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Photo # NH 43774: USS Stoddert steaming at high speed, circa 1931

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Stoddert (DD-302; later IX-35, AG-18 & DD-302), 1920-1935 --
As a Target Ship, 1930-1933 (Part II)


This page features additional views related to USS Stoddert as a target ship in 1930-1933.

For other pictures of Stoddert as a target ship, see:

  • USS Stoddert (DD-302, IX-35, AG-18) -- As a Target Ship, 1930-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 42017

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)     (left)

    Operating under radio command, circa 1931, following conversion to a target ship. Her control ship, USS Dent (DD-116), is steaming astern.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43774

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    Underway at high speed while serving as a radio-controlled target ship, circa 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 153KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50996

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    Underway at sea, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship, circa 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42011

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    Underway, circa 1931, while serving as a radio-controlled target ship.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42012

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    A Lieutenant Commander stands by the starboard pilothouse windows, while the ship was employed as a radio-controlled target, circa 1931.
    View looks aft from the foredeck. Note shielded searchlight atop the pilothouse and awning frames rigged forward.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50998

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    View of the ship's smokestacks, circa 1931, showing the steel "umbrellas" installed to protect them from falling bombs. Stoddert was then serving as a radio-controlled target ship.
    Note the steam whistle on the forward stack, and smokestack guy wires.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42013

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    A Lieutenant Commander leaving the ship, circa 1931, while she was serving as a radio-controlled target.
    Note the officer's binoculars and life jacket.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50997

    USS Stoddert (DD-302)

    View on board, looking aft on the starboard side, showing boat boom used as an outrigger, circa 1931. Stoddert was then serving as a radio-controlled target ship.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     

    For other pictures of Stoddert as a target ship, see:

  • USS Stoddert (DD-302, IX-35, AG-18) -- As a Target Ship, 1930-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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