Photo #: NH 70903
Lieutenant Walter E. Reno, USN
Photographed prior to World War I.
While serving as Commanding Officer of USS Chauncey (Destroyer
# 3), Lieutenant Commander Reno was lost with his ship when she
collided with the British merchant steamer Rose off Gibraltar
on 19 November 1917.
USS Reno (DD-303) was named in his honor.
Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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