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187k | John Cushing Aylwin was born in Quebec, Canada, on 14 June 1778. He worked on board British naval vessels at an early age. Though never formally enrolled in the Royal Navy, he received increasing responsibilities eventually performing the duties of a mate by 1795. He refused the offer of a midshipman's warrant but continued service at sea, apparently against his will, for another six years. Ill health, however, finally brought about his return home. Then, for several years, he commanded merchant ships out of Boston. When war between the United States and Great Britain broke out in 1812, Aylwin received an appointment as a lieutenant in the Navy and became sailing master in Constitution. He received commendations for his gallantry during that frigate's engagement with HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812. Severely wounded during that encounter, Aylwin later died at sea. The image is an original painting of the engagement published by Colourpicture Publications, Boston. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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110k | USS Aylwin steaming at 29.78 knots on trial run # 24, south, circa 1913. Note that the ship's guns have not yet been installed. NHHC photo NH 103480 | Tony Cowart | |
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71k | USS Aylwin running builder's trials in 1913, prior to the installation of her armament. NHHC photo NH 57469 | Tony Cowart | |
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79k | USS Aylwin running builder's trials in 1913, prior to installation of her armament. National Archives photo 19-N-13867 | Tony Cowart | |
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3217k | A very large newspaper clipping of the USS Barry (DD-2), USS Trippe (DD-33), USS Aylwin (DD-47) and the USS McDougal (DD-54) from the Baltimore Sun dated September 12 1915. | Mike Mohl | |
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56k | USS Aylwin underway, circa 1916-1917. The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, USN, 1962. NHHC photo NH 77908 | Tony Cowart | |
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75k | U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1916-1917. Second section from left (of six) of a panoramic photograph taken from the Naval Station radio tower. Among the ships present are: battleships South Carolina and Michigan (toward the left, in no particular order); destroyers Drayton (left center) and Aylwin (center, middle distance); and a battleship that is either Wyoming or Arkansas (right foreground). | Robert Hurst | |
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87k | USS Aylwin firing depth charges from her "Y-Guns", during World War I operations. Three charges are in the air, attached to their arbors. Note Aylwin's number ("47") painted on the bow of the boat at right. NHHC photo NH 103482, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC | Paul Rebold/Tony Cowart | |
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129k | USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), at left an USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47), right foreground At anchor in German waters during the first part of 1919. Courtesy of W.E.J. Thompson. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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75k | USS Aylwin standing by as a German pilot boat picks up a pilot who has just left USS Chester (Scout Cruiser # 1) off Swinemünde, Germany, 1919. The two U.S. Navy ships were then conducting an inspection of Germany's ports on the Baltic Sea. | Tony Cowart | |
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190k | Photo #: NH 93214, USS Aylwin panoramic photograph in port, circa 1919. Donation of Robert L. Strickland, 1981. The original print belonged to the donor's father, Louis G. Strickland, who served in Aylwin During World War I. It was made circa 1947-1951 by copying an original print that had become brittle. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart/Michael Thompson | |
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190k | RPPC of USS Aylwin in port with collision damage, circa 1918-1919. Location may be in the British Isles, as an old ship of the line is visible in the center distance. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 102995, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. | Tony Cowart / Dave Wright | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCR Lehigh Carlyle Palmer (USNA 1896) | 17 January 1914 - 20 April 1914 |
| Decommissioned | May 1914 - 19 May 1915 | |
| 02 | LCDR John Charles Fremont, Jr. (USNA 1901) | 19 May 1915 - 09 April 1917 |
| 03 | LCDR David McDougal LeBreton (USNA 1904) | 09 April 1917 - 21 January 1919 |
| 04 | LCDR Frederick George Reinicke (USNA 1910) | 21 January 1919 - 19 December 1920 |
| 05 | LCDR Robert Melville Griffin (USNA 1911) | 19 December 1920 - 23 February 1921 |
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