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178 viewsSouvenir button of the launching of the USS Thorn (DD-647), USS Turner (DD-648), USS Bullard (DD-660) and USS Kidd (DD-661) on February 2 1943. Courtesy of www.timepassagesnostalgia.com.Feb 27, 2018
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171 viewsTicket to the Christening and Launching February 28 1943.Feb 27, 2018
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202 viewsFeb 12, 2018
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New York 1954/55190 viewsFeb 07, 2018
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Taken from USS Coral Sea, December 1974, in transit from Pearl Harbor to Subic Bay191 viewsJan 31, 2018
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The USS Laffey being re-commissioned on January 26, 1951.180 viewsJan 25, 2018
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239 viewsJan 16, 2018
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USS THE SULLIVANS (DD-537) makes a close pass at the stern of USS GRAND CANYON (AD-28) on 29 October 1962.220 viewsJan 06, 2018
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USS Edson launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath ME on 4 January 1958215 viewsJan 03, 2018
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USS Turner Joy DD951 seen from USS Henderson DD 785, 1970, c Richard Albright209 viewsDec 31, 2017
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220 viewsCommissioning ceremony for USS Cassin Young (DD-793) at Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, Calif., on 31 December 1943. USS Preston (DD-795) is at left and USS Comfort (AH-6), not yet painted as a hospital ship, is at right.Dec 24, 2017
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258 viewsCommissioned December 15 1945.Dec 14, 2017
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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)Dec 14, 2017
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210 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.Dec 09, 2017
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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) refuels from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) in heavy seas off the coast of Vietnam.217 viewsDec 02, 2017
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