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	135k	Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, born 27 September 1840 at West Point, NY, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1859 and served with the South Atlantic and Western Gulf Blockading Squadrons during the Civil War. Later appointed President of the Naval War College, he served two tours, 1886-89 and 1892-93. His widely admired study, “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History,” and his many other well reasoned and scholarly books and articles have made a major impact upon geopolitical thought and modern theories of world strategy and have established Mahan’s place among history’s great thinkers. Having retired in 1896, he was recalled during the Spanish-American War to serve on the Naval Strategy Board. Among his many activities during the years which followed were service as a delegate to the First Peace Conference at The Hague; as a member of the Board of Visitors, Naval Academy, 1903; with the Senate Commission on Merchant Marine, 1904; as a member of the Commission to Report on the Reorganization of the Navy Department; and as a lecturer at the Naval War College. He died at Washington, DC, 01 December 1914. Portrait courtesy of the Naval War College Museum, donated by the United States Naval Academy.		Bill Gonyo
USS Mahan (DD-364)
	204k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	44k	Launching at Staten Island, 15 October 1935.		Ron Reeves
	114k	On preliminary trials off Rockford, Maine, 1936.		David Buell
	118k	Running trials, 1936		Robert Hurst
0536433	67k	Prewar postcard photo of Mahan moored, date and location unknown.		Dave Wright
	141k	USS Mahan (DD-364) anchored with her rails manned, circa the later 1930s. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 101681.		Tommy Trampp
	591k	Underway at sea, circa 1938. National Archives photo 80-G-466572		Fred Weiss
	107k	Underway at sea, circa 1938. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Robert Hurst
	77k	At sea, with her torpedo tubes manned and trained to port, 8 February 1938. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	90k	Photo #: NH 99402. Commander Ernest G. Small, Commander Destroyer Division Three with the Commanding Officers of DesDiv 3's ships, probably on board USS Porter (DD-356), flagship of Destroyer Squadron Two. Taken on 21 March 1939, while DesDiv 3 was anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with other units of the U.S. Fleet. Those present are, from left to right: Lieutenant Commander Jesse H. Carter, Commanding Officer, USS Drayton (DD-366); Lieutenant Commander John F. Rees, Commanding Officer, USS Flusser (DD-368); Commander Ernest G. Small; Lieutenant Commander Herbert G. Hopwood, Commanding Officer, USS Mahan (DD-364); and Lieutenant Commander Byron H. Hanlon, Commanding Officer, USS Lamson (DD-367). Note the Mark 22 twin single-purpose 5"/38 gun mount in the background, and non-skid deck treads. Photographed by the U.S. Fleet Base Force Camera Party. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Bill Gonyo
Seven shipboard views on USS Mahan by Life Magazine photographer Robert Landry, 13 December 1941. Landry had shot an extensive set aboard USS Portland from the 5th to 12th, then correspondents were shifted by gig at sea to Mahan. Portland and Mahan were deployed in TF12 built around USS Lexington bringing air units to Midway Island, and missed being berthed at Pearl Harbor on 7 December. Used for educational and non-commercial purposes.				John Chiquoine
	91k	Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	176k	USS Mahan (DD 364) off Mare Island on May 1, 1942. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	110k	USS Mahan (DD-364) manoeuvers near another destroyer and a battleship during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (USN Photo No 80-G-30169).		Robert Hurst
	124k	USN Photo 80-G-36088: Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-43. USS South Dakota (BB 57) and two destroyers alongside USS Prometheus (AR 3) for repairs, probably at Noumea, New Caledonia, in November 1942. The inboard destroyer, with the distorted bow, is probably USS Mahan (DD 364), which was damaged in a collision with South Dakota at the close of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 27 October 1942. South Dakota received damage in both that battle and in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. The other destroyer may be USS Lamson (DD 367). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Joe Radigan
	52k	USS Mahan (DD-364), left, and USS Bagley (DD-386) underway, circa 1943, location unknown. Photo Australian armed forces. Image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 302547.		Robert Hurst
	43k	USS Mahan (DD-364) right, and another destroyer shown steaming at high speed during the Battle of Santa Cruz. In this picture there is no collision course. However, shortly after this action the Mahan collided with the battleship USS South Dakota as a result of a submarine alarm disrupting the force's formation. Photo and text taken from United States Destroyer Operations in World War II, by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	81k	Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 June 1944. Her camouflage design is Measure 31, Design 23d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	93k	Stern view of USS Mahan (DD 364) off Mare Island on 21 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 27 June 1944.		Darryl Baker
	95k	Bow on view of USS Mahan (DD 364) departing Mare Island on 21 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 27 June 1944.		Darryl Baker
	120k	Underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 June 1944. Her camouflage design is Measure 31, Design 23d.		Ed Zajkowski/Robert Hurst
	95k	After plan view of USS Mahan (DD 364) at Mare Island on 24 June 1944. Circled areas indicate modification accomplished by the yard during the overhaul.		Darryl Baker
	157k	Closeup view of the ship's forward superstructure, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 June 1944. View looks down on the port side of the pilothouse, and shows the ship's Mark 33 gun director, with fire control radar antenna, in the upper right. Also seen are her two forward 5"/38 Mark 21 gun mounts, non-skid deck treads, and life rafts. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	86k	Undated postcard.		Tommy Trampp / Tony DiGiulian
	223k	USS Mahan serving tray.		Gerry Grable

CDR John Beresford Wynn Waller    Sep 18 1936 - Nov 23 1937 (Later RADM)

LCDR Herbert Gladstone Hopwood    Nov 23 1937 - Jul 16 1939 (Later ADM)

LCDR John Henry Leppert    Jul 16 1939 - Apr 5 1941

LCDR Rodger Whitten Simpson    Apr 5 1941 - Mar 23 1943 (Later RADM)

LCDR James Thomas Smith    Mar 23 1943 - Dec 18 1943

CDR Earnest Goodrich Campbell    Dec 18 1943 - Dec 7 1944

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