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	72k	Born in Princeton,New Jersey, 7 May 1774. Appointed Lieutenant, 3 August 1798: Master Commandant (Commander), 29 March 1799: Captain, 20 May 1800. Died 27 July 1833. At the age of 15 he entered the merchant service where he made an unusual and distinguished record. Upon his appointment as lieutenant in the Navy he was ordered to command the schooner or galley Retaliation, cruising in the West Indies. November 1798 - after a brave resistance, she was captured by the French frigates Volunteer and Insurgente and carried into Guadeloupe. While here Bainbridge secured the release of a number of American prisoners and the Retaliation was restored to him by order of the Governor, that he might take them to the United States. Upon his return he was given command of Norfolk and during the years 1799-1800 made a number of captures of French privateers. May 1800 - he was ordered to the frigate George Washington to carry “tribute” from the United States to the Dey of Algiers. He was employed by the Dey of Algiers to carry his ambassador and gifts to the Sultan of Turkey and was instrumental in securing an order from the Sultan to the Dey obliging him to release 400 prisoners. He returned to the United States and on 2 May 1801 was ordered to Essex, one of the vessels of the squadron of Commodore Richard Dale fitted out to cruise against the Barbary Powers. March 1803 he was superintending the building of vessels for the US Navy at Philadelphia and Baltimore. 21 May 1803 ordered to command the Philadelphia, 44-gun frigate, of Commodore Edward Preble’s Squadron, to cruise against Tripolitan cruisers in the Mediterranean. 13 July 1803 ordered by the Department to sail in advance of the squadron. 26 August 1803 off Cape de Gatt, captured the Moorish ship Meshboha and recaptured from the Moors the American brig Cecelia. 31 October 1803 while in chase of a Tripolitan cruiser, the Philadelphia struck on a rock in the harbor of Tripoli, struck fast in the sands, was surrounded by Tripolitan gunboats and captured. Captain Bainbridge, his officers and men were taken on shore and imprisoned in the castle overlooking the harbor for 19 months. Upon the establishment of a treaty of peace with Tripoli, 3 June 1805, Captain Bainbridge returned to the United States in the frigate President. He was granted furlough during the years 1806-1807 and made a voyage in a merchant vessel. 1809-1810 again on duty in the Navy commanding the President. 1810-1811 on furlough and made voyages in merchant vessels to India and Russia, where hearing rumors of trouble with England he gave up his ship and returned home. 28 July 1812 he was ordered to command the Constitution and sailed on a cruise 28 October 1812. 9 November 1812 captured the brig South Carolina. 29 Dec 1812 after an engagement of 1 hour and 45 minutes captured the British frigate, Java, of 49 guns and 400 men. During this fight Bainbridge was twice wounded. His next duty was in command of the Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts. July-December 1815 commanded the Independence, Mediterranean Squadron.1816-1819 on shore duty at various stations.1819-1821 commanding the Columbus, flagship Mediterranean Squadron.1821-1823 commanding first the Philadelphia, then the Boston Stations.December 24, 1824 - June 1827 Naval Commissioner. 1829-1831 commanding Philadelphia Station. He was again in command of the Charlestown Navy Yard until 19 November 1832, when he was granted leave. His health failed and his death occurred at Philadelphia in 1833. He was buried in the churchyard of Christ Church that city. Photo #: KN-1365. Commodore William Bainbridge, USN (1774-1833), oil on wood, 30" by 21", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). Painted circa 1814. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
	114k	Undated, location unknown.		-
0524641	178k	Bainbridge (DD-246) moored with other flush deckers at Balboa, Panama, during the 1920s.		Dave Wright
	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
	65k	Undated, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) and USS Litchfield (DD-336) alongside the USS Denebola (AD-12) in Constantinople, Turkey.		Paul Rebold
	55k	Undated crew photo.		Paul Rebold
	184k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	160k	Undated, at Boston Navy Yard. Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library.		Ed Zajkowski
	129k	Undated, at Boston Navy Yard. Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library.		Ed Zajkowski
	98k	Photo #: NH 56312, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 June 1920. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	89k	Miss Juliet Edith Greene, great-great granddaughter of William Bainbridge, sponsor, USS Bainbridge, June 12, 1920. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum.		Bill Gonyo
	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
	79k	Photo #: 19-N-8229. USS Bainbridge (DD-246) fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 29 October 1920. Note that the captioning on the photograph identifies the ship as "Destroyer No. 249" and that the builder's hull number painted on the bow is "238". Both of these indicate that the ship may actually be USS Hopkins (DD-249), and not Bainbridge. Also note the temporary wooden railing installed around the destroyer's deck edge.		Paul Rebold
	100k	Photo #: NH 56318, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) scene in the ship's pilothouse, during the 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	99k	Photo #: NH 78331, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) underway, circa 1921. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	109k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) underway, circa 1921. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	119k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922, with 482 survivors of the French transport Vinh-Long on board. The French ship had burned in the Sea of Marmora earlier that day. Bainbridge is flying her ensign at half mast height, in mourning for the victims of the disaster. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	105k	Photo #: 19-N-11575. Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922. USS Bainbridge (DD-246) noses into Vinh-Long's port bow to remove her survivors, in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. This view was taken shortly before the series of explosions that spread flames into the forward part of the ship.		Paul Rebold
	81k	Photo #: NH 78345, Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922, with 482 survivors on board. She had rescued them that morning them from the Vinh-Long, which was afire in the Sea of Marmora. Note Bainbridge's ensign flying at half-mast. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	181k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) Ship's Company is commended by Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, for their actions in rescuing 482 survivors from the burning French transport Vinh-Long in the Sea of Marmora on 16 December 1922. This photograph was taken sometime after that date. Among the officers standing near the starboard deck edge are (from left to right): Rear Admiral Long; Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, ship's Commanding Officer (directly behind RAdm. Long); and Captain Charles M. Tozer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 14 (holding his ear). Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	87k	Photo #: NH 78351. Senior officers present during ceremonies commending the Ship's Company for their actions in rescuing 482 survivors from the burning French transport Vinh-Long. The rescue took place in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. This photograph was taken sometime after that date. Those present are (from left to right): Captain Charles M. Tozer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 14; Rear Admiral Andrew Theodore Long, Commander U.S. Naval Forces in Europe; and Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, ship's Commanding Officer. Photographed on Bainbridge's foredeck. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
	163k	Photo #: NH 56314, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) underway at sea, March 1924. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	126k	Mid 1920's in Charleston, SC.		Tommy Trampp
	661k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) (outboard), and USS Childs (DD-241) backing out of drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 6 June 1925. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Stored in larger than normal size as the detail is exquisite, check out the parking lot!		Joe Radigan/Fred Weiss/Ed Zajkowski
	124k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246); USS Kane (DD-235); and USS Hopkins (DD-249) Nested together during the 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	94k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) in a harbor, during the 1920s or 1930s. Note the "E" award painted on the weather screen above her pilothouse. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	119k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) anchored off New York City, during the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	105k	Photo #: NH 64555, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 5 May 1932. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	116k	Photo #: NH 64556, USS Bainbridge (DD-246) leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 5 May 1932. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	143k	USS Bainbridge underway in convoy UGS5a, between 28 Feb-6 Mar 1943, as seen from Jeffers. Photo from Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial purposes.		John Chiquoine
	202k	Fantail of USS Bainbridge in the port of Casablanca, on or just after 06 March 1943. Photo from the Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial purposes.		John Chiquoine
0524642	117k	A slightly different angle of the above, showing the fantail of USS Bainbridge in the port of Casablanca, on or just after 06 March 1943. Photo from the Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial purposes.		Mike Green
0524643	112k	USS Bainbridge entering the port of Casablanca, on or just after 06 March 1943. Photo from the Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial purposes.		Mike Green
0524644	146k	Bow of USS Bainbridge in the port of Casablanca, on or just after 06 March 1943. Note the Liberty ships unloading in the background. Photo from the Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial purposes.		Mike Green
	95k	19-N-50558, New York Navy Yard, August 17 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Paul Rebold
	120k	19-N-50560, New York Navy Yard, August 17 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Paul Rebold
	147k	New York NY, August 17 1943.		Ed Zajkowski
	106k	19-N-50552, New York Harbor, August 19 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Paul Rebold
	73k	19-N-50553, New York Harbor, August 19 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Paul Rebold
	143k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) Refueling from USS Hancock (CV-19), during the carrier's shakedown cruise in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas, 14 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	139k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) Refueling from USS Hancock (CV-19), during the carrier's shakedown cruise in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas, 14 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	75k	Underway at sea in the Atlantic area, 9 July 1944.		Robert Hurst
	117k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) steaming in the Atlantic area, 23 July 1944. Note her newly-applied pattern camouflage, which appears to be Measure 32, Design 3d (USN photo No: 80-G-23771).		Robert Hurst
0524602	429k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) highlines Ensign Thomas Edward Jansen A-V(N), USNR of VC-29 back to USS Santee (CVE-29) in the Atlantic on 29 July 1943. Jansen and H.E. O'Neal, AOM1c, had been pushed overboard the previous day when a Grumman F4F had broken through the barriers while landing and crashed into parked aircraft. Both men were quickly rescued by Bainbridge and transferred back to Santee the next morning. Note the convoy in the background. National Archives photo 80-G-74807		Original: Fred Weiss Replacement: Bob Canchola
	79k	Three Wickes and two Clemson class destroyers await the scrapper´s torch at NAS Cape May, New Jersey in October of 1945. From Left; USS Greer (DD-145), USS Bainbridge (DD-246), USS Goff (DM-22 ex DD-247), USS Badger (DD-126) and USS Lea (DD-118).		Gerd Matthes/Christopher Bainbridge McKnight

