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| 78k | Charles Williamson Flusser, born 27 September 1832 at Annapolis, Md., entered the Naval Academy in 1847, and after graduation served with distinction in command of Commodore Perry in the attack on Roanoke Islands and other operations in North Carolina waters during the Civil War. Later in command of Miami, Lieutenant Commander Flusser was killed in the action with CSS Albemarle off Plymouth, N.C., 19 April 1864. Photo #: NH 49566. Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Flusser, USN. (1832-1864) copy from a tintype taken at Plymouth, North Carolina, in 1864. LCdr. Flusser was killed in action on board USS Miami on 19 April 1864, near Plymouth, N.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
| 185k | Photo taken by Ian's mother from a passenger ship in the Baltic circa 1924-1925 of the USS Flusser (DD-289) and USS Billingsley (DD-293). | Ian W H Davies |
| 142k | The USS Flusser (DD-289), USS Reid (DD-292) and USS Billingsley (DD-293) portside of the right bank of the Vaugava river in front of Riga Castle, Riga Latvia in July 1924. | - |
| 63k | Photograph taken during the 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Joe Radigan |
| 71k | Transiting the Kiel Canal, Germany, in 1924-25. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Joe Radigan |
| 123k | At Venice, Italy, in 1924-25. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 79k | USS Flusser (DD-289), USS Billingsley (DD-293), and USS Dale (DD-290) at Venice, Italy, in 1924-25. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. | Fred Weiss |
| 91k | USS Flusser (DD-289) Steaming at high speed, during the 1920s. Note that her after three smokestacks are painted a dark color, perhaps for identification purposes. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 57k | USS Flusser (Destroyer # 289) At the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 1920. 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 |
| 60k | Culebra Island, Puerto Rico Destroyers at anchor in Culebra Bay, during the 1920s. Identifiable ships present include: USS Somers (DD-301), at right; USS Reno (DD-303), at left; USS Henshaw (DD-278), left center; USS Flusser (DD-289), beyond Henshaw; USS Sinclair (DD-275), center. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 156k | Aerial view of USS Flusser (DD 289) with USS Charles Ausburn (DD 294) (upper destroyer) at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Feb. 10, 1927. Naval History Center photo G51847. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |