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 [1]  [2] | 60k 91k | [1] - Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge. Born 24 April 1804 in Boston, Massachusetts, died 15 Oct 1902. Namesake of destroyers USS Selfridge (DD-320) and (DD-357). He served as Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard from 28 May 1862 until 17 Oct 1864 as a Captain and again from 03 July 1872 until 03 July 1873 as a Read Admiral. MINSY photo 2854-44. [2] - Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., son of the above, was born in Charlestown, Mass., on 06 February 1836 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. At the beginning of the Civil War, he helped with efforts to destroy the untenable Norfolk Navy Yard; he then escaped from that burning and beleaguered base in Cumberland, helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. He participated in the capture of the Hatteras forts and was on board Cumberland on 08 March 1862 when she was sunk by Confederate ironclad Virginia. He then briefly commanded Monitor, after Lt. Worden was wounded; and commanded Alligator, an experimental submarine, in testing operations based at the Washington Navy Yard. In August, he joined the Mississippi Squadron, and subsequently commanded Cairo and Conestoga when those ships were sunk in action. Late in the war, he returned to the Atlantic where he commanded Huron in the attacks on Fort Fisher; he also participated in the ensuing bombardment of Fort Anderson and the capture of Wilmington. His postwar service included command of Nipsic, Enterprise, and Omaha, the last two on the Asiatic Station, and duty as Commander in Chief of the European Squadron from 1895 to 1898. He retired on 06 February 1898 and died on 04 February 1924. | Darryl Baker/Bill Gonyo | |
| 743k | Undated, location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 63120 | Dave Wright | |
| 562k | Undated, location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 67853 | Jon Burdett | |
| 669k | Undated, San Diego Bay, in the background is the County Admin Building and the Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park. Downes (DD-375) is behind Selfridge. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 63121 | Ed Zajkowski/Steven C. Iwig | |
| 17k | Undated, location unknown. From the collection of William. J Heizman. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 243k | Newspaper clipping from the launching dated April 18 1936. | Ron Reeves | |
| 684k | USS Winslow (DD-359), USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Selfridge (DD-357) moored together in San Diego Harbor, California, during the later 1930s. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNR, 1963. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 45221 | Fred Weiss | |
| 264k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) Leading USS Clark (DD-361) during exercises at sea, circa the later 1930s. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 74280 | Fred Weiss | |
| 120k | At Philadelphia Navy Yard, 26 October 1937. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 94k | Coming alongside the USS New Orleans (CA-32) off Pearl Harbor on a 'mail run' and to refuel, 21 April 1938. | James D. McGrew | |
| 80k | At San Diego, 1939. | Arthur Foster | |
| 996k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) photograph taken off San Diego, California circa 1939. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 50127. | Robert Hurst | |
 In the months before the Pearl Harbor attack, Life Magazine's Carl Mydans made a camera tour of the Pacific Fleet, now called Fleet Essay. These four aboard USS Selfridge are from that set, with good views of peacetime midships Porter-Class details. Used for educational and non-commercial purposes. | John Chiquoine | |||
| 53k | Two Japanese torpedo bombers attacking Allied transports and landing craft fly past the USS Selfridge (DD-357) during the August, 1942 landings at Guadalcanal. Source: Australian War Memorial, Photo No. P02497.006. | Mike Green | |
| 91k | USS Selfridge (DD-357), left, and USS O'Bannon (DD-450) damaged at Noumea, Espiritu Santo, after the naval Battle of Vella Lavella, on 7 October 1943. Selfridge´s bow was torn off by a Japanese torpedo (note sailors climbing in the wrecked gun turret). O'Bannon collided with USS Chevalier (DD-451) during the battle, after Chevalier had been hit by a torpedo (she had to be sunk later). U.S. Navy photo from Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier (History of US Naval Operations in WWII, Vol VI), by Samuel Eliot Morison, Castle Books, Edison (New Jersey, USA), 2001, p. 253 (reprint from 1950). | Robert Hurst | |
| 60k | A series of 5 photos of the battle damage sustained in the Battle of Vella Lavella on the night of October 6, 1943. Bow cut off. | Arthur Foster | |
| 52k | As above, the day after at Noumea. | Arthur Foster | |
| 667k | At Noumea, 07 October 1943. Alongside is USS O'Bannon (DD-450), which damaged her bow in a collision during the action. National Archives photo 80-G-274873 | Arthur Foster/Tracey White | |
| 62k | As above, enroute to Purvis Bay. | Arthur Foster | |
| 33k | As above, with false bow entering San Diego. | Arthur Foster | |
| 72k | As above. | Robert Hurst/Tracy White | |
 
 
 
 
 Effects of being torpedoed off Vella La Vella, 06 October 1943 | Ed Zajkowski | |||
| 72k | Completion of false bow, December 1943. Mare Island Photo Number 677-44 | Tracy White | |
| 140k | January 1944 installation of forward upper section 3. Mare Island Photo Number 954-44 | Tracy White | |
| 104k | Stern view of the battle damage to the USS Claxton (DD-571) at Mare Island on 13 March 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island 10 March to 18 May 1944. The USS Selfridge (DD-357) is to the left; note her new dual and single 5" gun mounts. Mare Island Photo Number 1706-44 | Darryl Baker | |
| 203k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) plan view aft, during inclining experiment at Mare Island, 24 March 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944 for refit, rebuild and bow replacement from battle damage sustained on 7 October 1943. Note that her original 5”/38 SP twin mounts have been replaced with new dual and single 5"/38 DP mounts. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 84908. | Mike Green | |
| 152k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) showing plan view amidships, looking forward, during inclining experiment at Mare Island, 24 March 1944. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 84907. | Mike Green | |
| 175k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) showing plan view, amidships and aft during inclining experiment at Mare Island, 24 March 1944. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 84909. | Mike Green | |
| 153k | Aft plan view of USS Selfridge (DD-357) at Mare Island, 08 April 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard 24 January to 21 April 1944. Mare Island Photo Number 2203-44, a | Darryl Baker | |
| 172k | Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Selfridge (DD-357) at Mare Island, 08 April 1944. Mare Island Photo Number 2206-44 | Darryl Baker | |
| 99k | Broadside view of USS Selfridge (DD-357) off Mare Island, 10 April 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 22d. Mare Island Photo Number 2240-44, b | Darryl Baker | |
| 47k | With open 5" in mount replacing No.3 turret, and No.2 turret removed, Mare Island 10th April 1944. | Robert Hurst | |
| 196k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) off San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island and the Oakland Bay Bridge in the background, April 10, 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
| 83k | Close-up broadside view of USS Selfridge (DD 357) off Mare Island, 10 April 1944. Mare Island Photo Number 2240-44 | Darryl Baker | |
| 64k | Selfridge off San Francisco with the Oakland Bay Bridge in the background, 10 April 1944. | Tracey White | |
| 81k | USS Selfridge (DD-357) reconfigured and camouflaged during amphibious assault support at Guam, 21 July 1944. Photo from Life Magazine collection, photographer J R Eyerman. For educational and non-commercial use. | John Chiquoine | |
| 1002k | Off Casco Bay, Maine, during radar calibration tests, April 19 1945.National Archives photo 80-G-325491 | Dave Wright | |
CDR Horace Donald Clarke Nov 26 1936 - Jun 15 1938 (Later RADM) CDR Bertram Joseph Rodgers Jun 15 1938 - May 17 1940 (Later VADM) CDR Leland Pearson Lovette May 17 1940 - Jul 19 1940 (Later VADM) LCDR Wyatt Craig Jul 19 1940 - Mar 21 1942 LCDR Carroll Dayne Reynolds Mar 21 1942 - Oct 3 1943 LCDR George Edward Peckham Oct 3 1943 - Feb 9 1944 (Later RADM) LCDR Lewis Levi Snider Feb 9 1944 - Oct 9 1944 LCDR James Abner Boyd Oct 9 1944 - Oct 15 1945
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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