LCDR Leo Hewlett Thebaud    Feb 9 1921 - 1921 (Later VADM)

LCDR Howard Adams Flanigan    Jan 29 1922 - Jun 1922

LCDR Walter Atlee Edwards    Jun 1922 - Sep 7 1923

LCDR Robert Rutherford Morris Emmet    Sep 7 1923 - Jun 25 1926 (Later RADM)

LCDR Richard Stockton Field    Jun 25 1926 - May 23 1927

LCDR Thomas Macy Shock    May 23 1927 - Dec 23 1930

(Decommissioned Dec 23 1930 - Mar 9 1932)

LCDR Ray Harrington Wakeman    Mar 9 1932 - ?

LCDR Vincent Hubbard Godfrey    ? 1934 - ?

LCDR Edmund James Kidder    Jun 8 1936 - Jun 22 1937

LT George Crosby Towner Sr.    Jun 22 1937 - Nov 10 1937 (Later VADM) 

LT Robert Bolton Jr.    Nov 10 1937 - Nov 20 1937

(Decommissioned Nov 20 1937 - Sep 26 1939)

LCDR Edward Patrick Creehan    Sep 26 1939 - Jan 19 1941

LCDR Liles Walker Creighton    Jan 19 1941 - Sep 1942 

LCDR Alston Maury Boyd Jr.    May 1 1943 - Aug 16 1943

LCDR Harry Curtis Transue    Aug 16 1943 - Aug 18 1944

LCDR William Staunton Hitchins    Aug 18 1944 - Jul 21 1945

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