LCDR Dan Thomas Drain (D) USNR | 23 May 1944 - 23 April 1945 |
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