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	73k	Rear Admiral Hutch I. Cone was born in 1871. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida in 1890, graduating in 1894. He served as Assistant Engineer on the USS Baltimore (C-3) in the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898. When the U.S. Fleet was sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 16, 1907, Lieutenant Commander Cone commanded a flotilla of Torpedo Boats, which went around South America from the East Coast to California. In 1909 he was made Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering and was promoted to the temporary rank of Rear Admiral. He was in charge of engineering modernization of the Navy at the time, particularly conversion to turbines. In 1915 he was the Superintendent of the Panama Canal. During 1917-1918 he was in command of Naval Aviation in Europe under Admiral Sims. In October 1918 he was crossing the Irish Sea on a mail steamer which was torpedoed by a German u-boat. He was picked up unconscious after several hours in the water and ultimately recovered. After World War I, Admiral Cone attended the Naval War College. He was then assigned as Chief of Staff, Asiatic Fleet and Commander Flagship. He was retired as Rear Admiral in 1922 by reason of his war injuries. After retirement he served on the U.S. Shipping Board (now the Maritime Commission), under Presidents Coolidge, Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt appointed him as chairman. He was also Vice President of the Guggenheim Fund for the promotion of aeronautics. At the time of his death in February 1941, he was Chairman-of-the-Board of Moore-McCormick Steamship Company. Mrs. H.I. Cone, his widow, sponsored USS Cone (DD-866) at its launching at Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island, NY on 10 May 1945.		Robert M. Cieri
USS Cone (DD-866)
	73k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	121k	Undated, location unknown.		Elmer Ray James
	110k	Undated photo by Bill Wozniak taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27), destroyers from the left are unidentified, USS Cone (DD-866), unidentified, USS Meredith (DD-890), USS Dyess (DD-880) and USS Bordelon (DD-881) at the French naval port of Mers el-Kébir, near Oran (French Algeria)..		Rick Rowan
	93k	Undated photo by Bill Wozniak of the USS Cone (DD-866) and USS Stribling (DD-867) alongside the USS Yellowstone (DD-27).		Rick Rowan
	60k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	50k	Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.		Mike Smolinski
	111k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	97k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	69k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	85k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	115k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	113k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	115k	The USS Glennon (DD-840) and USS Cone (DD-866) alongside an unknown cruiser in 1945, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	134k	September 16 1946, location unknown. From the collection of Chris Wright.		Ed Zajkowski
	171k	March 28 1947 at Brooklyn, NY.		Ed Zajkowski
	158k	Postcard of the USS Vesole (DD-878), USS Cone (DD-866) and USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883) alongside the USS Shenandoah (AD-26) in Cannes, France, July 1952.		Steven W. Orvis
	33k	Taken from the USS Wren (DD-568) in late 1953 in the Sea of Japan after a high-line transfer between the two ships.		Gordon R. Hipp, RD2, USS Wren
0586641	774k	New tripod on USS Cone, as photographed while under refit at Charleston, SC, 21 April 1955. National Archives Identifier 24745107, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 156182		David Upton
0586642	875k	New tripod on USS Cone, as photographed while under refit at Charleston, SC, 21 April 1955. National Archives Identifier 24745105, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 156181		David Upton
0586643	893k	Upgrades on USS Cone, as photographed while under refit at Charleston, SC, 21 April 1955. National Archives Identifier 24745103, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 156180		David Upton
0586640	855k	Cone (DD-866) at Genoa, circa 1959-1966. Note the Destroyer Squadron Four emblem on the forestack- Joining the squadron in April 1959. USS Cone had been assigned to Destroyer Squadron Six through the early to mid 1950s.		David Upton
0586644	805k	USS Cone at Charleston, SC, completing FRAM I refit, April 1966. National Archives Identifier 24745081, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 173353		David Upton
0586645	802k	USS Cone at Charleston, SC, overhead view showing FRAM I changes, April 1966. National Archives Identifier 24745083, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 173354		David Upton
0586646	815k	USS Cone at Charleston, SC, stern view showing FRAM I changes, April 1966. National Archives Identifier 24745085, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 173355		David Upton
0586647	574k	USS Cone at Charleston, SC, bow view showing FRAM I changes, April 1966. National Archives Identifier 24745087, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 173356		David Upton
0586648	443k	USS Cone at Charleston, SC, bow view from water showing FRAM I changes, April 1966. National Archives Identifier 24745089, Local Identifier 19-NN - DD-866 Cone - 173357		David Upton
	55k	Portsmouth, England circa 1970's.		Marc Piché
	102k	Left to right: USS America (CVA-66), USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), and USS Ranger (CVA-61), with USS Oriskany (CVA-34) steaming astern of the Big E, and five destroyers and destroyer escorts in the lead. Vietnam cease-fire, Sunday, 28 January 1973. Escorts are, left to right: USS Bronstein (DE-1037), USS Corry (DD-817), USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), USS Fanning (DE-1076), and USS Cone (DD-866). (Photo and escorts id thanks to Enterprise WestPac 1972–73 Cruise Book, via Bob Canchola.)		USS Oriskany Alumni Facebook Group, via Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany 1971–1973
	36k	Portsmouth, England July 1974.		Marc Piché
	43k	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard October 1980.		Marc Piché
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1981				Robert M. Cieri
	51k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	47k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich

CDR William Clayton Butler Jr.    Aug 18 1945 - Feb 1946 (later RADM)

CDR John Shannon    Feb 1946 - May 18 1947

CDR Robert Belden Kail    May 18 1947 - Nov 1 1948

LCDR James Carlos Smith Jr.    Nov 1 1948 - Jul 24 1949

CDR Leroy Thomas Taylor    Jul 24 1949 - Dec 16 1950

CDR Clarence Walker Petrie    Dec 16 1950 - Aug 9 1952

CDR Nathan Frederick Asher    Aug 9 1952 - Apr 12 1954

CDR Richard Carl Marquardt    Apr 12 1954 - Jan 16 1956

CDR Robert Rourke Brafford    Jan 16 1956 - May 16 1957

CDR Robert Fulton Harbison    May 16 1957 - Aug 20 1958

CDR Paul Amos Tickle    Aug 20 1958 - Dec 30 1959

CDR Charles Arthur Taylor Jr.    Dec 30 1959 - Mar 13 1962

CDR William Edward Llewellyn    Mar 13 1962 - Nov 6 1962

CDR Norbert Aanthony Reike    Nov 6 1962 - May 8 1964

CDR Edward Stanley Haugen    May 8 1964 - Aug 13 1965

CDR Robert Edward Classen    Aug 13 1965 - Apr 7 1967

CDR Arthur Coday    Apr 7 1967 - Jun 27 1969

CDR Harold Lewis Hinkley    Jun 27 1969 - Sep 6 1971

CDR Billy Maxwell Ervin    Sep 6 1971 - Feb 19 1973

CDR Vincent Sylvester    Feb 19 1973 - Apr 28 1975

CDR David Walter Somers Jr.    Apr 28 1975 - Feb 25 1977

CDR Warren Everett McLaine Jr.    Feb 25 1977 - Apr 26 1978

CDR George Eagleton Pierce    Apr 26 1978 - Oct 12 1979

CDR Herbert Raymond Quarles Jr.    Oct 12 1979 - Mar 26 1981

LCDR Robert Martin Butterworth    Mar 26 1981 - Apr 21 1981

CDR Mack Charles Gaston    Apr 21 1981 - Mar 26 1982 (Later RADM)

CDR Richard Leo Lyons    Mar 26 1982 - Oct 1 1982

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