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| 70k | Born in San Francisco, Calif., 26 July 1890, Daniel Judson Callaghan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. His prewar service included command of Truxtun (Destroyer No. 14), staff duty afloat and ashore, and duty as Naval aide to the President. He commanded San Francisco (CA-38) from May 1941 to May 1942, then served as chief of staff to Commander, South Pacific area and South Pacific Force. Rear Admiral Callaghan was killed in action in the bitter naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 while commanding forces that helped turn back a far stronger Japanese fleet. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during the action in which he gave his life. | Bill Gonyo |
| 124k | Undated, location unknown. Photo Courtesy of the USS Abbot (DD-629) website. | Bill Gonyo |
| 46k | USS Callaghan (DD- (DD-792) underway in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D. Photo Australian armed forces. Image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: 302554. | Robert Hurst |
| 125k | USS Callaghan (DD-792) underway, circa 1944. USN Photo. | Robert Hurst |
| 163k | February 4 1944 at San Pedro. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 195k | June 1944, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 62k | 1945, refueling from the USS South Dakota (BB-57). | Pieter Bakels |
| 114k | Photo #: 80-G-307034, Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Staff to Commander, Task Force 58, is highlined from USS Callaghan (DD-792) to USS Lexington (CV-16), while off Iwo Jima on 18 February 1945. Photographed from on board Lexington, with Callaghan's starboard bow in the background. The latter's camouflage appears to be Measure 32, Design 7D. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | - |