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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 93975 U.S. Navy destroyers at San Diego, California Photographed circa 1919 or 1920 by the Bunnell Photo Shop and printed on "AZO" postal card stock. Ships present are (seen from astern, left to right): USS Laub (Destroyer # 263), unidentified, USS Edwards (Destroyer # 265), USS Ballard (Destroyer # 267), USS Shubrick (Destroyer # 268) and USS McLanahan (Destroyer # 264). The original card, which has neither stamp nor postmark, is inscribed: "This is the way they anchor Destroyers, in the harbor. They have what they call 'mother ship' or supply ship and 6 or 8 destroyers all tied close together". Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 445 pixels

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Image posted 4 April 2005