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| 89k | Benjamin Stoddert was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1751. He served in the Pennsylvania cavalry and on the Board of War during the American War of Independence. After the war, he became a merchant at Georgetown, Maryland, a town that later became part of the District of Columbia, and during the 1790s was active in obtaining land for the use of the new Federal Government. In May 1798, Benjamin Stoddert was nominated by President John Adams to became the Nation's first Secretary of the Navy. In that post, he guided the Navy through the undeclared war with France and achieved a significant expansion in the United States' naval strength. He left office in March 1801 to return to commercial life. Benjamin Stoddert died on 13 December 1813. | Robert Hurst |
USS Stoddert (DD-302)
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| 161k | Undated, possibly at San Diego. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 121k | Undated, in Melbourne. | Allan Greene |
| 161k | Launching of USS Stoddert (DD-302) on January 8, 1919. | Darryl Baker |
| 137k | USS Stoddert (DD 302) immediately after launching with an insert photo of her sponsor Mrs. Garvin McNabb. | Darryl Baker |
| 55k | Circa 1918-1926. | Jon Burdett |
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83k | RPPC of Stoddert (DD-302), location unknown, circa 1921. | Dave Wright |
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70k | Photo #: NH 77258: The USS Cuyama (AO-3) with twelve destroyers tied up alongside, during the early 1920s. The ships present include (from left to right): USS Jacob Jones (DD-130); USS Hull (DD-330); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Corry (DD-334); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Cuyama (AO-3; USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Yarborough (DD-314); USS Sloat (DD-316); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Shubrick (DD-268); USS Young (DD-312); Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fabio Peña |
| 82k | Photo #: NH 69456: USS Stoddert (DD-302) at anchor, probably off San Diego, California, circa 1920. USS Kennedy (DD-306) is in the right distance. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fabio Peña |
| 42k | Photo #: NH 67899: USS Stoddert (DD-302) photographed circa the later 1920s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fabio Peña |
| 84k | Photo #: NH 85454. Circa 1921, location unknown. | Fabio Peña |
| 145k | Photo #: NH 1871: USS Stoddert (DD-302) photographed while underway, circa 1923-1930. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fabio Peña |
| 149k | USS Stoddert (DD 302) and USS Melvin (DD 335) in the background off San Diego circa 1930. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 82k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) view of the ship's smokestacks, circa 1931, showing the steel "umbrellas" installed to protect them from falling bombs. Stoddert was then serving as a radio-controlled target ship. Note the steam whistle on the forward stack, and smokestack guy wires. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
| 89k | Photo #: NH 50996: USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway at sea, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship, circa 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fabio Peña |
| 154k | Photo #: NH 43774, USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway at high speed while serving as a radio-controlled target ship, circa 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
| 72k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) steaming at high speed, circa 1931, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
| 70k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway following conversion to a radio-controlled target ship, circa 1931. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
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135k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) (left) operating under radio command, circa 1931, following conversion to a target ship. Her control ship, USS Dent (DD-116), is steaming astern. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 60k | Photo #: NH 42020: USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway at sea, circa 1931, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. "Decommissioned in May 1930, Stoddert was subsequently converted to a radio-controlled target ship for use in realistic high-speed combat exercises. While this shipyard work was in progress in November 1930, her name was changed to Light Target Number 1 and her hull number to IX-35. She was recommissioned in April 1931 and soon received her old name back. In June her hull number was again changed to AG-18, and in April 1932 Stoddert was again redesignated DD-302. During 1931-32, she conducted tests with her new equipment and operated with Mobile Target Division One, based at San Diego, California, to support aircraft dive bombing and torpedo training as well as surface ship gunnery practice. Stoddert was decommissioned for the last time in January 1933. She was sold for scrapping in August 1935. | Fabio Peña |
| 95k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) maneuvering under radio control, circa 1931, following conversion to a target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42015. | Robert Hurst |
| 102k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) steaming under radio control following conversion to a target ship, circa 1931. A Loening OL-type observation plane is flying overhead. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42014. | Robert Hurst |
| 82k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) maneuvering under radio control, circa 1931, while serving as a target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42018. | Robert Hurst |
| 90k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) underway, circa 1931, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42011. | Robert Hurst |
| 84k | Destroyer Division THIRTY-THREE moored together off San Diego, California, on 16 April 1921. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. These ships are (from left to right): USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Thompson (DD-305) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 108k | "Old Hen and Chickens" USS Kanawha (AO-1) with thirteen destroyers alongside, off San Diego, California, during the early 1920s. Photographed by Bunnell, 414 E Street, San Diego. Ships present are (from left to right): USS Meade (DD-274); USS Evans (DD-78); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Woolsey (DD-77);
USS Wickes (DD-75); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Kanawha; USS Farquhar (DD-304); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Stoddert (DD-302) and USS Philip (DD-76) Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 67k | Circa late 1920's. | Marc Piché |
| 135k | Destroyers moored together at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1925 The ships present include (from right to left): USS Somers (DD-301); USS Farragut (DD-300); USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299); USS Percival (DD-298); and USS Stoddert (DD-302). The outboard destroyer (furthest to the left) can not be identified. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 102k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) anchored off San Diego, California, circa 1920. Photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego. The ship's name is misspelled on the print Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 117k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) at anchor, probably off San Diego, California, circa 1920. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 134k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) under repair alongside a tender, circa the later 1920s. Note what appears to be a diver support boat below her starboard propeller guard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 126k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) Standing by with a motor launch approaching, circa 1931, following conversion to a radio-controlled target ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 82k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) steaming under radio-control, circa 1931, while she was serving as a radio-controlled target. Note the boat booms serving as outriggers on both sides of the ship. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 118k | USS Stoddert (DD-302) raising her anchor near shore, while serving as a radio-controlled target, circa 1931. Note the boat boom outriggers on both sides of the ship, and what appears to be seaweed fouling her anchor. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
