Keywords: outdoor monochrome Lot-854-3: Men, Guns, and Tubes of USS Nicholas (DD 449) Ready. Churning the water as she glides through an almost calm sea, the Fletcher-class destroyer is ready for action. Her guns bristling menacingly, torpedo tubes occupying a prominent place amidships, the camouflaged destroyer goes about her business at sea. Close scrutiny reveals members of her crew at various vital stations about the ship and a group at the stern near depth charges. Possibly taken when she was running trials off Rockland, Maine in May 1942. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). U.S. Navy photograph released June 22, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/13). Lot-854-3: Men, Guns, and Tubes of USS Nicholas (DD 449) Ready. Churning the water as she glides through an almost calm sea, the Fletcher-class destroyer is ready for action. Her guns bristling menacingly, torpedo tubes occupying a prominent place amidships, the camouflaged destroyer goes about her business at sea. Close scrutiny reveals members of her crew at various vital stations about the ship and a group at the stern near depth charges. Possibly taken when she was running trials off Rockland, Maine in May 1942. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). U.S. Navy photograph released June 22, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/13). |