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	21k	Gustavus Vasa Fox, born 13 June 1821 at Saugus, Mass., was appointed midshipman 12 January 1838. During the Mexican War, he served in the brig Washington in the squadron of Commodore Perry and took active part in the second expedition against Tobasco, 14-16 January 1847, which resulted in the capture of that town. He was in command of several mail steamers and after his resignation 30 July 1856, engaged in the manufacture of woolen materials. At the start of the Civil War he volunteered for service. He was given a temporary appointment in the Navy and was sent in the steamer Baltic to the relief of Major Robert Anderson and the remnant of his command in Fort Sumter, and brought them away. On 1 August 1861, President Lincoln appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, an office which he held until the close of the Civil War. In 1866, he was sent on a special mission to Russia and conveyed the congratulations of the President of the United States to the Czar upon his escape from assassination. His voyage was made in the monitor Miantonomah which was the first vessel of this class to cross the Atlantic. He died 29 October 1883 at Lowell, Mass. Torpedo Boat No. 13 and DD-234 were named for Gustavus Fox.		Bill Gonyo
	124k	Undated, destroyers moored at San Diego, California, prior to World War II. These ships are (from left to right): USS Barry (DD-248); USS Bainbridge (DD-246); USS Reuben James (DD-245); USS Williamson (DD-244); USS Fox (DD-234); USS Lawrence (DD-250); and USS Hovey (DD-208). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	89k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	157k	Undated, location unknown. Photo of the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	126k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	126k	USS Fox (DD-234), Miss Virginia Blair, ship's Sponsor, stands by Fox's bow during launching ceremonies at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 June 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 53936.		Robert Hurst
	85k	USS Fox (DD-234) launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 June 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	130k	New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey. Destroyers fitting out on 2 October 1919. The second ship from the camera is Humphreys (DD-236). The fourth through sixth are Brooks (DD-232), Fox (DD-234) and Kane (DD-235). Their builder's hull numbers were (respectively) 225, 221, 223 and 224. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42532		Robert Hurst
	119k	Circa 1920's, location unknown.		Alan Butler
	72k	Photo #: NH 53937-A, USS Fox (DD-234) running trials in 1920. Note: despite the inscription of this view, it is possible that this ship is actually USS Brooks (DD-232).		Paul Rebold
0523413	84k	RPPC of Fox, showing damage to her bow after colliding with British cruiser HMS Ceres at the mouth of the Bosphorus, 03 April 1923.		Dave Wright
	116k	USS Fox (DD-234) Underway, during the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	148k	USS Hopkins (DD-249) In San Diego harbor, California, during the early 1930s. USS Kane (DD-235) and USS Fox (DD-234) are moored in the right center background, with Naval Air Station North Island beyond them. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	125k	USS Williamson (DD-244) In San Diego harbor, California, during the early 1930s. USS Kane (DD-235) and USS Fox (DD-234) are in the right background. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	130k	USS Barry (DD-248) In San Diego harbor, California, about 1930. Ships in the right background are USS Kane (DD-235) and USS Fox (DD-234). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	147k	USS Fox (DD-234) At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., circa the 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	152k	Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Oahu, Hawaii. Scouting Force ships at, and off, the yard, 2 February 1933. Cruisers tied up at 1010 Dock are (from left to left center) Augusta (CA-31), Chicago (CA-29) and Chester (CA-27). USS Northampton (CA-26) is alongside the dock in the center, with USS Kane (DD-235) in the adjacent Marine Railway and USS Fox (DD-234) tied up nearby. USS Louisville (CA-28) is in the center distance. Moored off her bow and at the extreme right are USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and USS Pensacola (CA-24). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #: 80-G-451164.		Robert Hurst
	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
	76k	Circa 1940, location unknown. Image from the 1943-44 Edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.		Marc Piché

CDR Archibald Douglas Turnbull    May 17 1920 - Aug 10 1920

CDR Charles Sheridan Joyce    Aug 10 1920 - Feb 14 1921 

LCDR Webb Trammell    Feb 14 1921 - Aug 15 1922

LCDR John Howard Wellbrock    Aug 15 1922 - Apr 10 1924

LT Allen Hobbs    Apr 10 1924 -  ?

(Assigned to NRT Third ND for 7 years)

(Decommissioned Feb 2 1931 - Apr 1 1932)

LCDR John Newton Walton    Apr 1 1932 - Jun 1 1934

LCDR William Francis Dietrich    Jun 1 1934 - ? (Later RADM)

LCDR Charles Lafayette Surran    Jun 5 1937 - Sep 16 1938

(Decommissioned Sep 16 1938 - Sep 25 1939)

LCDR Howell Church Fish    Sep 25 1939 - Oct 9 1939

LCDR Joseph Aloysius Farrell    Oct 9 1939 - Jan 11 1941

LCDR Cecil Thilman Caufield    Jan 11 1941 - May 5 1942 

LCDR Robert Winthrop Wood    May 5 1942 - May 22 1943 (Later RADM)

LCDR Walter James East Jr.    May 22 1943 - Feb 19 1944

LCDR George Martin Christiansen    Feb 19 1944 - Dec 29 1944

LCDR Roy B. Reed    Dec 29 1944 - Mar 29 1945

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