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| 98k | Born in Newburgh, NY, 03 February 1812, Augustus Ludlow Case was appointed midshipman in 1828 and attained the rank of rear admiral 24 May 1872. He participated in the Wilkes Expedition of 1837-42 which explored the South Seas and discovered the Antarctic Continent; the Mexican War, 1846-48, when with 25 men he held the town of Palisada against the Mexican cavalry for two weeks to block the escape of General Santa Ana; and the Paraguay Expedition of 1859. In the Civil War he was Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in its capture of Forts Clark and Hatteras in August 1861, and commanded Iroquois in the blockade of New Inlet, N.C. From 1869 to 1873 he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, and from 1873 to 1875, commanded the European Squadron and the combined European, North and South Atlantic Fleet assembled at Key West in 1874. Retired in 1875, Admiral Case died in Washington 16 February 1893. | Bill Gonyo |
USS Case (DD-285)
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| 108k | USS Toucey (DD-282) and USS Case (DD-285) in the Panama Canal, undated. From the John Dickey collection. | Ed Zajkowski |
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371k | Circa 1920, location unknown. Note the ship's name painted on the side of her hull amidships.
Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 55053 | Daniel Dunham/Robert Hurst |
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78k | Undated port bow view of the USS Case (DD-285) anchored at Belfast, Northern Ireland, 08 February 1926.
Imperial War Museum Belfast Telegraph Collection, Photo No. © IWM (HU 107167) | Mike Green |
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24k | Christmas dinner menu for 1926 at Villefranche, France. | Tony Cowart |
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52k | 1929 Thanksgiving dinner menu, Philadelphia Navy Yard. As was typical during the first decades of the 20th century, "oyster dressing," a sauce that included the juice of shelled oysters, was a set component of the holiday menu.
Naval History & Heritage Command | Bob Canchola |
