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- | Edward Terry was born at Hartford, Connecticut on 24 January 1839. He was appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy on 21 September 1853 and graduated on 10 June 1857. He served in the sloop Germantown, attached to the East India Squadron, from 1857 to 1859. By 1861, he was assigned to the steam sloop Richmond and served in her with the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron throughout the Civil War. He participated in the engagement with the Confederate ram Manassas on 12 October 1861, the artillery duel with Fort McRae and other shore batteries on 22 November, the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the capture of New Orleans in late April 1862. After New Orleans, Farragut's force moved up the Mississippi, and Terry was present when the salt water fleet ran the gauntlet at Vicksburg and joined Flag Officer C. H. Davis' riverine fleet above the Southern stronghold. In January 1863, Terry was promoted to lieutenant commander. On 14 March, his ship joined others of the fleet in bombarding the batteries surrounding Port Hudson so that Farragut could dash past them and establish a blockade cutting the Confederacy's Red River supply line. In his last major engagement, the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864, Terry helped to close the last major Conferederate port on the Gulf of Mexico. Following the Civil War, Terry alternated between sea duty and a series of shore assignments at the Naval Academy. In 1866 and 1867, he served in the Pacific Squadron in the steam frigate Powhatan. His first tour of duty at the Naval Academy followed in 1868 and 1869. He assumed his first command, Saco, in 1870 and cruised with the Asiatic Fleet until 1872. During that assignment, on 30 October 1871, he was promoted to commander. He returned to the Naval Academy in 1873 and, by 1875, was appointed Commandant of Midshipmen, a post he held until 1878. Comdr. Terry was then ordered to the Pacific Squadron as flag captain in Pensacola; first to Rear Admiral C. R. Perry Rodgers and, in 1880 and 1881, to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens. In 1881, he went on leave due to illness. On 1 June 1882, Comdr. Terry died at Manitou Springs, Colorado. | Robert M. Cieri |
| 190k | Photo #: NH 102787, USS Terry (DD-513) underway on course 090 off the U.S. East Coast (position 36 45'N, 75 50'W) at time 1520Q, 4 April 1943. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14, flying at an altitude of 300 feet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 136k | Off Saipan in early 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 14d. | Robert Hurst |
| 142k | Photo #: 80-G-253664, USS Terry (DD-513) departing Roi, en route to take part in the invasion of Saipan, 12 June 1944. An escort carrier is in the left background. Photographed from USS New Mexico (BB-40). Terry is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 14D.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Tony Cowart |
| 93k | Photo #: NH 102788, USS Terry (DD-513) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 89k | Photo #: NH 102789, USS Terry (DD-513) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 25 Oct until 12 Dec 1944.
| Tony Cowart |
| 100k | Photo #: NH 102790, USS Terry (DD-513) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 66k | Photo #: NH 102791, USS Terry (DD-513) seen from directly ahead, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 62k | Photo #: NH 102792, USS Terry (DD-513) seen from directly astern, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 82k | Photo #: NH 102793, USS Terry (DD-513) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944.
USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 176k | Photo #: NH 102807, USS Terry (DD-513) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944.
USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 176k | Photo #: NH 102808, USS Terry (DD-513) plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944. USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 100k | Photo #: NH 102809, USS Terry (DD-513) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 June 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 99k | Photo #: NH 102794, USS Terry (DD-513) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 June 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 70k | Photo #: NH 102795, USS Terry (DD-513) seen from directly ahead, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 June 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 94k | Photo #: NH 102796, USS Terry (DD-513) seen from directly astern, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 June 1945. Note the small harbor tug alongside, and Santa Fe Railway boxcars on the pier at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 97k | Photo #: NH 102810, USS Terry (DD-513) plan view, amidships looking forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 June 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 75k | Photo #: NH 102797, USS Terry (DD-513) plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 June 1945. Note ladder hanging over the ship's stern, station-keeping lamp and depth charge racks on the fantail. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Tony Cowart |
| 151k | USS Terry (DD 513) off Mare Island on June 4, 1945. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 93k | November 1945, location unknown. | David Buell |