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 [1]  [2]  [3] | [1] 81k [2] 55k [3] 24k | Five members of the Ellet family of Pennsylvania rendered valuable service during the Civil War: Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.; Brigadier General Alfred W. Ellet; Colonel Charles R. Ellet; Lieutenant Colonel John A. Ellet; and Edward C. Ellet. The first two officers commanded the Ellet Ram Fleet. [1] Photo #: NH 49622. Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet, U.S. Army, halftone of a photograph taken circa 1863. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. [2] Brig. Gen. Alfred W. Ellet, Digital ID: cwpb 05615, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. [3] Colonel Charles R. Ellet, Jr. from the Virginia Historical Society. | Bill Gonyo | |
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| 46k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 87k | Undated, location unknown. | David and Artemis Buell | |
| 269k | Newspaper clipping of the launching dated June 12 1938. | Ron Reeves | |
| 117k | Ellet (DD-398) at the USNA, Annapolis, MD, probably during her shakedown cruise in May 1939. Note the submarine moored to her starboard side. | - | |
| 56k | USS Ellet (DD-398) At anchor in the Hudson River, off New York City, during a naval review in 1939. USS Benham (DD-397) is in the left center distance. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 65k | USS Ellet (DD-398) Anchored off New York City during a naval review in 1939. Note the motion picture screen rigged over her stern depth charge racks. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 41k | USS Ellet (DD-398) Underway in New York Harbor, during a 1939 naval review. Donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 67k | USS Ellet (DD-398) off Kearny, New Jersey, at the time of her delivery to the Navy, circa early 1939 (USN Photo No NH 97894). | Robert Hurst | |
| 89k | USS Ellet (DD-398) Going astern in February 1939, probably in the New York City area. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 68k | New York City April 20 1939. | Marc Piché | |
| 68k | USS Ellet (DD-398) Anchored off New York City on 30 April 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the right center distance. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 171k | Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, 7-9 August 1942. Crewmen of USS Ellet (DD-398) look at the floating wreckage of a Japanese Navy Type 1 land attack plane (a type later code named "Betty"), which crashed during the aerial torpedo attack on the Allied invasion force off Tulagi Island on 8 August 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 107k | Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Gansevoort (DD 608) with USS Ellet (DD 398) inboard at Mare Island on 20 Aug 1945. Gansevoort was in overhaul from 19 May to 22 Sep 1945. Ellet was at the yard from 3 Aug to 18 Sep 45. | Darryl Baker | |
| 89k | Forward plan view of USS Gansevoort (DD 608) with USS Ellet (DD 398) inboard at Mare Island on 20 Aug 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
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137k | Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Owen (DD 536) with USS Miller (DD 535) to the right and USS Ellet (DD 398) to the left at Mare Island on 29 Aug 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
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183k | Forward plan view of USS Owen (DD 536) with USS Miller (DD 535) above and USS Ellet (DD 398) below at Mare Island on 29 Aug 1945. | Darryl Baker | |
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307k | USS Owen (DD 536) with USS Miller (DD 535) outboard and USS Ellet (DD 398) inboard at Mare Island on August 29 1945. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 185k | SecNav Certificate of Recognition for the Doolittle Task Force Tokyo raid, May 15 1995. | James D. Johnson, USS Gwin (DD433) | |
LCDR Francis James Mee Feb 17 1939 - Jun 22 1941 (Later RADM) CDR Francis Hartt Gardner Jun 22 1941 - Jan 22 1943 LCDR James Dixon Whitfield Jan 22 1943 - May 27 1943 CDR Thomas Carson Phifer May 27 1943 - Mar 10 1944 (Later RADM) LCDR Eugene Carter Rider Mar 10 1944 - Jan 21 1945 LCDR James Robert Banks Jan 21 1945 - Oct 29 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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