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92k | [1] Thomas Stowell Phelps, Sr. was born in Buckfield, Maine, 2 November 1822.
He served the Navy from 1840 to 1884, attaining the rank of Captain in 1871 and Rear Admiral in 1884. He served in the Mediterranean,
the Atlantic, and the Pacific, and commanded Juniata during the capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865. He served as Commandant of Mare Island
Navy Yard from 15 Jan 1881 until 15 March 1883. He died in New York City in 1901. The destroyer USS Phelps was named in his honor.
[2] Thomas Stowell Phelps, Jr. was the son of Rear Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps. He was born in Richmond, VA., and graduated from Annapolis
in 1869. He was promoted through the various grades until his promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral in July 1909. He was on board the USS
Raleigh at Manila in the Spanish-American war. 1899 found Lt. Commander Phelps the X.O. of the receiving-ship Independence. In November 1902
he was appointed the commanding officer of the re-commissioned unprotected cruiser USS Marblehead (C-11) until a change in command in 1904.
From 1907 to 1910 he was the commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard. | Bill Gonyo/Darryl Baker |
USS Phelps (DD-360)
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| 168k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 191k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
| 158k | Undated, off Point Loma at the entrance of San Diego Bay. | David Buell |
| 129k | Undated, location unknown. Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 120k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Running trials off Rockland, Maine, 17 December 1935. This view was taken while she was making 29.56 knots on Run Number 18 North. Note that the ship's battery of eight 5"/38 guns has not yet been installed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center | Fred Weiss |
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155k | USS Phelps (DD-360) at anchor on the east coast, probably during trials off Maine, late 1935. Note her five-inch mounts have not yet been fitted.
Photo from the files of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum | Darryl Baker |
| 44k | In February 1936 Commander Rooks placed the new destroyer USS Phelps (DD-360) in commission and remained as her Commanding Officer until 1938. Photo #: NH 93157. Captain Albert H. Rooks, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Houston (CA-30), photographed circa 1940-1941. Courtesy of Otto Schwartz, USS Houston Association, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo |
| 139k | USS Phelps (DD-360) underway followed by other destroyers of the Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet, circa 1936. USS Dewey (DD-349) is the next ship astern (USN Photo No NH 77096). | Robert Hurst |
| 103k | USS Dobbin (AD-2) photographed circa 1937, with several destroyers alongside. They include (from left to right): USS Phelps (DD-360), USS Worden (DD-352), USS MacDonough (DD-351), USS Dewey (DD-349) and USS Hull (DD-350). Note that some of these ships' hull numbers are painted close to the waterline, while others are about midway between the boot topping and the weather deck. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USN (Retired), 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 85k | USS Phelps (DD-360) undergoes an inclining experiment in Dry Dock 2 of the Boston Navy Yard on 4 March 1937. Boston Navy Yard photo 167-37, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13959. | Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard |
| 180k | Circa 1939, location unknown. Image from the 1943-44 Edition of Jane's Fighting Ships. | O.W. Waterman |
| 80k | USS Phelps at Pearl Harbour, circa late May 1942, following the Battle of the Coral Sea and shortly before the Battle of Midway (USN Pic No 80-G-66124). | Robert Hurst |
| 143k | USS Phelps (DD-360) at Pearl Harbor, circa late May 1942, following the Battle of Coral Sea and shortly before the Battle of Midway. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-66124. | Mike Green |
| 43k | Two views of the Phelps taken at Midway. The Phelps was with the Hornet at the moment of the picture. The CL Atlanta is out of the picture to the left and another Crusier is there too. Phelps was low on Bunker C and was about to refuel and blew a bunch of white smoke and came to a stop. Someone said the Phelps briefly sucked air and that is what caused this. Atlanta came near by to help and was declined. | Phil Hollandsworth |
| 74k | As above. | Phil Hollandsworth |
| 91k | USS Phelps (DD-360) during the third day of the Battle of Midway Island, on 6 June 1942. Phelps lost suction because fuel oil was running low and caused a huge cloud of smoke to ascend skyward. The cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-51), left, approached and offered its assistance but the Phelps resumed its position in the battle line shortly afterwards without requiring outside help. Official U.S. Navy photograph # 80-G-11638. | Robert Hurst |
| 35k | Somewhere in the Pacific delivering mail on September 25 1942. | Tommy Trampp |
| 125k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Plan view, forward, taken while she was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 November 1942. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 222k | USS Phelps (DD-360) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 November 1942, showing plan view, aft. Note submarine building ways and cranes in the background. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-38914. | Mike Green |
| 206k | USS Phelps (DD-360) showing plan view forward while she was at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 24 November 1942. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 19-N-38915. | Mike Green |
| 99k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Off San Francisco, California, 11 December 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 103k | Starboard broadside view off USS Phelps (DD 360) in San Francisco Bay on 11 December 1942. | Darryl Baker |
| 179k | USS Phelps (DD-360) taken in San Francisco Bay 11 December 1942. | David Buell |
| 71k | February 1943, location unknown. Note that No.3 gun mount has been replaced by 40 mm Bofors AA guns; pole foremast in place of original tripod. | Robert Hurst |
| 71k | USS Phelps (DD-360) Underway at sea, 27 May 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 81k | Aerial view of USS Phelps (DD-360) in Charleston Harbor on 28 October 1944, from the starboard stern wearing MS32/3D camouflage scheme.
National Archives Bureau of Ships photo BS 73965, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson, (usndazzle.com). | Mike Green |
| 90k | USS Phelps (DD-360) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, about November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 138k | USS Phelps (DD-360) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, about November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 134k | USS Phelps off the New York Navy Yard, 8 August 1945 (USN Photo No 19-N-87408). | Robert Hurst |
| 342k | USS Phelps (DD-360), USS McCall (DD-400) and USS Brunswick (PF-68) moored at Casco Bay, Maine, 09 August 1945.
National Archives photo 80-G-332952 | Scott Dyben |
