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29k | John Adolphus Dahlgren, born 13 November 1809 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was appointed a midshipman 01 February 1826, and early became interested in the problems of ordnance. He developed the famous Dahlgren gun, perfected howitzers for use afloat and ashore, organized the Naval Gun Factory, and wrote several significant books on ordnance. From the outbreak of the Civil War until July 1862 he served as Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, where President Lincoln often conferred with him. He then became Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and on 07 February 1863 was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. In command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (07 July 1863-17 June 1865), he participated in the bombardment of Fort Wagner and cooperated with Sherman in the capture of Savannah and Charleston. After a tour of duty in command of the South Pacific Squadron (1866-1868), he returned to Washington again as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Rear Admiral Dahlgren resigned this job a year later to return to the command of the Navy Yard and Gun Factory. He died in Washington 12 July 1870. | Bill Gonyo | |
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80k | Undated World War One-era image. | Captain Jerry Mason USN | |
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121k | Undated real photo postcard image by I.Q. Reyes, circa 1920. | Dave Wright | |
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53k | Undated image of USS Dahlgren (DD-187) and USS Tracy (DD-214) in port, location unknown. | Paul Rebold | |
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155k | Undated, location unknown. Probably very early in her career, as her bow number is unshaded. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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225k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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98k | Undated, late war image showing final configuration. | - | |
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502k | USS Dahlgren (DD-187) in dry dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, while out of commission, 23 May 1932. In the left background is USS Lawrence (DD-250), which was recommissioned on 13 June 1932. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 64536, Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. | Paul Rebold | |
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67k | Bow view of the USS Dahlgren (DD-187) in dry dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on May 23, 1932. Naval History History and Heritage Command photo NH 64537 | Mike Green | |
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448k | USS Dahlgren (DD-187), leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 04 August 1932. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 64538, donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. | Robert Hurst | |
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77k | Video capture from Fleet Review, 1933. | Fabio Peña | |
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61k | Video capture from Fleet Review, 1933. | Fabio Peña | |
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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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122k | Dahlgren in East River, New York, July 1937. | Ed Zajkowski / Marc Piché | |
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178k | Scene from the 1940 movie Charlie Chan in Panama by 20th Century Fox, USS Dahlgren (DD-187) and USS Tracy (DD-214) transiting the Panama Canal. | Joe Mackey | |
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491k | USS Dahlgren (DD-187) off the Charleston Navy Yard, 28 February 1945, the day before she was officially redesignated AG-91. Note her fat after smokestack, fitted when this ship was given two experimental ultra-high-pressure (1,300 psi) boilers in 1937, and 4"/50 guns still carried fore and aft. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph photo NH 45525 | Robert Hurst | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Leo Sahm (USNA 1903) | 06 January 1920 - 17 June 1920 |
| 02 | CDR Owen Bartlett (USNA 1906) | 17 June 1920 - 10 May 1921 |
| 03 | LCDR Walter Atlee Edwards (USNA 1910) | 10 May 1921 - 21 August 1921 |
| 04 | LT Bayliss Frank Poe (USNA 1912) | 21 August 1921 - 30 June 1922 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1922 - 25 October 1932 | |
| 05 | LCDR Harry William von Hasseln (USNA 1918) | 25 October 1932 - 10 January 1935 |
| 06 | LCDR Arthur Tenny Emerson (USNA 1916) | 10 January 1935 - 20 April 1936 |
| 07 | LCDR Heber Byron Brumbaugh (USNA 1921-A) | 20 April 1936 - 15 December 1936 |
| 08 | LCDR Thomas Lippitt Wattles (USNA 1921-A) | 15 December 1936 - 20 July 1937 |
| 09 | LCDR William Peters Hepburn (USNA 1920) | 20 July 1937 - 06 November 1939 |
| 10 | LT/LCDR Lewis Robinson Miller (USNA 1926) | 06 November 1939 - 08 February 1942 |
| 11 | LCDR Robert William Cavenagh (USNA 1926) | 08 February 1942 - 10 December 1942 |
| 12 | LCDR Morton Sunderland (USNA 1932) | 10 December 1942 - 22 March 1943 |
| 13 | LCDR Junius Weakley Millard DE-V(G) USNR (USNA 1922) | 22 March 1943 - 10 April 1943 |
| 14 | CDR Robert William Curtis (USNA 1933) | 10 April 1943 - 05 December 1943 |
| 15 | LCDR Robert Edward Lapides DE-V(G) USNR | 05 December 1943 - 16 March 1945 |
| 16 | LT Ralph Emerson Rhoads, Jr. (D) USNR | 16 March 1945 - 14 December 1945 |
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