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Namesake
	96k	Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 - June 23, 1865) was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the U.S. Navy. Portrait of Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1867-68 by Daniel Huntington.		Bill Gonyo
USS Du Pont (DD-941)
	41k	Undated, at Naval Station Guam with USS New (DD-818) alongside.		Eli Blanco RM3 (ex-crewmember USS Wandank (ATA-204))
	152k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from An Illustrated History of Destroyers of the World by Bernard Ireland.		Robert Hurst
	162k	Undated, location unknown.		Tommy Trampp
	113k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	136k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	117k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) outboard & USS Bigelow (DD-942) at the fitting out pier of Bath Iron Works in 1957. On the building ways are (from right to left) Hull (DD-945), Edson (DD-946) and Somers (DD-947).		Robert Hurst
	231k	Circa 1957, location unknown.		Ron Reeves
	53k	Circa 1958, location unknown.		William Kapfer
	168k	1959, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	200k	November 1959, location unknown. Navy photo 1044673 from the collection of CDR Thomas B. Ray (USS Essex CV-9).		Chris Stanley
	39k	Circa 1960, location unknown.		William Kapfer
	61k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) Underway entering Valletta Harbour, Malta, circa 1961. Photo by A. & J. Pavia from Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62 edition.		Robert Hurst
	176k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) highlining recovered drone back to USS Boston (CAG-1) after gunnery shoot in the Atlantic, June 1961.		Roy Williams
	41k	USS Tidewater (AD-31), USS Du Pont (DD-941), USS Weeks (DD-701), USS Willard Keith (DD-775), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Henley (DD-762) and USS Nimble (MSO-459) at Athens, Greece, late 1961.		Michael J. Mogck
	83k	Aerial view the USS Du Pont (DD-941), steaming in the Mediterranean, 08 September 1961. Official US Navy Photo taken by PH3 Koskela.		John N Adriani Sr. Adriani-Evans Collection
	162k	Du Pont (DD-941) at Norfolk Navy Yard, probably late 1962. Photo by ENS G. Cranmer, USS Francis Marion (APA-249).		Dave Wright
	162k	Another view of Du Pont (DD-941) at Norfolk Navy Yard, probably late 1962. Robert A. Owens (DD-827) is moored in the background. Photo by ENS G. Cranmer, USS Francis Marion (APA-249).		Dave Wright
	149k	USS Du Pont coming alongside Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) for UNREPing, 1963.		Mike Donegan
	65k	Boston Harbor, August 1963.		© Richard Leonhardt
	48k	Boston, August 1963.		© Richard Leonhardt
	122k	In the Bosphorus off Istanbul, Turkey, early 1966.		David Meare
	284k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) underway in 1967, location unknown. United States Navy.		Robert Hurst
	55k	USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13), USS DuPont (DD-941) and USS New (DD-818) in Pearl Harbor, 24 December 1967. Photo by ship's photographer FTG3 Larry Struck of New.		Rick Palmer
	120k	At Wellington, New Zealand, 07 March 1969.		Marc Piché/Chris Howell/Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	50k	This was the official ship's photo that I sold in the Ship's Store when I was stationed aboard Du Pont. Photo was taken in Chaesapeake Bay, May 1972.		Gary Arnold SH2
	184k	USS Du Pont (DD-941) tied up pierside, at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, circa 1978. Note USS Mitscher (DDG-35) at left. Photo by Karsten Petersen.		Robert Hurst
	139k	Ships of Task Group 138 underway in the Atlantic during Operation "Unitas XIX", September 1978. They are (from left to right): USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44); USS DuPont (DD-941); and USS Bowen (FF-1079). Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	204k	DuPont's mascots "Rags" and "JR." From the 1982 Cruise Book.		Al Quartararo CWO3 USN (Ret.)
Memorabilia
	56k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	38k	Ship's patch		Michael J. Mogck
	100k-120k	Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch.		Al Grazevich
	57k	Ship's Zippo.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	28k	Ship's belt buckle.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.

CDR William John Maddocks    Jul 1 1957 - Oct 14 1957

LCDR Melvin Wilbert Cassidy    Oct 14 1957 - Oct 29 1957

CDR Daniel Martin Karcher    Oct 29 1957 - Aug 7 1958

CDR Joseph Clark Spitler    Aug 7 1958 - Jul 24 1959

CDR Paul Edward Arbo    Jul 25 1959 - Jul 17 1961

CDR Sherman Louis Voiler    Jul 17 1961 - Sep 14 1963

CDR James Moore Hornbrook    Sep 14 1963 - Feb 9 1965

CDR Edward Peter Stilwell    Feb 9 1965 - Dec 2 1966

CDR Robert Holdermann Small Jr.    Dec 2 1966 - May 16 1969

(Decommissioned May 16 1969 - May 9 1970)

CDR Winfred Preston Allen    May 9 1970 - Mar 6 1971

LCDR Grant Alexander Sharp    Mar 6 1971 - Sep 1972 (Later RADM)

LCDR James Arthur Shreckengaust    Sep 1972 - Jan 25 1974

LCDR James Everett Hancock    Jan 25 1974 - Dec 22 1975

CDR Charles David Collis    Dec 22 1975 - Nov 18 1977

CDR John Anthony Carbone    Nov 18 1977 - Jan 8 1980

CDR Harlan Kenneth Ullman    Jan 8 1980 - Dec 18 1981

CDR Billy Glen Taylor    Dec 18 1981 - Jan 18 1982

CDR John Shober Burrows III    Jan 18 1982 - Mar 4 1983

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