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63k | James Kirke Paulding, son of a Revolutionary War patriot, was born 27 August 1718 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York. As a young man he became widely known as a man of letters and as in intimate friend of Washington Irving. He served as Secretary of the first Board of Navy Commissioners consisting of Commodores Hull, Porter, and Rodgers. After filling the office of Navy Agent at the port of New York for twelve years, Paulding entered President Martin Van Buren's cabinet as Secretary of the Navy 01 July 1838. While in office he opposed the introduction of steam propelled warships declaring that he would "never consent to let our old ships perish, and transform our Navy into a fleet of (steam) sea monsters." Upon his retirement from office he purchased an estate at Hyde Park, where he remained until his death 05 April 1860.
James K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy, 1 July 1838 - 3 March 1841 portrait by A.S. Conrad. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 54790-A-KN, ourtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. | Bill Gonyo |
USS James K. Paulding (DD-238)
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94k | USS James K. Paulding (DD-238) at anchor, during the early 1920s. | Daniel Dunham/Robert Hurst |
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135k | Aerial view of USS James K. Paulding (DD-238), date and place unknown.
Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
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175k | USS James K. Paulding (DD-238) date and place unknown.
Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 130k | USS Overton (DD-239), USS Sturtevant (DD-240), USS James K. Paulding (DD-238), USS McFarland (DD-237) and USS Childs (DD-241) moored at Boston Navy Yard, date unknown.
Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library. | Ed Zajkowski |
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94k | USS James K. Paulding (DD-238) in heavy seas, as seen from USS Florida (BB-30) while enroute to Rio de Janeiro, December 1920. | Dave Wright |
| 414k | U.S. Navy Destroyers steaming out to sea through the Golden Gate, off San Francisco, California, 15 April 1925. These ships are (from left to right): USS Sturtevant (DD-240); USS Lawrence (DD-250); USS James K. Paulding (DD-238); and an unidentified sister ship.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 72403, courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1970. | Paul Rebold |
