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	131k	John Hood was born in Florence, Ala., 3 December 1859. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1875, and graduated from the Naval Academy, second in his class. His first cruise after graduation took him to the South Atlantic in Shenandoah, and he later sailed in Wachusetts, Brooklyn, Vandalia, Mohician, Jamestown, Constellation, Bancroft and Kearsarge. Hood was wrecked with Kearsarge 21 February 1894 on Roncador Reef off Central America in the Pacific, and was a lieutenant in Maine when she was blown up at Havana 15 February 1898. Hood commanded Hawk during the Spanish American War, carried information of the arrival of the Spanish Squadron off Santiago to the commander of the Flying Squadron at' Cienfuegos, and delivered orders for him to proceed to Santiago 23 May 1898. He also served in Nero during the Spanish War. Hood surveyed the Pacific in 1899-1900 to prepare data and charts by which the Pacific cable was laid. He commanded Elcano in Chinese waters during the Russo-Japanese War from 1903 to 1905 and Tacoma from 1907 to 1909, during Haitian and Central American revolutions and elections. He was in charge of the ships at the Naval Academy in 1909 and 1910. He commanded Rhode Island of the Atlantic Fleet in 1910-11. Under him in 1911-12, Delaware won the battle efficiency pennant. From 1912 to 1915 he was a member of the General Board of the Navy. In 1915-16 he commanded Texas which won the "Red E" for excellence in engineering efficiency. He was promoted to Rear Admiral August 29, 1916 and retired 18 March 1918. Admiral Hood died at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md., February 11, 1919. Digital ID: ggbain 15824, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.		Bill Gonyo
	30k	Undated, location unknown.		Douglas Sanchez
	160k	Undated, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	135k	Undated, location unknown. Commercially prepared from the collection of SN David A. Downey (31 Dec 1952-Aug 1954)		Harold A Weinbaum III
	94k	USS John Hood (DD-655) underway in Mobile Bay, 12 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-129452.		Robert Hurst
	114k	December 1944, location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler
	176k	Entering San Diego in 1953. From the collection of SN David A. Downey (31 Dec 1952-Aug 1954)		Harold A Weinbaum III
	45k	USS John Hood being refueled in December 1961 alongside the USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39).		Bill Gonyo
	69k	NPC-1062331 photo dated 1962. refueling in heavy seas.		Don Scott, YNCS (SS) USN (Ret.)
	93k	Circa 1962, location unknown.		Marc Piché
	42k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	57k	Ship's patch, circa 1961-1963.		Jim Perry
	77k	Ship's patch, circa 1961-1963.		Jim Perry
	34k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp

CDR Thomas James Thornhill Jr.    Jun 7 1944 - Dec 10 1944

CDR Allan Lorentz Reed    Dec 10 1944 - Feb 10 1946 (Later RADM)

LT Elliot Meeker Weart    Feb 10 1946 - Jul 3 1946

(Decommissioned Jul 3 1946 - Aug 3 1951)

CDR Saxe Perry Gantz    Aug 3 1951 - Jun 20 1952

CDR Edmund Brewster Pugsley    Jun 20 1952 - Sep 17 1953

CDR Joseph David Linehan    Sep 17 1953 - Dec 9 1955

CDR James Meehan Campbell    Dec 9 1955 - Sep 30 1957

CDR William Fowler Vose    Sep 30 1957 - Aug 1959

CDR Albert Van Acker    Aug 1959 - Jan 1961 

CDR George William Folta Jr.    Jan 1961 - Oct 23 1961

CDR George Thomas Aufort    Oct 23 1961 - Jul 1 1962

CDR John Ferris Ackerman    Jul 1 1962 - Jun 30 1964