Rare 1904 US Navy 1st Torpedo Flotilla USS Bainbridge Decatur Chauncey Dale + For Sale

Approximate size: 10 inches x 8 inches

This rare cabinet card depicts several United States warships not often seen: USS Chauncey DD-3, USS Dale DD-4, USS Decatur DD-5, USS Barry DD-2, and USS Bainbridge DD-1. The Bainbridge was the very first US destroyer class ship, which is pretty interesting.

I think this is a print based on a photo mounted onto a cabinet card. I don\'t believe it\'s an actual photo, but I put it in the \"photograph\" category, because photos are most often what a cabinet card is comprised of, and there doesn\'t seem to be a better category for something of this unusual make. It\'s not a typical print, but it\'s also not a typical photo.

In terms of rarity, most of these warships don\'t have anything relating to them for sale online (at the time of writing this). I found one photo out of all of them after a cursory search, and there definitely isn\'t anything depicting all of them at once, making this piece seemingly very rare.

Add this rare piece of history to your collection today.

USS Bainbridge DD-1:

The second USS Bainbridge was the first destroyer, also called \"Torpedo-boat destroyers\", in the United States Navy and the lead ship of the Bainbridge-class. She was named for William Bainbridge. Bainbridge was commissioned 12 February 1903. She served in the Asiatic Fleet before World War I and served in patrol and convoy duty during the war. She was decommissioned 3 July 1919.

USS Barry DD-2:

USS Barry, was a Bainbridge-class destroyer, she was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore John Barry (1745–1803). Barry was launched on 22 March 1902, by Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Charlotte Adams Barnes the great-grandniece of Commodore Barry: and commissioned on 24 November 1902, Lieutenant Noble Edward Irwin in command. Barry was assigned to the 1st Torpedo Flotilla, Coast Squadron, North Atlantic Fleet, and during the summer of 1903 participated in maneuvers off the New England coast.

USS Chauncey DD-3:

The first USS Chauncey was a Bainbridge-class destroyer, also referred to as a \"Torpedo-boat destroyer\", in the United States Navy named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey. She was launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917. Chauncey was laid down at Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 December 1899 as a member of the Bainbridge class, and was launched on 26 October 1901.

USS Dale DD-4:

Dale was launched on 24 July 1900 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia; sponsored by Miss M. H. Wilson; placed in reserve commission on 24 October 1902, Lieutenant Harry E. Yarnell in command; outfitted at Norfolk, Virginia; and commissioned in full on 13 February 1903, Lieutenant Hutch Cone in command. Assigned to the North Atlantic Fleet, Dale cruised with the First Torpedo Flotilla on the Atlantic coast, taking part in a fleet search problem conducted off Maine, and passing before President Theodore Roosevelt in review off Oyster Bay, New York, on 17 August 1903.

USS Decatur DD-5:

Decatur was launched on 26 September 1900 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia; sponsored by Miss M. D. Mayo, great-grandniece of Commodore Decatur; and commissioned on 19 May 1902, Lieutenant Lloyd Horwitz Chandler in command. Decatur was designated lead vessel of the 1st Torpedo Flotilla with which she conducted drills and maneuvers along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Caribbean until December 1903, when the flotilla departed Norfolk for the Asiatic Station, sailing by way of the Suez Canal.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition. May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.

(D28 inventory number)