East China Sea - February 2020
Pacific Ocean - January 2020
Pacific Ocean - October 2019
Pacific Ocean - July 2019
USS Russell fires a Standard Missile SM-2 - July 2019
Gulf of Alaska - May 2019
USS Russell
with USS Howard (DDG 83) alongside - Portland, Oregon - June 2016
Portland, Oregon - June 2016
Portland, Oregon - June 2016
Portland, Oregon - June 2016
Portland, Oregon - June 2016
Portland, Oregon - June 2016
South China Sea - March 2016
Arabian Gulf - February 2016
5th Fleet AOR - October 2015
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - April 2012
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - April 2012
Pacific Ocean - July 2011
Pacific Ocean - July 2011
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - August 2010
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - August 2010
Sendai, Japan - July 2010
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - October 2009
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2008
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - October 2008
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - October 2008
Indian Ocean - September 2008
Indian Ocean - September 2008
Indian Ocean - September 2008
Indian Ocean - September 2008
Pacific Ocean - April 2008
departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2008
departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2008
departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2008
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - April 2007
Pacific Ocean - March 2007
Pacific Ocean - February 2007
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - February 2007
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - February 2007
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2006
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2006
Indian Ocean - August 2006
propulsion control console - June 2006
Pacific Ocean - April 2006
Pacific Ocean - April 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2006
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2006
Mk-45 Mod.2 (5"/54-caliber) gun live fire exercise - Pacific Ocean -
August 2005
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004
Kuantan, Malaysia - July 2004
Sattahip, Thailand - July 2004
departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - May 2004
departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - May 2004
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 2003
sea trials - January 1995
fitting out at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi -
December 1994
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Rear Admiral John Henry Russell
(July 4, 1827 - April 1, 1897):
Major General John Henry Russell, USMC (November 14, 1872 - March 6,
1947):
USS Russell is named for two men:
Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (1827-1897) and his son, Major
General John Henry Russell, USMC (1872-1947).
RADM John Henry Russell, sr. (July 4, 1827 - April 1, 1897):
Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827. He
was appointed midshipman 10 September 1841 and served in the
sloop of war Cyane in the Pacific until 1843. He returned in
the frigate United States in 1844 and served in St. Mary's
in the Gulf of Mexico from 1844 to 1846. He participated in
operations at Galveston, Corpus Christi, Brazos, Resaca, and
Vera Cruz.
After duty in Allegheny in 1847, he graduated at the United
States Naval Academy in 1848. Briefly assigned to coast
survey duty, he made a cruise to Brazil in 1849, then served
on the New York-West Indies mail line from 1853 to 1856, and
served as navigator in Vincennes during explorations of the
North Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Assigned to the
Mediterranean Squadron at the end of the decade, he returned
to the United States and ordnance duty at the Washington
Navy Yard just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil
War.
In April 1861, he assisted in preventing ships at Norfolk
from falling to the enemy; and, in September, he led a boat
expedition into Pensacola Harbor to destroy the Confederate
privateer Judah. He next assumed command of Kennebec and in
that gunboat participated in operations on the Mississippi
River up to Vicksburg and served in the blockade of Mobile.
Commanding Pontiac in 1863, he returned to ordnance duty at
Washington in 1864 and to the Pacific Squadron to serve as
commanding officer of Cyane in 1864-65.
Various duties, afloat and ashore, on both coasts, Atlantic
and Pacific, followed, and he completed his last assignment,
3 years as Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, in 1886.
Appointed rear admiral 4 March 1886, he retired on 27
August, and resided in Washington, D.C. until his death 1
April 1897.
In 1938, the destroyer USS Russell (DD-414) was named in his
honor.
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Major General John Henry Russell,
jr., USMC (November 14, 1872 - March 6, 1947):
Major General John Henry Russell, Jr., 16th Commandant of
the Marine Corps, was born in Mare Island, California, on 14
November 1872. He was appointed to the United States Naval
Academy by President Grover Cleveland in May 1888. He
graduated from the Academy in June 1892 and after two years
at sea, passed his final examinations and was transferred to
the Marine Corps as a second lieutenant on 1 July 1894.
Upon appointment as an officer in the Marine Corps, he
attended the School of Application at the Marine Barracks,
Washington, D.C., graduating in 1895. He was retained for
another year at the School to conduct a class for
noncommissioned officers.
Promotion to successive grades in the Marine Corps followed:
first lieutenant, 10 August 1898; captain, 3 March 1899;
major, 6 June 1906; lieutenant colonel, 29 August 1916;
colonel, 26 March 1917; brigadier general, 1 January 1922;
major general, 1 September 1933, and Major General
Commandant on 1 March 1934.
To mention but a few of the outstanding tours of duty
performed by MajGen Russell during his service in the Marine
Corps the following are selected:
In 1896, he joined the USS Massachusetts, North Atlantic
Squadron, serving on board until after the Spanish-American
War. The Commanding Officer of the vessel addressed a letter
to the Secretary of the Navy commenting favorably on the
conduct and performance of duty of John H. Russell in action
and recommending recognition thereof by the Navy Department.
He next performed duty on Guam and upon his return to the
United States was placed in charge of the School of
Application for Officers at the Marine Barracks, Washington,
D.C. Following this tour of duty, and also duty at several
navy yards, he was ordered to command the Marine Detachment,
USS Oregon, remaining on board from September 1902 to March
1904. His next shore duty was in command of the school for
young officers established at the Marine Barracks,
Annapolis, Maryland. In 1906, he was transferred to the
Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Honolulu, Territory of
Hawaii. From that duty he was ordered to Camp Elliott,
Panama Canal Zone, to command the Marines at that station.
In September 1908, he joined the Naval War College, Newport,
Rhode Island, for duty as a member of the staff of that
college, remaining there until 1910, and it was during this
tour of service that the “applicatory method” of instruction
was put into effect.
He commanded the Marine Detachment, American Legation,
Peking, China, from 14 November 1910 to 30 April 1913. The
change in the Chinese government from an empire to a
republic, which took place during this period, and the
attendant disorders in and around Peking made this tour of
duty particularly interesting and difficult.
Upon his return to the United States, he was assigned duty
in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, where
he served until 1917, with the exception of a tour of duty
(temporary) from 30 April to 5 December 1914, commanding the
2d Battalion, 3d Regiment, U.S. Marines at Vera Cruz,
Mexico, being detached to the U.S. Army during the period.
Early in March 1917, he assumed command of the 3d Regiment,
with headquarters in Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic,
and within a short period of time he was detached and
ordered to command the 4th Regiment of Marines with
headquarters at Santiago de los Caballeros, where he
remained until October 1917, when he was detached and
ordered to the Republic of Haiti to command the Marine
Brigade serving in that country. He served in that capacity
until 7 December 1918.
His repeated efforts for a transfer to detachments serving
in France during World War I were finally successful, but
delay in arrival of his relief in Haiti did not permit
transfer from Port-au-Prince until after the Armistice was
signed.
Upon arrival in Washington, he was ordered to duty in
command of the “Planning Section” at Headquarters Marine
Corps and served in that capacity until September 1919, when
he again was ordered to duty in Haiti to command the 1st
Brigade of Marines, serving in that capacity until February
1922, when, upon the unanimous recommendation to the
President by the U.S. Senate Committee that had been
investigating affairs in Haiti, he was appointed American
High Commissioner to Haiti with the rank of Ambassador
Extraordinary. MajGen Russell served with distinction in
Haiti as High Commissioner until November 1930.
Upon his return to the United States, he was assigned to
duty as Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, San Diego,
California, and was transferred to command the Marine
Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, in December 1931. He was
detailed as Assistant to the Major General Commandant at
Headquarters Marine Corps in February 1933. MajGen Russell
was appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps on 1 March
1934, and remained in that position until his retirement 1
December 1936.
During MajGen Russell’s tenure as Commandant of the Marine
Corps, the old system of seniority promotions of officers
was changed to that of advancement by selection; the 1st
Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Haiti; the Fleet Marine
Force assumed a new importance; the Reserves were given more
attention; and the number of ships carrying Marine
detachments continued to increase.
Major General Russell continued in an active career as a
military journalist after his retirement. He died in
Coronado, California, on 6 March 1947 and was buried in
Arlington National Cemetery.
In addition to numerous letters of commendation on his
excellent performance of duty during his long and varied
career, MajGen Russell was awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal; Navy Cross; Haitian Medaille Militaire; West Indes
(Sampson) Medal; Spanish Campaign Medal; Expeditionary Medal
with West Indies Clasp; and the Haitian Campaign Medal.
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