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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: KN-215 (Color) Return of the Mayflower, 4 May 1917 Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, circa 1918, depicting the arrival off Queenstown, Ireland, of the first U.S. Navy destroyers to reach the European war zone for World War I service. The ships were under the command of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, USN. USS Wadsworth (DD-60) leads the line of destroyers, followed by USS Porter (DD-59), USS Davis (DD-65) and three others. A local fishing vessel is under sail in the left foreground. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD. USNA Museum Accession # 21.9, gift of the Navy Department, 1921. Online Image: 74,132 bytes; 740 x 515 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-215

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