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99k | Comdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, astronomer and hydrographer, was born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 14 January 1806. Appointed midshipman 1 February 1825, he achieved the rank of commander 14 September 1855. He was appointed Superintendent of the Department of Charts and Instruments in 1842, and upon the establishment of the Naval Observatory in 1844 became its first superintendent, holding that position until his resignation in April 1861. During this period he published some of his best known scientific works, and his “Wind and Current Charts,” “Sailing Directions,” and “Physical Geography of the Sea” remain standard. He became world famous as “Pathfinder of the Seas,” the leading oceanograpber of history. Following his resignation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Navy, in which he attained the rank of commodore. At the end of the war he occupied the chair of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. He died at Lexington, Va., 1 February 1873. | Bill Gonyo/Robert Hurst | |
| 148k | Undated, USS Maury (DD-401), closes with the battleship South Dakota in the Pacific. U.S. Navy Photo. | Robert Hurst | |
| 128k | USS Maury (DD-401) Photographed when first completed in August 5 1938. The original print has been autographed by Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, who served with Maury while he was a Destroyer Division commander in 1943. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Chris Schaffer | |
| 149k | At the Bethlehem Union plant, August 5 1938. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 198k | Ship's crew at Honolulu in Ocober 1938. | David A. Jones, MCPO, USN (Ret.) | |
| 101k | USS Maury (DD-401) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa in the late 1930s. Photo courtesy U.S. National Park Service gallery WAPA 2505. | Robert Hurst | |
| 246k | Clipping describing her Presidential Unit Citation. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 45k | USS Maury (DD-401) underway, in mid-1943. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 14. U.S. Navy photo in: Zerstörer der U.S. Navy by Stefan Terzibaschitsch, Koehler, Herford (Germany) 1986, p. 127. ISBN 378220395X. | Robert Hurst | |
| 145k | Gilberts Operation, November 1943 USS Guadalupe (AO-32) refuels USS Maury (DD-401) and USS Lexington (CV-16) at sea in the Gilbert Islands area, 25 November 1943. Photographed from Lexington. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Edward H. Cleary | |
| 39k | November 1943, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
LCDR Edward Mathew Thompson Aug 5 1938 - Jun 29 1940 (Later RADM) LCDR Elmer Drummond Snare Jun 29 1940 - Apr 4 1942 LCDR Gelzer Loyall Sims Apr 4 1942 - Aug 16 1943 (Later RADM) LCDR Joseph William Koenig Aug 16 1943 - Nov 4 1944 LCDR David Lombard Harris Nov 4 1944 - Jul 27 1945 LCDR Ernest Francis Wilcomb Jul 27 1945 - Oct 19 1945
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