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Steamer Mount Vernon | 145k | James Trathen was born at sea off the coast of Maine on 28 August 1811. He entered the Navy as an Acting Volunteer Lieutenant on 26 August 1861. Assigned to command bark Midnight, he took his ship south in November 1861 for duty with the Gulf Blockading Squadron. Patrolling off the coast of Texas, independently for a large part of the time, Midnight from time to time bombarded Confederate positions ashore. With only a two-week rest period at Key West in June 1862, Trathen's bark remained on blockade duty through August, when she was ordered north. Subsequently assuming command of the steamer Mount Vernon, Trathen joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in October 1862. Patrolling off Wilmington, N.C., his ship apprehended eight merchantmen of various registries trying to run the cordon of Union ships off the Confederacy's shores. On 31 July 1863, under the heavy guns of Fort Fisher, Trathen daringly captured the steamer Kate. On 16 May 1865, he was prompted to lieutenant commander. After returning to civilian life on 26 May 1866, Trathen died in Washington, B.C., on 19 June 1903. | Bill Gonyo |
| 30k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 172k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Gonyo |
| 146k | Undated, location unknown. | Bill Gonyo |
| 113k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
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167k | Undated, USS Wilkinson (DL-5), USS Black (DD-666) and USS Trathen (DD-530). | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. |
| 71k | Undated, unknown location overhead bow and stern images of the USS Trathen (DD-530). This photo clearly show the Fletcher class layout, as originally configured. From the 1943-45 Naval Recognition Manual. | Mike Green |
| 94k | Forward plan view of the USS Trathen (DD 530) at Mare Island on 3 August 1943. Ships aft of Trathen are from left to right are USS Austin (DE 15), USS Burden C. Hastings (DE 19) and USS MacDonough (DD 351). | Darryl Baker |
| 86k | Stern view of the USS Trathen (DD 530) departing Mare Island on 4 August 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 118k | Broadside view of the USS Trathen (DD 530) off Mare Island on 4 August 1943. Trathen was in overhaul at the shipyard from 11 Sept. to 4 August 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 82k | Bow on view of the USS Trathen (DD 530) departing Mare Island on 4 August 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 134k | August 3 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 109k | August 3 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 115k | USS Trathen (DD-530) underway at sea, 3 September 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107245. | Robert Hurst |
| 110k | Newly arrived in the war zone, the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) transfers outgoing mail to the destroyer Trathan (DD-530) on 17 April 1953. Her #1 Mk37 Secondary Battery Director now has its radar equipment Mk.12/22 replaced by the new dish of the Mk.25, designed to improve performance against low-flying aircraft. Her #2 and-3 Mk.37 still have the old Mk.12/22 atop. Spot One (the Mk.38 Main Battery Director on her Foretop) has radar equipment Mk.13, above that, her SPS-6 radar antenna is visible with a Zenith Search antenna mounted in place of the SG antenna and short-range, ship-to-ship antennas, AT-150, and AS-390, ship-to-air, hardly visible. On both sides of her Forward Air Defence Platform additional whip antennas for long-range reception and transmission and two extra TBS antennas have been mounted. Below this, a TDY jammer. On her yardarms "Derby", CAGW66132, omni-directional, warning-type antennas and some IFF antennas. "Ski- Pole" IFF antennas project P./S. on platforms from her fighting tower. Visible on the tripod type mast, recently installed on the Fletcher class destroyer Trathan is her SPS-29 radar with SG above and some radio antennas. Atop her Mk.37 director, Mk.25. Also visible a Mk.34 radar antenna for GFCS Mk.63, mounted on a 3-Inch gun and aft, her MK.56 Director. | Pieter Bakels |
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527k | Trathen performing unrep alongside Shangri-La (CVA-38) in the Western Pacific, 1956. Photo by CDR Gerald Durbin, USS Shangri-La. | Bob Canchola |
| 109k | Circa 1957. | Marc Piché |
| 168k | USS Trathen (DD 530) dated June 9 1958 by the photo lab aboard the USS Dixie (AD 14). The stern of the USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD 808) on the starboard side of Trathen. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 83k | Circa late 1950's. | Marc Piché |
| 61k | A series of 5 images of the Trathen refueling from the USS Bennington (CVS-20) in the South China Sea during the Winter of 1961 by Navy Photographer PH2 Charles Hansen. | Charles Hansen |
| 75k | As above. | Charles Hansen |
| 72k | As above. | Charles Hansen |
| 168k | As above. | Charles Hansen |
| 105k | As above. | Charles Hansen |
| 122k | USS Ajax (AR-6) Flagship of Commander Service Squadron THREE, with five Seventh Fleet destroyers alongside, circa 1962. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838); USS Rupertus (DD-851); USS Trathen (DD-530); USS Cowell (DD-547); and USS Black (DD-666). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 24k | Ship's patch. | Rich Scheeder |
| 103k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski |
| 223k | Ship's patch. | Tom Gamstetter |
| 130k | Three views of a model Trathen built by Kerry Provancha. | Kerry Provancha |
| 118k | As above. | Kerry Provancha |
| 57k | As above. | Kerry Provancha |
