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	40k	William Henry Moody, born 23 December 1853 at Newberry, Essex County, Mass., graduated from Harvard in 1876. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1895, he served three terms in Congress, making a reputation by his knowledge of parliamentary procedure and his perseverance in debate. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 and then Attorney General in 1904. He became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1906. In 1910 Justice Moody was retired by special act of Congress because of prolonged ill health. He died in Haverhill, Mass., 2 July 1917. Digital ID: cph 3b35759, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	39k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	199k	USS Moody (DD 277) in a nest of destroyers, date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	121k	Undated, location unknown.		Tommy Trampp
	192k	Victory Destroyer Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts, interior of the building slips, photographed by Monks & Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, between 27 April and 3 May 1919. The destroyers under construction in the foreground are, from the foreground: Meyer (Destroyer # 279, builder's # 359), Henshaw (Destroyer # 278, builder's # 358) and Moody (Destroyer # 277, builder's # 357). Beyond these three ships are at least three more, possibly McCawley (Destroyer # 276), Sinclair (Destroyer # 275) and Meade (Destroyer # 274). The unplated deck of Doyen (Destroyer # 280) is in the extreme right foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 43154.		Robert Hurst
	79k	USS Moody (Destroyer # 277) at Boston, Massachusetts, 8 October 1919. Panoramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland St., Boston, Mass. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Tony Cowart
	121k	USS Sinclair (DD-275), USS Moody (DD-277), USS Henshaw (DD-278), USS Meyer (DD-279) and USS Doyen (DD-280) circa 1920, location unknown.		Ric Hedman
	112k	USS Moody (DD-277) In harbor, circa 1920-1922. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	58k	USS Moody (DD-277) laying down a smokescreen, circa the early 1920s. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	149k	Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington USS Mahopac (AT-29), in center, and five destroyers in Dry Dock Number Two, 8-22 September 1921. The destroyers include Doyen (DD-280), Henshaw (DD-278), Mc (DD-276), Meyer (DD-279) and Moody (DD-277). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	210k	Destroyers in Dry Dock Number Two, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, receiving modified after deckhouses to carry the after 4"/50 guns further from the waterline, September 1922. The destroyers are, from left to right: Moody (DD-277); Henshaw (DD-278) and Meyer (DD-279). Note the 3"/23 anti-aircraft guns mounted on the ships' sterns. U.S. Naval Historical Centre photo # NH 44542.		Robert Hurst
	195k	Red Lead Row, San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as: (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. : NH 42539		Robert Hurst
	673k	USS Moody (DD-277) at Bremerton, WA, 1925. From the album of a USS Colorado sailor.		Steve Franklin
	57k	USS Moody (DD-277) Photographed in 1927, while lowering a boat from her after davits. Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	165k	USS S-45 (SS-156) departing Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in April 1927, en route to the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, for overhaul. USS Moody (DD-277) is anchored in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 63418.		Robert Hurst
	132k	USS Paul Hamilton (DD 307) aft of USS Moody (DD-277) and marked with the date of June 4, 1927. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Fred Weiss/Darryl Baker
	61k	San Diego in 1929.		Manuel Tafoya Sr.
	126k	On maneuvers off Seattle circa 1929. Hopefully she is practicing making smoke!		Carrie Schmidt
	129k	On maneuvers off Seattle circa 1929.		Carrie Schmidt
	80k	From the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Moody (DD-277), USS Decatur (DD-341) and USS McCawley (DD-276) in the Panama Canal circa the early 1930's.		Bruce Billig
	53k	From the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Henshaw (DD-278), USS Moody (DD-277) and USS Doyen (DD-280) circa the late 1920's.		Bruce Billig

CDR James David Willson    Dec 10 1919 - Dec 18 1920

LCDR Ross Sherman Culp    Dec 18 1920 - Jun 15 1922

(Decommissioned Jun 15 1922 - Sep 27 1923) 

LT Elery Albert Zehner    Sep 27 1923 - Jan 2 1924

CDR Harlow Trask Kays    Jan 2 1924 - Jun 11 1926

CDR Randolph Perry Scudder    Jun 11 1926 - Jul 5 1927   

LCDR George Lester Weyler    Jul 5 1927 - Jun 2 1930

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