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[1] [2]	[1] - 91k [2] - 72k	Reuben James (c.1776-3 December 1838) was a Boatswain's Mate of the United States Navy, famous for his heroism in the Barbary Wars. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Reuben James joined the Navy and served on various ships, including the frigate USS Constellation. During the Barbary Wars, the American frigate Philadelphia was captured by the Barbary pirates when it ran aground in the city of Tripoli, on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, along with a group of volunteers that included Reuben James, entered the harbor of Tripoli under the cover of darkness in an attempt to burn the Philadelphia so that the pirates could not make use of her. The American volunteers boarded the Philadelphia on 16 February 1804 and were met by a group of Barbary pirates who were guarding their prize. During the ensuing hand-to-hand combat, Reuben James, with both of his hands already wounded, positioned himself between Lieutenant Decatur and a sword-wielding pirate. Willing to give his life in defense of his captain, James took the blow from the sword and survived, recovering from his wounds. James continued his career in the U.S. Navy, including many years with Decatur. James was forced to retire in January 1836 because of declining health brought on because of past wounds. He died in 1838 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Washington, DC. Image: "Decatur's Conflict with the Algerine at Tripoli. Reuben James Interposing His Head to Save the Life of His Commander." August 1804. Copy of engraving by Alonzo Chappel. National Archives and Records Administration.		[1] Bill Gonyo [2] USS Reuben James (FFG-57) website
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	49k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	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
	33k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	128k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	178k	Undated, in the Panama Canal. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	80k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	131k	New York Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyard, Camden, New Jersey. Eleven destroyers fitting out in the Wet Basin between Piers 3 and 4. Photo is dated 28 September 1920. Ships present are identified as (from left to right): Childs (DD-241), commissioned 22 Oct. 1920; Reuben James (DD-245), commissioned 24 Sept. 1920; McFarland (DD-237), commissioned 30 Sept. 1920; Sturtevant (DD-240), commissioned 21 Sept. 1920; Williamson (DD-244), commissioned 29 Oct. 1920; Sands (DD-243), commissioned 10 Nov. 1920; Lawrence (DD-250), commissioned 18 April 1921; Hopkins (DD-249), commissioned 21 March 1921; Bainbridge (DD-246), commissioned 9 Feb. 1921; Goff (DD-247), commissioned 19 Jan. 1921; and Barry (DD-248), commissioned 28 Dec. 1920.		Robert Hurst
	97k	The launching, Miss Helen Strauss, sponsor, USS Reuben James, October 4, 1919. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum.		Bill Gonyo
	87k	Reuben James visiting Bar Harbor, Maine on July 4 1923. From the archives of Acadia National Park.		Jonathan Eno
	60k	As above. USS Lamson (DD-328) in the background.		Jonathan Eno
	79k	Cropped version of above photo.		Jonathan Eno
	79k	USS Reuben James (DD-245) is seen on March 9, 1932 on her recommissioning at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Mike at Green Creek Studios
	120k	USS Reuben James (DD-245) leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard after being recommissioned by USS Dobbin (AD-3) on 9 May 1932. Original negative given by Mr. Franklin Moran in 1967. Source: Naval History Heritage and Command, Photo No. NH 6455		Mike Green
	104k	As seen from the forward fire control station of an unidentified destroyer, the USS Reuben James (DD-245) follows the USS Saratoga (CV-3) as they plow through rough Pacific Ocean waters. The ships are part of Fleet exercises in 1938. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. 1995.080.006.027.		Mike Green
	62k	In the Hudson River, NY, 29 April 1939. Photo from the Ted Stone Collection, the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA. USN photo NH 66333.		Joe Radigan
	46k	Photographed by Ted Stone on 29 April 1939, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	132k	USS Reuben James (DD-245) aground at Lobos Cay, Cuba on November 30, 1939. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-391561.		Mike Green
	132k	Stern view of USS Reuben James (DD-245) aground at Lobos Cay, Cuba, 30 November 1939. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-391562.		Mike Green
	149k	USS Reuben James (DD-245) underway, date & location unknown. Press photo released after her sinking.		Dave Wright
	98k	USS Reuben James (DD-245) and USS Truxtun (DD-229) and another unidentified destroyer sitting outside of New York Harbour, on 7 September 1940 (Treasure Island Museum-SFCB). Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.		Robert Hurst
	100k	The U.S. Navy's first post WW I design battleship, North Carolina (BB-55) fitting out at New York Navy Yard in early 1941. The stern of the destroyer Edison (DD-439) appears to the left & the destroyer Reuben James (DD-245) appears on the right foreground.		John Chiquoine
	107k	Edwin Louis Farley of Hurricane, West Virginia, was aboard the American destroyer Reuben James as a member of the crew. Farley, 24 years old, was a Signalman First Class on the James. In a letter received by Miss Dolly Fizer of Culloden, West Virginia, Signalman Farley said his vessel was leaving Portland, Maine, for Iceland, but did not state whether it was with a convoy, battle fleet or traveling alone. Miss Fizer said that Farley was here on leave a year ago. He was a graduate of Hurricane High School, residing in Hurricane with his Aunt, Mrs. Maggie Watson. Before joining the Navy he worked in a glass factory in St. Albans and later at the Bichoff Glass Plant near Culloden. SM1c Farley’s name appears on the casualty list for the U.S.S. Reuben James (DD-245).		Bill Gonyo
	107k	Ralph W.H. Kloepper, Signalman Third Class, was among the casualties when the U.S.S. Reuben James (DD-245) was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Iceland while on convoy duty. Image courtesy of the Acme Newspictures.		Bill Gonyo
	112k	Newspaper clipping from October 31 1941 about Signalman Ralph W. H. Kloepper who was lost during the torpedoing of the James.		Henry Weiss

CDR Gordon Wayne Haines    Sep 24 1920 - May 1 1921

CDR Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum Jr.    May 1 1921 - Nov 5 1922 (Later RADM)

LCDR James Carroll Byrnes Jr.    Nov 5 1922 - Jun 29 1925

CDR William Sims Farber    Jun 29 1925 - Aug 5 1927 (Later VADM) 

LCDR Stanley Roscoe Canine    Aug 5 1927 - Jan 20 1931

(Decommissioned Jan 20 1931 - Mar 9 1932)

LCDR John Summerfield Roberts    Mar 9 1932 - Jun 1 1934

LCDR Nicholas Vytlacil    Jun 1 1934 - Jun 15 1936

CDR William McCombe Callaghan    Jun 15 1936 - Mar 10 1938 (Later VADM)

LCDR Edward Conrad Metcalfe    Mar 10 1938 - Apr 6 1940

LCDR Heywood Lane Edwards    Apr 6 1940 - Oct 31 1941