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| View Original: | Aerial photograph of the US Charleston Naval Shiyard in 1941.jpg (5502x4121) | |||
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| Keywords: Aerial photograph of the US Charleston Naval Shiyard in 1941.jpg The U S Charleston Naval Shiyard South Carolina USA preparing ships for war in 1941 The large ship on the right is probably USS Leonard Wood AP-25 converting from an Army transport The freighter is probably USS Hamul AK-20 converting from a merchantman The two two-stack destroyers at the piers are probably USS Swanson DD-443 and USS Ingraham DD-444 fitting out The single-stack destroyers 2 pier side and 1 in dry dock are probably USS Mayrant DD-402 USS Trippe DD-403 and USS Rhind DD-404 in from neutrality patrol The ships building on the ways just beyond the piers are probably USS Corry DD-463 and USS Hobson DD-464 Beyond them barely visible are two more ships on another pair of ways probably USS Beatty DD-640 and USS Tillman DD-641 Four of the ships afloat were commissioned between May and July 1941 The photo taken at 300 meters was dated 24 July 1941 and was probably taken slightly earlier Note the Yard craft pier side in the foreground Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-93000/NH-93397 html NH 93397 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1941 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Charleston Naval Shipyard 1941 in South Carolina USS Mayrant DD-402 USS Trippe DD-403 USS Rhind DD-404 USS Swanson DD-443 USS Ingraham DD-444 USS Beatty DD-640 USS Tillman DD-641 USS Corry DD-463 USS Hamul AD-20 USS Leonard Wood APA-12 | ||||
