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	61k	MINSY 2859-44, Commodore James Alden. Born 31 March 1810 died 6 Feb 1877. Namesake of destroyer USS Alden (DD 211). He served as Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard from 1 August 1868 until 16 March 1869. Alden Park in front of the old headquarters building of the shipyard is named for him.		Darryl Baker
	93k	Starboard quarter view of the U.S. Navy tanker USS Victoria (AO-46) (ex George G. Henry) with four old four stack destroyers alongside. This photo could have been taken at Fremantle, Australia, when the tanker - still George G. Henry - fueled the four surviving American ships that took part in the Battle of the Java Sea, the destroyers USS Alden (DD-211), USS John D. Edwards (DD-216), USS John D. Ford (DD-228), and USS Paul Jones (DD-230), soon after they arrived in Australian waters. On 15 April 1942, while at Yarraville, a suburb of Melbourne, George G. Henry was taken over by the U.S. Navy under a bareboat charter and commissioned as USS Victoria (AO-46) on 20 April. Survivors from the sunken USS Langley (AV-3), USS Peary (DD-226), and USS Pecos (AO-6) made up the ship's new crew. Photo Australian armed forces. From the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 302766		Robert Hurst
	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
	111k	In the Philippines about 1937, image from the Rulen Collection.		S. E. Stokes
	133k	USS Alden (DD-211), At Chefoo, China on 1 January 1937. A sampan is under sail in the foreground. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 101678.		Robert Hurst
	276k	Four views of the Alden at Mare Island, August 9 1942. From the John Dickey collection.		Ed Zajkowski
	315k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	287k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	79k	Broadside view of USS Alden (DD 211) departing Mare Island on 10 August 1942. She was in overhaul at the yard from 29 July to 10 August 1942.		Darryl Baker
	156k	USS Alden (DD 211) off Mare Island on September 22, 1942. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	134k	USS Alden (DD 211) off Mare Island on September 22, 1942. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	166k	USS Alden (DD-211) off Mare Island on October 30, 1942. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Joe Radigan/Darryl Baker
	29k	January 15 1944, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	252k 283k	Newspaper clipping from the August 1946 Foreign Service Magazine.		Marcia Alexander

CDR William Ancrum    Nov 24 1919 - Feb 5 1921

CDR Eldred Bewes Armstrong    Feb 5 1921 - May 21 1921

LCDR Edmund Weyman Strother    May 21 1921 - Dec 24 1921

CDR William Alexander Glassford, Jr.    Dec 24 1921 - Jan 24 1923

(Decommissioned Jan 24 1923 - May 8 1930)

LCDR Lloyd Robert Gray    May 8 1930 - Aug 8 1930

LCDR John Franklin McClain    Aug 8 1930 - May 30 1931

LCDR Paul Augustus Stevens    May 30 1931 - Jul 10 1934

LCDR Oliver Owen Kessing    Jul 10 1934 - Jan 3 1935

LCDR Stanley Martyn Haight    Jan 3 1935 - Mar 10 1938 (Later RADM)

LCDR Thomas Lee McCann    Mar 10 1938 - Jan 22 1939

LCDR Stanley Fletcher Patten    Jan 22 1939 - Jul 9 1940 (Later RADM)

LCDR Lewis Elliott Coley    Jul 9 1940 - Mar 15 1942

LT Jacob Elliott Cooper    Mar 15 1942 - Apr 15 1942 (Later RADM)

CDR Ernest Edwin Evans    Apr 15 1942 - Jul 7 1943

LCDR Wayne Herkness II    Jul 7 1943 - Jan 27 1945

LT John Graham York    Jan 27 1945 - Jul 20 1945

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