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	127k	Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alexander Agnew McCormick was the son of Chicago Evening Post editor and Chicago city alderman Alexander A. McCormick (better known as "A. A. McCormick") and his wife Maude Warner. He attended the University of Chicago High School, and entered Yale University with the Class of 1919. He enlisted as a Seaman (2nd Class) in the U.S. Naval Aviation Forces on 16 April 1917 and trained at Buffalo, New York with the Aerial Coast Patrol Unit No. 2, which had been organized at Yale shortly after the United States declared war on Germany. He was commissioned in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force as an ensign on 2 November 1917 and was stationed at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, until 28 May 1918. He was assigned to Squadron 214 of the Royal Air Force and served in France. On 24 September 1918, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) McCormick received fatal injuries in battle while an aerial gunner with the Northern Bombing Group in a mission near Calais. Buried in the military cemetery at Calais, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. He received the degree of B.A., post obitum, honoris causa, from Yale University in June 1919. He had been selected for membership in Skull and Bones. His remains now lie at the Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France. The Citation reads; "The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant (j.g.) Alexander A. McCormack, U.S. Navy, for distinguished and heroic service in the line of his profession as a pilot of airplanes serving with the U.S. Naval Aviation Forces in Europe and with the Royal Air Force. Lieutenant McCormack took part in raids over enemy lines and was killed in making a forced landing from one of these raids."		Robert M. Cieri/Bill Gonyo
	107k	Undated, Early war image. Prior to modifications. Painted in Measure 2 camouflage.		John Snyder
	17k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	23k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	202k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	153k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	192k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	227k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	84k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	172k	Circa 1920-1921 photo by Frank's father, location unknown.		Frank Bausola
	172k	Crew photo, circa 1920-1921 photo by Frank's father, location unknown. Appears to be at Christmas time.		Frank Bausola
	64k	Photo #: NH 105167. Six destroyers nested together during the early 1920s. These ships are (from left to right): USS Edsall (DD-219); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS Bulmer (DD-222); USS Parrott (DD-218); USS Simpson (DD-221); and USS MacLeish (DD-220). The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Michael Mohl
	114k	USS McCormick (DD-223), Anchored off San Diego, California during the early 1920s. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 69429.		Robert Hurst
	73k	Photo #: NH 88356, ships of the 39th Destroyer Division moored together, probably in San Diego Harbor, California, in 1921. These ships are (from left to right): USS Edsall (DD-219); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS Bulmer (DD-222); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS MacLeish (DD-220); and USS Parrott (DD-218). Courtesy of L.C. Lupin, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	87k	At anchor in Prinkipo, Turkey, 1922.		Paul Rebold
	1208k	Large newspaper clipping from The Evening World dated September 16 1922. Note McCormAck should read McCormIck in the photo caption.		Mike Mohl
