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Photo #: NH 69058 Destroyers laid up at San Diego, California Part of the two fleets of 150 World War I destroyers which were laid up during the 1920s at San Diego and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This view, dated 3 October 1928, was taken from the foremast "crow's nest" of one of the destroyers, shows USS Tattnall (DD-125) at the head of the nest in the center, and USS Upshur (DD-144) at the head of the nest in the right distance. Note the caps placed over these ships' smokestacks. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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23 February 2004