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	72k	Pierce Crosby was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on 16 January 1824. Appointed a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy in June 1838, he reached the rank of Lieutenant in September 1853 after a decade and a half in ships of the Home and Mediterranean Squadrons, plus coast survey duty, Mexican War action and shore assignments in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From late 1853 until the outbreak of the Civil War in the spring of 1861, Lieutenant Crosby served in the sloops of war Germantown, of the Brazil Squadron, and Saratoga, and on board the receiving ship Princeton at Philadelphia. During April-October 1861, as the War between the States ran through its first half year, Crosby served in the sloop of war Cumberland and briefly commanded the new gunboat Pembina. He went to the Gulf of Mexico as Commanding Officer of the gunboat Pinola at the beginning of 1862, subsequently performing valuable service during the campaigns to capture New Orleans and other strategic points on the lower Mississippi. For two years beginning in November 1862, Crosby helped enforce the blockade of the Confederacy's East Coast as Commanding Officer of the steamers Sangamon, Florida, and Keystone State, and as Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He finished the war in the Gulf, commanding the gunboat Metacomet, and took part in clearing mines from Mobile Bay. Commander Crosby spent the first three years of the post-Civil War era in the south Atlantic as Commanding Officer of the gunboat Shamokin. Following promotion to Captain in May 1868, he had a variety of shore assignments and, in 1872-1873, commanded the big steamer Powhatan. In 1877-1881, in the rank of Commodore, Crosby was commandant of the League Island (Philadelphia) Navy Yard. He finished his active career as a Rear Admiral, commanding the South Atlantic Station in 1882-1883 and the Asiatic Station later in 1883. In October of the latter year he was placed on the Retired List. Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby died at Washington, D.C., on 15 June 1899. Photo #: NH 51735. Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby, USN (1824-1899) portrait photograph, taken circa 1882. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart/Bill Gonyo
	138k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	181k	Circa 1918, USS Boggs (DD-136) and USS Crosby (DD-164) at unknown location.		Tommy Trampp
	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
	117k	USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser #2, later CL-2), centre foreground, at San Pedro, California, circa 1919-1921, with a group of destroyers. Among the latter are USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164, later DD-164), at right and USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), which is the outboard ship in the nest immediately ahead of Crosby. U.S. Naval Historical Centre, photo # NH 42528.		Robert Hurst
	87k	USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164) At the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 25 January 1919. Panogramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, # 11 Portland Street, Boston. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	145k	Photo #: NH 95204. USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164) at New York City, 8 July 1919, just prior to departing for the West Coast. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart/Darryl Baker
	161k	(L-R) USS Crosby (DD-164) and USS Walker (DD-163) at San Pedro circa December 1919.		Alan Leigh Armstrong
	172k	(L-R) USS Philip (DD-76). USS Waters (DD-115) and USS Crosby (DD-164) at San Pedro circa December 1919.		Alan Leigh Armstrong
	167k	USS Crosby (DD-164) Underway, circa 1920. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Marc Piché
	108k	USS Crosby (DD-164) at Mare Island in March 1922.		Darryl Baker
	75k	Undated (1920's early 30's), Good image showing details of this class.		Robert L. Larzalere USS Siboney, CVE 112, EM, 1946-1948.
	116k	USS Thatcher (DD-162) Leading other destroyers into a harbor, circa 1919-1921. The next ship astern is USS Crosby (DD-164). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	78k	Photo #: NH 85033 USS Cuyama (Oiler # 3) at Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1919 with several destroyers alongside, from left to center: USS Walker (Destroyer # 163); USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164); and USS Thatcher (Destroyer # 162). USS Gamble (Destroyer # 123) is moored along Cuyama's port side. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	121k	USS Crosby (DD-164) circa 1940-1941. From the collection of crewmember MM1/CMM John W. Miller.		Jack Miller
	82k	USS Crosby (DD-164) circa 1940-1941. From the collection of crewmember MM1/CMM John W. Miller.		Jack Miller

LCDR Fred Thomas Berry    Jan 24 1919 - Feb 10 1920

LT Selden Almon    Feb 10 1920 - Jan 19 1922

LT Evan Greenwood Hanson    Jan 19 1922 - Jun 7 1922

(Decommissioned Jun 7 1922 - Dec 18 1939)

LCDR Knowlton Williams    Dec 18 1939 - Dec 15 1941

LCDR John Francis Gallaher    Dec 15 1941 - Nov 21 1942 (Later RADM)

LCDR Roy Arthur Newton    Nov 21 1942 -Feb 1 1943 

LCDR Alan George Grant    Feb 1 1943 - Jul 20 1943

LCDR Marston Walton Burdick    Jul 20 1943 - Nov 8 1943

LCDR William Edward 'Pappy' Sims    Nov 8 1943 - Oct 3 1944

LCDR George Galbraith Moffat    Oct 3 1944 - Sep 28 1945