	51k	USS John D. Ford (DD-228), USS Sicard (DD-346), USS Pruitt (DD-347), USS Decatur (DD-341), USS Preble (DD-345), USS Pope (DD-225), USS Bulmer (DD-222), USS Simpson (DD-221) and USS McCormick (DD-223) in Manila Harbor, November 16 1928.		Carl Ross
	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 Peņa
	160k	April 10 1943, USS McCormick (DD-223), showing one of her 3"/50 AA guns. Photo from "Naval Weapons of World War Two" by John Campbell.		Robert Hurst/Ed Zajkowski
	157k	April 10 1943 in New York.		Ed Zajkowski
	233k	January 14 1944 photo by Naval Air Station New York. From the collection of Chris Wright.		Ed Zajkowski
	178k	January 19 1944 photo of the McCormick as modified in the typical late-WW2 escort flush deck destroyer manner. As was the general pattern, one boiler and its accompanying stack were removed due to increased ammunition loading required and increased crew staffing demands, without sacrificing too much speed. Improved electronics include a HF/DF (high frequency direction finder) mounted to the mainmast for long range submarine detection and a SF microwave radar radome and TBS antenna forward. A hedgehog is seen just aft of her forward 3"/50 caliber gun. In order to compensate for these additions, all but one of her 20mm guns, half of her torpedo battery and two of her six depth charge throwers were landed. The rest of her torpedoes were kept in case enemy surface raiders were encountered. National ASrchives 80-G-212791.		Chris Wright/Ed Zajkowski
	92k	As Above.		-
	77k	Refueling at sea, 1944.		-

LCDR Louis Collin Scheibla    Aug 30 1920 - Jul 10 1921
LTJG James Lemuel Holloway Jr.    Jul 10 1921 - Aug 10 1921 (XOIC Later ADM)
CAPT Samuel Woods Bryant    Aug 10 1921 - Aug 30 1921 (Later RADM)
CDR Allan Shannon Farquhar    Aug 30 1921 - Dec 2 1923
LT John Howard Cassady    Dec 2 1923 - Jan 10 1924 (Later ADM)
LCDR Walter Sherman Davidson    Jan 10 1924 - Jul 21 1924
LCDR Thalbert Nelson Alford    Jul 21 1924 - Jun 20 1925
CDR Wilfred Everett Clarke    Jun 20 1925 - Mar 10 1926
LCDR Rivers Johnson Carstarphen    Mar 10 1926 - Aug 27 1926 
LCDR Ellis Mark Zacharias Sr.    Aug 27 1926 - Dec 30 1926 (Later RADM)
CDR John Morris Smeallie    Dec 30 1926 - Sep 17 1928
CDR Francis Compton Denebrink    Sep 17 1928 - Jun 29 1929 (Later VADM)
LCDR Joseph Hardin Lawson    Jun 29 1929 - May 16 1932
LCDR Wilbur Victor Shown    May 16 1932 - Jun 5 1933
LCDR Malcolm Whitfield Callahan    Jun 5 1933 - May 28 1935 
LCDR Willard Augustus Kitts III    May 28 1935 - Jun 8 1936
LCDR William Bernard Goggins    Jun 8 1936 - Oct 14 1938
(Decommissioned Oct 14 1938 - Sep 26 1939)
LCDR John Hampden Lewis    Sep 26 1939 - Oct 27 1939 
CDR Thomas Valentine Cooper    Oct 27 1939 - Apr 10 1940
LT Albert Collins Burrows    Apr 10 1940 - May 10 1940 (XOIC)
CDR Thomas Valentine Cooper    May 10 1940 - Jul 20 1940
LT John David Huntley    Jul 20 1940 - Aug 13 1940
CDR Thomas Valentine Cooper    Aug 13 1940 - Oct 12 1940
LCDR John Hampden Lewis    Oct 12 1940 - Oct 1 1941
LT Emmett John Sullivan    Oct 1 1941 - Oct 10 1941 (XOIC)
LCDR Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield    Oct 10 1941 - Oct 15 1941
LT Emmett John Sullivan    Oct 15 1941 - Oct 20 1941 (XOIC)
CDR Ralph Waldo Hungerford    Oct 20 1941 - Nov 4 1941
LT Emmett John Sullivan    Nov 4 1941 - Jan 22 1942 (XOIC)
LCDR Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield    Jan 22 1942 - Feb 6 1942
LT George Evald Theodore Parsons    Feb 6 1942 - Feb 26 1942 (XOIC)
LCDR Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield    Feb 26 1942 - May 20 1942
LT George Evald Theodore Parsons    May 20 1942 - Jun 12 1942 (XOIC)
LCDR Eugene Sylvester Sarsfield    Jun 12 1942 - Oct 4 1942
LCDR Seymour Dunlop Owens    Oct 4 1942 - Oct 11 1943
LCDR Fenelon Aveilhe Brock    Oct 11 1943 - Jul 12 1944
LCDR Thomas James Moriarty    Jul 12 1944 - Jun 4 1945
LT Prentice Wilson Brower    Jun 4 1945 - Oct 4 1945

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