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69k | John Drake Sloat was born in Sloatsburg, New York, on 26 July 1781 and was appointed Midshipman in the United States Navy on 12 February 1800. He was sailing master of United States under Commodore Decatur and was promoted to Lieutenant for conspicuous gallantry in the capture of HMS Macedonian on 25 October 1812. He cruised in Grampus, Franklin, Washington, and St. Louis, between 1815 and 1831 and commanded the Pacific Squadron between 1844 and 1846, rendering efficient service on the coast of California in the early part of the Mexican War. Under his direction, the American flag was hoisted on 07 July 1846 above Monterey, symbolizing the conquest of that part of California by the United States. He subsequently held a number of commands ashore including making the plans for the Mare Island Navy Yard and directing the construction of the Stevens Battery in 1855. He was appointed Rear Admiral on the retired list on 25 July 1866 and died at New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, on 28 November 1867.
Photo courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley. | Bill Gonyo |
USS Sloat (DD-316)
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115k | Undated, location unknown. (L-R) USS Altair (AD-11), USS Marcus (DD-321), unidentified, USS Sloat (DD-316), unidentified, unidentified, and USS Litchfield (DD-336).
National Archives photo 80-G-410474 | Daniel Dunham |
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149k | Sloat (DD-316) nested with other destroyers, likely in the Canal Zone, as seen from USS Cuyama (AO-3), date unknown. | Tommy Trampp |
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708k | Destroyers nested at San Diego, circa 1920's. L-R: USS Shirk (DD-318), USS Kidder (DD-319), USS La Valette (DD-315), USS Sloat (DD-316), USS Yarborough (DD-314) and USS Wood (DD-317).
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 69509 | Daniel Dunham |
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266k | USS Sloat (DD-316) underway at sea during the 1920s (another source states this is Puget Sound, July 1928).
National Archives photo 19-N-11040 | Robert Hurst / Marc Piché |
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70k | 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).
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 77258, courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973, from the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler | Fabio Peña |
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337k | Aerial view of six destroyers in Mare Island's dry dock #2 between August 13 - 25, 1922. The shipyard's records indicate that the six destroyers were in hull number order as: USS Yarborough (DD-314), USS La Vallette (DD-315), USS Sloat (DD-316), USS Wood (DD-317), USS Shirk (DD-318) and USS Kidder (DD-319). | Darryl Baker |
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180k | USS Sloat (DD-316) in drydock, probably at Mare Island, during the 1920s.The original caption reads "This shows 'our' foc's'le and the immense amount of excess 'gear' we have. That includes the Chief, too." | Dave Wright |
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148k | As above. "The rudder and port shaft and screw." | Dave Wright |
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152k | As above. "Under the bow of the U.S.S. Sloat. Am standing on the bed of the dock which is 31 feet deep." | Dave Wright |
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149k | As above. "On one of the propellers of the good ship Sloat." | Dave Wright |
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133k | USS Sloat (DD-316) off the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, as the destroyers arrived in mid-February 1924. | Robert M. Cieri |
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142k | USS Sloat (DD-316) underway during a Presidential naval review in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 04 June 1927.
National Archives identifier 512913 | Robert Hurst |
