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	22k	Lt. (j.g.) William Joseph Sharkey was born in Auburn, New York, on 20 March 1885. After attaining the enlisted rate of Chief Gunners Mate, he was appointed Ensign on 15 March 1918 and assigned to the submarine O-5. On 5 October 1918, fumes were reported in the after battery room, and Lt. (j.g.) Sharkey was killed as he tried to prevent the explosion that followed. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross on recommendation of a friend, Chester W. Nimitz. The destroyer USS Sharkey (DD-281) was named in his honor. Photo courtesy of the website “On Eternal Patrol”.		Bill Gonyo
USS Sharkey (DD-281)
	51k	Undated, location unknown.		Scott McCoy
	186k	In drydock at New York Navy Yard circa 1919-1930. Photo by Leslie Jones.		Mike Mohl
	122k	USS Sharkey (Destroyer # 281) At Boston, Massachusetts, December 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.		Fred Weiss
	128k	USS Sinclair (DD-275) and USS Sharkey (DD-281) At Boston, Massachusetts, December 1919. Photographed by Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland Street, Boston. Note the crude identification numbers on the ship's bows, probably added after the photograph was taken. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	50k	Circa 1920's, location unknown.		Marc Piché
	105k	USS Sharkey (DD-281) In harbor, during the 1920s. Note the recessed anchor housing fitted to her bow and signal flags flying from her formast. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	39k	Photo #: NH 98991, USS Sharkey (Destroyer # 281) towing a disabled seaplane into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 6 March 1920. The aircraft appears to be an F5L. Collection of Edward C. Blackburn. Donated by William E. Wyman, July 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	134k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania View of the Yard's Delaware River waterfront, with the hammerhead crane in center, 31 May 1923. Among the ships visible are: USS Dobbin (AD-3),fitting out at left; Destroyers Sharkey (DD-281), Coghlan (DD-326) and Preston (DD-327), at right; and USS Lamson (DD-328), astern of Preston with two other destroyers moored inboard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	107k	USS Vestal (AR-4) positioning a propeller "drydock" for removal of the starboard propeller of USS Sharkey (DD-281), circa 1923-1924. Note Sharkey's channel-iron propeller guard. Courtesy of the Estate of Virginia Cornwell, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold
	85k	USS Sharkey (DD-281) Underway in June 1924. Taken by Photographers Mate Carl August Stahl, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Fred Weiss
	91k	USS Sharkey (DD-281), Underway in June 1924. Taken by Photographers Mate Carl August Stahl, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #: NH 41917.		Robert Hurst
0528116	233k	Sharkey passing through the Kiel Canal, 14 July 1926.		Dave Wright
	86k	Photo #: NH 48997, USS Sharkey (DD-281) at Gibraltar, January 1927. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Paul Rebold

CDR Edward Davis Washburn Jr.    Nov 28 1919 - Aug 5 1922

CDR Walter Frederick Jacobs    Aug 5 1922 - May 20 1925

LCDR Joseph Mason Deem    May 20 1925 - Jun 15 1925

LCDR Alexander William Loder    Jan 15 1925 - Jun 15 1928

LCDR Horatio Jose Pierce    Jun 15 1928 - May 1 1930

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