 Random files - Destroyers |
Entering San Diego Harbor in September 1959. The start of her shake down cruise to South America.187 views
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Newspaper clipping ca. Feb. 1960 showing USS Cassin Young (DD-793) and other destroyers in dry dock at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in preparation for decommissioning.175 views
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Mist surrounds three docked destroyers. The destroyers are, from left to right: the USS MANLEY (DD-940), the USS VOGELGESANG (DD-862) and the USS EDSON (DD-946).
Location: NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (RI) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
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Workers remove the emergency tow line from the USS Edson at Wirt Stone Dock around noon on Aug. 8, 2012.193 views
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NAO Santa Maria alongside USS Kidd on 28 February 2019213 views
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215 viewsDecommissioning pamphlet - March 29, 1975
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165 viewsSeptember 20, 1945, location unknown.
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213 viewsUSS Kidd (DD-661) underway at the time she was recommissioned for Korean War service, circa March 1951. This image was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken much earlier. Note that the ship still carries World War II vintage radar antennas and is otherwise fitted as she was in mid-1945.
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 Last additions - Destroyers |
1967 off Vietnam.236 viewsMar 08, 2019
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NAO Santa Maria alongside USS Kidd on 28 February 2019213 viewsFeb 28, 2019
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248 views17 January 1974, USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD850 is towed to Fall River, MA to become the first Destroyer type ship in the world to be preserved as a memorial. Thousands of visitors have toured this Vietnam era Veteran since then that represents the NAVY of that era, the Tin Can Navy, and the sailors that served on them.Jan 16, 2019
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Being moved into Battleship Cove as a memorial 17 January 1974.215 viewsJan 16, 2019
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194 viewsNavy Photo 6273-45, forward plan view of USS The Sullivans (DD 537) at Mare Island on 30 Aug 1945. The USS Gansevoort (DD 608) is to the left, while in background are (left to right) USS Ellet (DD 398), USS Owen (DD 536) and USS Miller (DD 535). The Sullivans was in overhaul at the yard from 9 July to 2 Sep 1945.Jan 06, 2019
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214 viewsShips under repair at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in August 1966. The carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19) is to the left while USS Preston (DD 795) and Edson (DD 946) are in the yard's dry dock 4 and USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is to the left. Photo is from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Jan 03, 2019
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238 viewsAug 17, 1986, Hampton Roads, Virginia: The destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) underway. The Edson was the last of the Forest Sherman-class destroyers remaining on the naval registry and was decommissioned Dec. 15, 1988.Dec 14, 2018
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212 viewsBow on view of USS Kidd (DD 661) in the Mare Island channel on 8 Feb 1945.Dec 09, 2018
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215 viewsDec 02, 2018
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230 viewsDec 01, 2018
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